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5361- Kilmainhamwood Compost Facility Extension- EIS Figure 13.1 Site Location For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 13.2.2 Description of Existing and Proposed Development The Kilmainhamwood Compost facility has been in operation since September 2006. The facility is situated on a land holding of approximately 13.2 hectares in Ballynalurgen, Kilmainhamwood, Co. Meath. Currently the facility processes 20,800 tonnes of biodegradable material, including kitchen and garden waste, per annum. The scope of the proposed extension of this facility is to increase the amount of biodegradable material processed to 40,000 tonnes per annum. Following a planning search, no large committed development in the area surrounding the facility was identified. Applications are mainly limited to one off housing, extensions to existing dwellings and farm buildings. The traffic, on the local road network, generated by such applications is negligible and is accounted for in yearly growth factors. 177 EPA Export 01-06-2010:03:56:01
5361- Kilmainhamwood Compost Facility Extension- EIS 13.3 EXISTING AND PROPOSED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS 13.3.1 Traffic Survey In order to determine the magnitude of the existing traffic flows, TOBIN used the results of a Manual Classified Traffic Survey that was carried out by Abacus Transportation Surveys Ltd. on the 3 rd March 2009 at the existing entrance to the facility. This survey was carried out between the hours of 07.00 and 19.00 and distinguished between cars, buses, light good vehicles and heavy good vehicles. Details of the results of this survey are provided in Appendix 13.1 of this report. The results of this survey indicated that the peak traffic levels experienced at this entrance occurred between the hours of 09:00 and 10:00 in the morning and 17:00 and 18:00 in the evening. There was a HGV content of 14.05% at the junction. 13.3.2 Existing Road Network The entrance to the composting facility connects to the R162 within an 80km/hr speed zone. Sight line requirements for entrances within an 80km/hr speed zone are 3m x 160m and this requirement is currently satisfied at the existing entrance. The R162 is a regional road linking Kingscourt to Navan. This road is a single carriageway road with a carriageway width of approximately 6.0m. The speed limit along this stretch of road is 80km/hr and the road is suitable to cater for these speeds. 13.3.3 Proposed Network Improvements There are no significant road network improvements proposed within the vicinity of the development. 13.4 TRIP DISTRIBUTION AND GENERATION 13.4.1 Trip Generation For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. The volume of traffic related to existing operations at the compost facility (traffic generated by existing facility) has been derived from data gathered for the operation of the site during 2008. This data is detailed in Table 13.1 below. This table details the number of vehicle trips that are currently being generated by activities at the compost facility – based on 2008 data. Table 13.2 gives an estimate for the number of vehicle trips that will be generated as a result of the proposed extension of the composting facility. Based on existing delivery data, the average load per vehicle arriving at the site has been calculated at 13.7 tonnes per truck. It should be noted that the delivery capacity of a typical delivery truck is approximately 24 tonnes per load and as such the estimated number of vehicles delivering raw waste to the site may actually be less than those indicated in Table 13.2. 178 EPA Export 01-06-2010:03:56:01
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