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NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry PRESENTAT SENTATION ION OVERVIEW RVIEW *General support for the RoNS project proceeding The significance of the Heavy Haulage sector Concern with the design envelope constraints Advocate for full interchange at Puhioi
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry THE HE HE HEAVY VY HA HAULAGE LAGE IND NDUSTRY STRY Specialist sector of the road transport industry Transport loads for clients that are: - Wide - High - Long - Heavy
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry THE HE HE HEAVY VY HA HAULAGE LAGE IND NDUSTRY STRY Approval for transporting loads is by specialist permit from: NZTA – Overdimension NZTA and Road Controlling Authorities – Weight Power Line Owners – Height Chorus & other providers – Height
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry THE HE HE HEAVY VY HA HAULAGE LAGE IND NDUSTRY STRY Need to transport loads on routes to cope: - Dimension requirements - Structural requirements Usually few routes that meet the demands A key role for the Association is to advocate for routes to be designed and maintained for OD/OW
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry THE HE HE HEAVY VY HA HAULAGE LAGE IND NDUSTRY STRY
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NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS For many years Association has sought: 11.5m wide and 6.5m high
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS Divided Road situation:
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS These figures are derived from the fact that the Rules for OD loads allow: 11.0m width 6.5m height Without special engineering permission
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS Analysis of OD permits shows that: In any year 4000 loads moved over 4.5m wi wide de Of these: - 82% are up to 10m in width - 97% are up to 11m in width 1 in 7 loads in this band
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS: : Analysis of OD permits shows that: In any year 4700+ loads moved over 4.25m high Of these: - 93% are over 5.8m in height (200mm clearance) - 98% are over 6.3m in height (200mm clearance) 1 in 20 loads in this band
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS NZTA’s general route dimensions are: 10m wide 6m high In discussion with NZTA cost/benefit analysis whether to increase the general dimension criteria
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS The Association has submitted to this RoNS project that dimensions should be increased to: 11.5m width 6.5m height On this project, there appears to be only one overhead bridge at 6.0m (Moirs Hill Road Underpass)
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS: : HE HEIGHT HT The Association has not sighted any analysis of the cost to increase the height of this bridge to 6.5m Recomme mmenda ndation: tion: That the cost and logistics of increasing minimum heights to 6.5m should be investigated. Note: This may include sign gantries and toll gantries
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS: : WIDTH The Association has not sighted any analysis of the cost to standardise available width to 11.5m Recomme mmenda ndation: tion: That the cost and logistics of increasing minimum widths to 11.5m should be investigated. Note: This may include lightpoles and signage
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS Benefits of transporting OD/OW Loads on RoNS route: - Two lane divided road - No on-coming traffic safer - Less exposure due to quicker travel duration - Better road camber, less hills/down-hills, less roading restrictions
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry ROUT UTE E REQUIREMENTS UIREMENTS: : WEIGHT HT The Association advocates that road surfaces and structures are built to allow loads travelling on overweight permits. In practice this means complying with the standard HN-HO-72 It appears that NZTA have agreed with this. NZHHA find this outcome acceptable
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE This Association seeks a full interchange (including north-facing on-off ramps) at Puhoi This is to allow access on/off for OD/OW loads to use the RoNS road
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE At present the OD/OW route is as follows (north): Travel on SH17 over Johnstone’s Hill Join SH1 at northern tunnel exit Travel north on SH1 through Warkworth Note: At present no travel permitted for OD/OW loads through Toll road tunnels
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE The proposed design for the Puhoi interchange will only allow: - Traffic heading north through tunnels to exit - Traffic heading south on existing SH1 to access the Toll Road to head south through Tunnels
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE OD/OW loads moving no nort rth h over Johnstone’s Hill: - Will not be able to access the Puhoi-Warkworth RoNS road - Will need to travel on the existing SH1 instead - Retains the current on-coming traffic management requirements - A number of weight restricted bridges on current SH1
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE OD/OW loads moving sou outh from Whangarei: - Will not be able to access the Puhoi-Warkworth RoNS road - Will need to travel on the existing SH1 through Warkworth instead - Retains the current on-coming traffic management requirements - Weight restricted bridges on current SH1
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE Makes sense to allow OD/OW loads on RoNS Better road for large loads Nil safety risk for on-coming traffic
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE The current SH1 through Warkworth will revert to Council ownership: - Difficult to maintain as OD/OW route - Experience of restrictions through Orewa - Prefer most large loads to use RoNS route
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE Alternative solution: Allow OD/OW Loads through the Toll Road Tunnels Possibility, but the tunnel width/height restrictions Some loads will always need to travel over the Hill
NZ Heavy Haulage Association The Overdimension and Overweight Transport Industry FU FULL PUHOI HOI INT NTERCH RCHAN ANGE GE Local Transport Effects: Eg. Rhodes for Roads at Warkworth - Not able to access the RoNS route for deliveries in/out of Puhoi from base at Warkworth - Will need to continue to use existing SH1, despite a better road being constructed
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