Gladstone Land, Port, Rail and Infrastructure Study 2006

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Gladstone Land, Port, Rail and Infrastructure
Study 2006

• Presentation to the GEIDB
• Friday 20 October 2006

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Our brief for the Gladstone region

• Review current industry, commodity handling and
  trade data
• Assess projections for trade and industry
• Identify landside materials transport options,
  infrastructure spatial needs
• Specify the infrastructure and spatial
  requirements
• Identify opportunities to improve / augment
  existing infrastructure
• Identify any synergies between and amongst
  infrastructure providers
• Develop a notional program for the short, medium
  and long term

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Task 1 - major industries

• Existing
• Boyne Smelter Ltd (BSL)
• Cement Australia
• Comalco (CAR)
• Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL)
• Orica
• Proposed
• Gladstone Pacific Nickel Project
• Queensland Coke and Energy
• Monto Minerals
• Shale Oil Project

• Projected and Possible
• Aluminium Smelter
• Aurukun Alumina
• Steel Mill
• Xstrata Zinc
• Ammonia Plant
• Silicon Refining
• Gas to Liquid Processing

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Task 2 - Coal is a major rail / port trade

• Data provided for export through Barney Point, RG
  Tanna and Wiggins Island (proposed)

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Task 2 - Other rail freight is significant

• Through and originating freight
• Potential Southern Missing Link / Inland Standard
  Gauge

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Task 3 Assessing requirements

• Where might industry be accommodated?
• Existing/proposed/projected industries
• What flows are required into, within and through
  the region?
• Trade flows
• Worker and other road movements
• Intra-regional flows
• What infrastructure opportunities are available?
• Existing railway network and current proposals
• Existing road network
• Existing utilities and proposed corridors
• What are the constraints?
• Geography terrain, rivers
• Land use environmental, community
• Mining leases QERL oil shale
• Separation of facilities
• Natural bottlenecks

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Task 3 - mapping industry to sub-precincts
Define industry types Define typical needs Define
sub-precincts Characterize sub-precincts Map
industries
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Task 3 Providing Port Access
Port Central (Auckland Pt, Barney
Point) Important to maintain freight capacity on
Hanson Road Rail access is adequately served Coal
Port (RG Tanna, Wiggins Island) Providing
effective rail access for up to 140Mtpa of
coal Road, conveyor / pipeline links also
required Fishermans Landing (Primary non-coal
bulk port) Road, rail, conveyor and pipeline
access to the wider area is key to successful
development of Aldoga / Targinie Hamilton
Point Hinges on bridging The Narrows Driven by
decisions on location of industry
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Task 3 - Accommodating rail growth
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Task 3 Planning transport corridors
CI
NB
NB
LR
TVR
MLC
AS
BC
MLR
HR
YN
BH
QML
WL
CRR
BH
BH
MLL
BH
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Task 4 - 5 Specifying each corridor

• Defined existing potential needs / layout in
  each corridor
• Defined the alignment and segregation needs -
  footprint
• Alignments in digital terrain model feasibility
  and cost

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Task 6 Define synergies

• Synergies at multiple levels
• Shared infrastructure land / corridors /
  facilities
• Project development information construction
• Planning
• Financing
• Key synergy needs and opportunities
• Information exchange through forums such as this
• Common data repository in the GIS / DTM
• Transport Corridor Management Protocol
• Solution development for critical areas
• Business Planning for high priority shared
  infrastructure

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Task 6 Business Planning for Critical Issues

• Implementing study recommendations for the axis
  from Yarwun to Landing Road is key to the future
  development of Aldoga, Targinie and Hamilton
  Point
• Triggers for some of this work are short term
  including Wiggins Island PAMS access the
  Gladstone Rockhampton pipeline corridor
• Gladstone needs a coherent, planned
  implementation of works in this area to serve
  long term interests
• A Business Plan is needed to address needs,
  layout, scope, impacts, timing, planning and
  financing.

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Task 6 Planning priorities

• WICT train unloading and rail yard layout
• Planning for PAMs and / or an Engineering Park
• Concept design of Landing / Hanson / Mt Larcom Jn
• Concept design of the Yarwun Neck / Boat Creek
  area
• Assessment of intermodal locations
• Regional population growth planning
• Curtis Island link planning

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Task 7 Triggers for development

• Every project in every corridor linked to trigger
  events and / or growth trend-lines for road and
  rail traffic

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Task 7 Outline program and costs

• Each project timed as short / medium / long term
• Each project estimated to order of magnitude
  level