The peak production capacity of a concrete plant at Dunmore would increase fivefold under a plan to bolster supplies to major infrastructure projects across the Illawarra.
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Boral Resources has lodged a development application (DA) with Shellharbour City Council to expand its concrete batching plant, located within the company’s quarry off Tabbita Road.
The batching plant, which combines the various ingredients required to make concrete, was approved in 1997.
The plant has council approval to produce 150 tonnes of concrete per day or 30,000 tonnes per annum.
There would ... be an increase in average deliveries achieved per day.
- Development application
Boral has proposed to increase the maximum production limit to 150,000 tonnes per annum, citing the need for “greater servicing of the local area, including major infrastructure and development projects”.
“This increase would be achieved by increasing the average hourly production and more frequent peak hourly production occurrences,” the DA said.
“There would also be an increase in average deliveries achieved per day, resulting in an overall annual production increase.”
The hours of operation – 6am to 6pm weekdays and 6.30am to 4pm on Saturdays – would remain unchanged.
There would be no demolition or construction work associated with the expansion; batching activities and infrastructure would remain as found on the quarry site.
The DA said there would be no increase in the number of people employed at the plant (10). However, the document outlined there would be an increase in traffic volumes as a result of the increased production.
The number of concrete trucks entering or leaving the site would jump from an average of 9 each day to an average of 25 a day under the proposal. Peak daily truck movements would increase from 10 to 53, the DA said.
The average number of concrete trucks per hour would double from five to 10 as a result of the production increase, with a peak of 12 trucks. There would be no change to the amount of hourly traffic linked to employees or raw material deliveries.
Boral has indicated the increase in truck movements was “not considered significant”.
The majority of traffic from the site (about 70 per cent) travels north along the Princes Highway; the rest uses the Shellharbour Road interchange to travel south.
The DA is on public exhibition – at shellharbour.nsw.gov.au – until December 24.
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Andrew Pearson
Andrew grew up in the western Riverina town of Hay and has strong ties to the region. He is a former DA journo who has a passion for breaking news and has covered everything from council and politics to crime and court.
Andrew grew up in the western Riverina town of Hay and has strong ties to the region. He is a former DA journo who has a passion for breaking news and has covered everything from council and politics to crime and court.
