Dublin Waste to Energy Project (WTE) Traffic and Transport Information Session 2 GERALDINE KEARY, Chartered Engineer, Associate of RPS Consulting Engineers 25/02/'06

If Plant accepts 600,000 tonnes per annum If all deliveries go directly to the Plant If no mitigation measures undertaken Equals 230 deliveries a day “WORST CASE” TRAFFIC SCENARIO

How do we mitigate? – Bulk Transport – Deliveries outside peak times – 5 / 5.5 working days per week – Enforcement. MITIGATION MEASURES

Payloads – Refuse Collection Vehicle10 tonnes – Bulk Transport Vehicle 20 tonnes Bulk Transport

Bulk Transport (Cont.)

Plant Acceptance Times – Day time: 10am – 4pm6 hours – Night time: 7pm – 10:30pm3.5 hours Existing Collection Times – Day time: 8am - 2:30pm 6.5 hours – Night time: 7pm – 12 Midnight 5 hours Deliveries Outside Peak Times

5 Working days – Day and night time deliveries Total 144 deliveries per day Number of Working Days

Number of Working Days (Cont.) Day Time Deliveries 10am – 4pm Night Time Deliveries (Dublin Port Tunnel / East Wall Road) 7pm – 10:30pm

5.5 Working days – Day and night time deliveries Total 132 deliveries per day Number of Working Days

Number of Working Days (Cont.) Day Time Deliveries 10am – 4pm Night Time Deliveries (Dublin Port Tunnel / East Wall Road) 7pm – 10:30pm

How do we enforce movements? – Opening times of the Plant – Release of waste from the Transfer Stations – GPS monitoring – Licence control – Penalties for breaches. Enforcement

What does this mean for Local Traffic? – 40 Refuse Vehicles during the daytime on Local Road Network – Bulk transfer vehicles will use the Port Tunnel / East Wall Road – % Increase Sean Moore Road0.36% Increase in AADT East Link Road1.18% Increase in AADT IMPACT ON LOCAL TRAFFIC

Impact on Local Traffic (Cont.)

Dublin Waste to Energy Project (WTE) Traffic and Transport Information Session 2 GERALDINE KEARY, Chartered Engineer, Associate of RPS Consulting Engineers 25/02/'06