TRAFFIC CONTROL MANAGEMENT PLAN Woodfibre LNG Project Prepared for: Woodfibre LNG Limited Suite 1020, 1075 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V6E 3C9 Prepared by: Hemmera, an Ausenco Company 18th Floor, 4730 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 0C6 Project No. 989232-05 August 2019
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TRAFFIC CONTROL MANAGEMENT PLAN Woodfibre LNG Project Prepared for: Woodfibre LNG Limited Suite 1020, 1075 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V6E 3C9 Prepared by: Hemmera, an Ausenco Company 18th Floor, 4730 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 0C6 Project No. 989232-05 August 2019
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REVISION HISTORY
The Traffic Control Management Plan (TCMP) provides mitigation measures that will be developed and
implemented throughout the construction period of the Woodfibre LNG Project (Project). As additional
information becomes available through the progression of detailed design or following interactions with
the contractor, Aboriginal groups, the public, and regulatory agencies, this plan will be updated to reflect
any changes in Project-related traffic management.
Version Date Issued Distribution Comments
0.1 July, 2019 Woodfibre LNG Preliminary Draft
0.2 August, 2019
Woodfibre LNG Squamish Nation Twleil-Waututh Nation District of Squamish Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Updated to include Darrell Bay and Appendix A – Traffic Impact Assessment
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Acronym Definition BC British Columbia
CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan
DOS District of Squamish
EAC Environmental Assessment Certificate
EAO Environmental Assessment Office
LNG liquefied natural gas
MOTI Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Woodfibre LNG Woodfibre LNG Limited
Project liquefied natural gas processing facility with marine storage and off-loading
TCMP Traffic Control Management Plan
TIA traffic impact assessment
SYMBOLS AND UNITS OF MEASURE
Unit of Measurement Definition
% percent
km kilometre
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MANAGEMENT PLAN
The objective of the Traffic Control Management Plan (TCMP) is to describe measures that will be
implemented to mitigate the potential adverse effects of the Project on traffic conditions during
construction. The TCMP has been prepared to fulfill the following conditions:
· EAC Condition 15: The BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) issued Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) #E15-02 for the Project on October 26, 2015 and issued an Amendment to the EAC on July 12, 2017.
The sections of the TCMP that address the conditions of the EAC are cross-referenced in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1 Conditions for Transportation Control Management Plan
Condition Number Condition TCMP
Reference
EAC Condition 15
The Holder must develop, in consultation with MOTI and the DOS, a traffic control management plan and a TIA.
Entire Plan Section 2.0, 6.0 and 7.0
The TIA must be developed in accordance with MOTI’s Planning and Designing Access to Developments manual (2009 or as updated from time to time). The TIA must include, at a minimum, an analysis of the Project’s effects on vehicular traffic and infrastructure and proposed mitigation measures for the11 Highway 99 and Darrell Bay Road intersection.
Section 6.0 Appendix A
The traffic management plan must at a minimum: Identify measures to mitigate the impacts of Project-related transportation during construction on the safety of other users and the efficiency of the transportation network on Highway 99 and the Darrell Bay ferry location Include measures for traffic control, public communications, incident management and response, and plan implementation Identify measures to reduce the number of vehicles of Project employees commuting on Highway 99 and at the Darrell Bay ferry location.
Section 7.0
The Holder must provide the traffic control management plan to EAO, MOTI, and the DOS no less than 30 days prior to the Holder’s planned date to commence construction. The Holder must implement the plan to the satisfaction of EAO.
Section 2
Notes: DOS – District of Squamish; MOTI – Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure; TIA – traffic impact assessment
The TCMP will be implemented to reduce the potential for Project-related traffic during construction to
interfere with the safety of other vehicular traffic; improve the efficiency of existing transportation
networks; and minimize effects on existing or planned transportation infrastructure. Increased traffic from
construction may interfere with the efficiency of transportation networks on Highway 99 between Metro
Vancouver and Squamish, and at the Darrell Bay facility. Additionally, the use of the Darrell Bay ferry
location may affect the flow of traffic around the Darrell Bay ferry. This plan describes measures to
prevent or reduce these effects and to monitor outstanding Project-related effects on transportation during
construction.
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1.2 REVISIONS TO THE PLAN
The TCMP provides mitigation measures that will be developed and implemented throughout the
construction period. Revisions will be made as further information becomes available through the
progression of detailed design and/or through communication with the contractor, Aboriginal groups, the
public, and regulatory agencies. A table of revisions listing the version of the plan, as well as the date,
distribution, and comment is on page i of this document.
2.0 CONSULTATION
Per EAC Condition 15, the draft TCMP will be submitted to EAO no less than 30 days prior to the start of
construction. The draft plan will also be submitted to the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
(MOTI), District of Squamish (DOS), and Aboriginal groups no less than 30 days prior to the planned date
to commence construction.
The TCMP is not considered a Regulated Plan under the Squamish Nation Environmental Assessment
Agreement; however, a Squamish Nation representative of the Working Group reviewed a preliminary
draft of the TCMP, and the resulting comments were considered during development of the TCMP.
A summary of consultation events is shown in Table 2-1.
Table 2-1 Aboriginal Groups, Government, Public ,and Other Parties Engaged
Aboriginal Group/ Agency/Party Date Name of Person
Contacted Action
Squamish Nation July 29, 2019 Tyler Grey Submitted for review
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure July 29, 2019 Michael Braun Submitted for review
District of Squamish July 29, 2019 Chris Wyckham Submitted for review
Tsleil-Waututh Nation August 22, 2019 Jessica Steele Submitted for review
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3.0 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Table 3-1 below presents the legislation that governs Project development.
Table 3-1 Regulatory Framework for the Traffic Control Management Plan
Name Jurisdiction Description
BC Motor Vehicle Act Provincial Administered and enforced by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia and the police, the Act deals with the safe operation of motor vehicles on BC roads.
BC Transportation Act Provincial
Administered ty MOTI, the Act deals with public works related to transportation, as well as the planning, design, holding, construction, use, operation, alteration, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and closing of provincial highways. MOTI also has a Planning and Designing Access to Developments Manual (MOTI 2009), which is updated from time to time).
Canada Transportation Act Federal Administered by Transport Canada, the Act deals, in part, with air transportation.
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and the accompanying Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulation
Federal Administered by Transport Canada, this Act applies to all modes of transportation of dangerous goods in Canada and includes the transportation of hazardous wastes.
Local Government Act, RSBC 1996, c. 323
District of Squamish
Pursuant to the Act, an Official Community Plan (OCP) bylaw can be developed by municipalities and regional districts. An OCP is a statement of objectives and policies, including those focused transportation, to guide decisions on planning and land use management within the area covered by the OCP.
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4.0 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This section outlines the roles and responsibilities of Woodfibre LNG, the contractor(s), and the
Environmental Monitor for updating, implementing, inspecting, and reporting on the effectiveness of
environmental protection and mitigation measures (Table 4-1). This section focuses on the roles and
responsibilities covered by the TCMP.
The CEMP contains the details of the roles and responsibilities for overall environmental management for
the Project and should be referenced in conjunction with the TCMP for detailed descriptions of Project-
related roles and responsibilities. Table 4-1 below provides a summary of the roles and responsibilities
that are described in more detail in the CEMP.
Table 4-1 Summary of Roles and Responsibility for the Traffic Control Management Plan
Entity Role and Responsibility
Woodfibre LNG
· Audit contractor(s)’ environmental compliance periodically. · Communicate incidents, monitoring/tracking results, and other traffic-related
information in accordance with management plans. · Monitor and review compliance of construction activities with management plan. · Maintain complete records of activities related to implementation of management
plan. · Prepare and submit scheduled reports on traffic control monitoring to Woodfibre
LNG, Squamish Nation, and regulatory agencies as required. · Coordinate actions as needed between contractors for employee and equipment
transportation including scheduling, shuttle buses, carpooling, parking, and equipment laydown.
· Undertake responsibilities identified for Traffic Incident Management and Response.
· Manage a website for public information on Project schedule, traffic flow changes, and traffic control plans.
· Identify public events with the potential to interact with Project-related traffic. · Compile data and complete annual reporting.
Contractor
· Implement the TCMP. · Work in compliance with environmental approvals, permits, and authorizations. · Develop environmental protection plans to include relevant components of the
TCMP and include monitoring strategies. · Communicate and report to the Woodfibre LNG representative on a regular basis. · Manage employee transportation for their employees, including shuttle buses,
parking, and car pooling. · Develop traffic control plans where Project activities may interact with non-Project-
related traffic and parking.
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5.0 BACKGROUND
Squamish and Whistler have benefited from the improvements to the Sea to Sky Highway 99 that links
communities from West Vancouver to Whistler. Approximately 132 km long, the Sea to Sky Highway 99
passes through the communities of Lions Bay, Furry Creak, Britannia, Squamish, and Whistler.
At the Eagle Ridge traffic monitoring point on the Sea to Sky Highway, average daily traffic volumes have
been increasing, from 15,273 in 2011 (post Olympics) to 19,890 in 2018. Average volumes for July and
August, with tourist traffic, increased from 20,164 to 25,230 over the same period (MOTI 2019).
In 2013, the average daily traffic counts on the Sea to Sky Highway 99 northbound between Metro
Vancouver and Squamish were highest on Fridays and lowest on Tuesdays (MOTI 2019). Although
higher levels of traffic are associated with the weekend days (i.e., Thursday through Sunday), the traffic
count station where this data originates is located before the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal, and not all
vehicles counted traveled as far as Squamish. By comparison over the same period, average daily traffic
counts on the Sea to Sky Highway between Squamish and Whistler were also highest on weekend days
(MOTI 2019). This traffic increase during weekends coincides with the tourism focus of the Sea to Sky
corridor, including Squamish and Whistler.
Southbound traffic patterns of vehicles traveling from north of Squamish also involved higher traffic
counts on weekend days, but higher counts were observed on Sundays and Mondays, which coincides
with the pattern of travelers returning to Squamish area or Metro Vancouver at the end of the weekend.
Traffic accident data collected between 2009 and 2013 show that most accidents in the Squamish area
occur to cars turning left in designated left turn lanes off the Sea to Sky Highway 99 into the Squamish
community (ICBC 2014). Approximately 30 percent (%) to 50% of accidents occurring between 2009 and
2013 resulted in injury or death to one of the parties involved in the accident.
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6.0 IMPLEMENTATION
6.1 SQUAMISH HARBOUR
Woodfibre LNG intends to use Squamish Harbour for transporting personnel to the site while the Darrell
Bay facility is being upgraded. During the initial months of the Project’s construction phase, fewer than
100 personnel will be required onsite. Buses will be used to drop off and pick up personnel, thereby
limiting traffic and parking congestion at Squamish Harbour and in the general downtown area of
Squamish.
Construction equipment and materials will be transported by barge from outside of the region and will not
be utilizing the road systems in the Sea to Sky corridor. As a result, traffic control will not be required and
fewer impacts on the regular traffic flow are anticipated during equipment and material delivery to site.
6.2 DARRELL BAY
Darrell Bay requires permitting and infrastructure upgrades before it can be used as the regular location
for transporting personnel to and from the Project site. A traffic impact assessment (TIA) has been
complete (Appendix A) as required prior to the use of the Darrell Bay facility.
Once permitting and infrastructure upgrades have been completed, Darrell Bay will become the primary
location for transporting personnel to and from the Project site. In the interim, construction personnel will
be transported from the Squamish Harbour, located in downtown Squamish on Loggers Lane. Mitigation
measures developed to minimize increased Project-related traffic at Darrell Bay are described in
Section 7.6.
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7.0 TRAFFIC CONTROL MITIGATION
This section presents the mitigation measures to minimize any potential disturbance to existing ground-based traffic patterns and flow from Project-related traffic while protecting the safety of personnel, public, and vehicles on roads and at intermodal locations. Table 7-1 below presents a summary of the mitigation measures developed to reduce and minimize Project effects on traffic.
Table 7-1 Mitigation Measures
Mitigation Number Mitigation Name Project Phase Timing for
Implementation Environmental Management Plan Containing Mitigation
M7.2-4 Traffic Management Plan Construction and Operation Pre-construction Traffic Control Management
Plan
Woodfibre LNG will undertake compliance reporting as part of implementation of the EAC. Compliance reporting enables the EAO to verify that Woodfibre LNG is meeting the EAC conditions, including Condition 15, which is designed to mitigate potential Project-related adverse effects on the safety and efficiency of the transportation network on Highway 99 and the Darrell Bay ferry location.
7.1 GENERAL MITIGATION
The following general mitigation measures are intended to reduce the potential effects of Project-related personnel commuting to and from the Project site on existing traffic and transportation networks during construction:
· Schedule staggered shift start/end times to minimize any overlap with high-volume traffic periods such as weekends and statutory holidays.
· Facilitate car pooling for project personnel not using buses when traveling to ferrying location(s).
· Reduce the potential effects of equipment delivery on existing traffic and transportation networks: ▫ Schedule delivery times to minimize overlap with high-volume traffic periods on the Sea to
Sky Highway 99 such as on weekends and statutory holidays. ▫ Minimize vehicle time spent at vessel departure locations to minimize parking requirements. ▫ Use alternate means of delivering equipment and supplies to the Project site, such as barging
material from Vancouver, to avoid the Sea to Sky corridor. · Reduce the potential effects of equipment delivery and employee transport on safety:
▫ Confirm that all Project and contractor vehicles and drivers are complying with applicable legislation for transport of goods, such as the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and with Transport Canada’s Emergency Response Assistance Plans.
▫ Minimize traffic-related effects on the safety of other users of shared transportation networks by designating preferred routes for Project-related ground transportation; considering vehicles types (e.g., passenger vehicles, commercial trucks with oversized loads); controlling the transport of dangerous goods; considering adjacent land uses (such as parks and schools); and accommodating heavy traffic areas.
▫ Implement site security measures at ferry/barge departure locations for vehicles and personnel, such as fencing and installing concrete barrier protection.
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▫ Make the use of winter tires mandatory between the months of October and March in compliance with the Motor Vehicle Act regulations. Confirm that drivers transporting goods have completed required training and have proof of relevant certification and require all drivers to abide by posted speed limits.
7.2 TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Watt Consulting conducted a Traffic Impact Assessment studying highway 99, Darrell Bay Road and Shannon Falls Road. The study and results are included in Appendix A.
7.3 CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
During the initial start-up of the Project, personnel will be ferrying from the Squamish Harbour, located in downtown Squamish on Loggers Lane. After the initial few months of construction commencing, Darrell Bay will be the primary point for ferrying personnel. A designated parking lot, outside of the downtown area, and bus system will be in place to minimize congestion and parking impacts at Squamish Harbour.
Table 7-2 below provides the proposed high-level employee work schedule and shift changes. Scheduling will be designed to avoid peak volume times and accommodate the use of shuttle buses. Shift times and personnel numbers may vary by season and planned work activities.
Table 7-2 Proposed Work Schedule and Shift Changes
* Work schedule may be seven days per week for some crews to complete work outside environmentally sensitive timing windows. ** Personal vehicles would be used to transport required material or tools on the morning passenger ferry to site. *** No planned ferries during the day; however, visitor or emergency ferries may be used on an ad hoc basis. **** The only personnel vehicles parked at Darrell Bay throughout the day or night will be for the Darrell Bay facility or Woodfibre LNG site security and boat crew personnel. Employees working the regular shift will not be permitted to park their vehicles at Darrell Bay or Squamish Harbour.
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Table 7-3 below presents the estimated personnel required during the Project’s construction phase, as
well as personnel needed to complete Project-related upland and marine works.
Shuttle buses will be used to transport personnel from designated parking areas to ferry departure areas. Woodfibre LNG will designate parking areas, local meeting locations, and ferry departure areas for Project personnel to avoid overlap with other public or private parking facilities.
7.5 SQUAMISH HARBOUR
Woodfibre LNG intends to use Squamish Harbour for transporting personnel to the Project site during the initial start-up of construction, when a smaller number of personnel will be required onsite. During the initial months of construction, no more than 100 workers are anticipated. Buses will be used to drop off and pick up personnel, thereby limiting traffic and parking congestion at Squamish Harbour and in the downtown area in general. Parking at the harbour will not be permitted.
7.6 DARRELL BAY
Permitted authorized vehicles will be directed into the designated parking area in the lower parking lot of
the Darrell Bay ferrying location, which will include a bus loop and passenger drop-off/pick-up area.
Shuttle buses will service bus stops along the loop, delivering personnel to the pre-screening and staging
areas located in the lower parking lot of the Darrell Bay facility. To improve the safety of Project personnel
and their vehicles, concrete barriers or fencing will be placed around the bus drop-off and staging areas.
The designated vehicle parking areas and other provided facilities will also be secured by fencing.
Employees outside of the local area will travel to the Project site for their shift of several days before
traveling back to their home base between shifts. All workers will need transport to a ferrying site, either
via personal vehicle, company vehicle, or a Project-supplied shuttle bus from a designated group pick-up
location. Additional pickup locations may be added to as needed for employees traveling from out of the
local area.
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Personnel will arrive at the designated worker ferrying location via the Sea to Sky Highway 99 from either
Squamish or Vancouver. The Darrell Bay Road and Highway 99 intersection is a full four-way, traffic light-
controlled intersection, complete with designated left-hand turn lanes. Traffic will proceed down the
Darrell Bay Road to the upper parking lots before crossing the designated Canadian National Railway
track; this crossing will be equipped with warning lights and bells but will not be equipped with blockade
arms.
Construction materials and equipment will be transported from various locations in the Metro Vancouver
region and delivered directly to the Project site via barges. Occasionally, it may be necessary to ship
small volumes of critical materials from Darrell Bay; these items would generally be transportable by hand
and would fit onto a small crew boat or other similar craft. Transportation of all goods will comply with
applicable regulations, such as the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and Transport Canada’s
Emergency Response Assistance Plans.
7.7 COMMUNICATION
Woodfibre LNG will communicate regularly with the DOS and follow procedures and practices identified
by MOTI for sharing Project-related information that might affect the safety of other road users or the
efficiency of the transportation network. In addition, Woodfibre LNG will communicate any Project-related
changes to traffic around the ferry location(s), share safety procedures in place for Project-related traffic,
and provide a means for receiving feedback from all interested parties about this plan.
Communication will include safety procedures and information that may affect transportation safety or
traffic in the area, such as:
· Contact information for key Project contacts on Project-related traffic concerns and information
· Up-to-date Project construction schedule of activities that may increase Project-related traffic or transportation, or disrupt the flow of traffic in and around the DOS
· Up-to-date schedule and locations for any temporary, permanent, or semi-permanent traffic control activities, road closures, or changes to the flow of traffic
· Opportunity and means to provide feedback on adverse traffic effects or concerns about the transportation network; feedback on adverse Project-related traffic effects will be provided to contractors as needed and summarized in annual reports
· Public notification of traffic control plans and major updates to Project schedules that will increase traffic volumes and result in changes to traffic flows or cause other traffic/transportation-related effects
· Notification to the DOS on traffic management for public events to enable posting on the DOS Events Traffic Impact Management website.
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The Woodfibre LNG website (www.woodfibrelng.ca) includes a contact email ([email protected]) and contact phone number (1-888-801-7929) for members of the public. The email address and phone number are monitored Monday to Friday, 0900 hours to 1700 hours. Woodfibre LNG is committed to answering all inquiries within three business days and will keep comments and responses in a database. Inquiries will be recorded and reviewed quarterly, and key themes will be shared with the company executives and contractors to determine if further action is required. If members of the public have any urgent safety concerns, they are encouraged to dial 9-1-1. Table 7-4 provides the contact information to discuss inquiries, observations, incidents, and emergencies.
Table 7-4 Contact Information for Inquiries, Observations, Incidents, and Emergencies
Priority Entity Contact Information Response Timeline Availability
Woodfibre LNG aims to have no recordable motor vehicle incidents associated with the Project; however, incidents can still occur, even with planned mitigations and proactive safety initiatives in place, such as driver training and health and safety programs. Woodfibre LNG has established incident response procedures for transportation or traffic incidents. The following information will be captured and included in these procedures:
· Roles and responsibilities for incident response
· Categories of traffic-related incidents and response procedures for each category
· Prioritization rationale for triage of traffic incidents
· Considerations for analysis of traffic-related incidents (e.g., injury, property damage, hazards from or to other road users, hazardous goods, etc.)
· Traffic management procedures at incident locations
· Communication with stakeholders and other road users
· Investigation, reporting, and incorporation of outcomes into the TCMP.
Woodfibre LNG will manage immediate incident responses, including internal and external responses.
All incidents will be reported the Woodfibre LNG project management team for further review and action.
Traffic incident response is included in the Project’s Emergency Response Plan.
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8.0 MONITORING
The monitoring program for the TCMP includes three components: compliance monitoring, effectiveness
monitoring, and adaptive management.
8.1 COMPLIANCE MONITORING
Woodfibre LNG will track the use of shuttle buses, project vehicles, and personal vehicles; identify safety
measures for both vehicles and traffic; report on compliance with the EAO conditions; and assess the
effectiveness of the measures undertaken to mitigate identified effects. Monitoring requirements for the
TCMP will incorporate the following information:
· General comments on the construction schedule
· Employment and employee locations
· Equipment barging locations
· Offsite laydown areas
· Ferry nodes and parking nodes under consideration
· Anticipated land travel modes to ferrying site(s)
· Employee scheduling.
8.2 EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING
Woodfibre LNG will review the information provided in incident reports and other documentation to
monitor the effectiveness of the mitigation measures implemented to manage and control Project-related
traffic incidents. Activities that will be monitored are presented in Table 8-1, along with the data that will
be collected to inform the effectiveness monitoring.
Table 8-1 Monitoring for Traffic Control Plan
Activity Monitored Data
Employee traffic
Record: · Number of employees per bus · Number of buses per day · Bus locations used to transport personnel to Squamish
Harbour or Darrell Bay · Employees transport locations.
Traffic safety management Confirm traffic control plans are being implemented as needed. Track all Project-related traffic incidents.
Interaction with local government and groups on local events
Record communication with local government agencies for parking and traffic control plans during local events.
Traffic incident management Record incident response times and details.
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8.3 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
Woodfibre LNG will compile the monthly monitoring information collected by the Project team and external
resources to evaluate the effectiveness of applied mitigation measures. As a component of the monitoring
program, Woodfibre LNG will determine the reasonable thresholds of the reporting metrics beyond which
adaptive management will be initiated. Based on this review, the Woodfibre LNG team will determine if
the Project has caused adverse traffic management effects requiring initiation of an adaptive approach. If
so, the Project team will propose a course of action for review by Aboriginal groups, regulators, and other
interested parties, which will include revised or new mitigation measures.
Woodfibre LNG will update this TCMP annually or as required throughout Project construction.
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9.0 REPORTING
Woodfibre LNG will prepare compliance and monitoring reports with updates on construction progress
and any traffic management and mitigation identified. Reporting will include a summary of comments,
which will be posted to the Woodfibre LNG webpage. Woodfibre LNG will regularly monitor and prepare
internal reports and will provide annual reports to the EAO. Monthly report traffic control reports will also
be included with the environmental monitoring reports submitted to the Squamish Nation Working Group.
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10.0 PLAN PREPARATION
Table 10-1Table lists the qualified professionals and designations who prepared the TCMP.
Table 10-1 Qualified Professionals
Name Qualifications
Ruth Hardy M.Sc., P.Ag
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11.0 REFERENCES
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC). 2014. Lower-Mainland-Crash-Map 2009-2013. Available at http://www.icbc.com/about-icbc/newsroom/Pages/Lower-Mainland-Crash-Map.aspx. Accessed August 2014.
Accessed 29 Aug 2014. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI). 2009. Planning and Designing Access to Developments. ISBN: 9780772658609. Available at http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/permits/SiteImpact/locked/PDAD_Manual_Sept21.pdf. Accessed July 2019.
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. 2019. Traffic Data 10 Year Annual Summary for 2018. Available at https://prdoas3.pub-apps.th.gov.bc.ca/tig-public/Report.do?pdbSiteId=23273. Accessed July 2019.
1.0 INTRODUCTION Watt Consulting Group was retained by Clifton Associates Ltd. to conduct a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) to assess the potential impacts of traffic during the 48 – 54-month construction phase of the Woodfibre LNG project in the District of Squamish, BC. 1.1 SITE LOCATION
The construction site is located at the former Woodfibre Paper Mill site, however, the area being impacted by construction traffic will be considered the “site location” for the purpose of this TIA.
The site is located on Darrell Bay Road, west of Highway 99 and south of the Sea to Sky Gondola. Figure 1 shows the location of the site.
The existing site is currently designated as Industrial / Resource. 2.2 ROAD NETWORK
The key intersection that was studied is the Highway 99 / Darrell Bay Road / Shannon Falls Road intersection. The intersection is a four-leg signalized intersection with protected phasing for the northbound and southbound left movements. Highway 99 (Sea to Sky Highway) is a four-lane primary highway under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI). Highway 99 is a major north-south route connecting Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Lillooet, terminating at Highway 97 just north of Cache Creek. The roadway has a posted speed limit of 80km/h. Darrell Bay Road is a two-lane roadway in the District of Saanich that has a posted speed limit of 50km/h. This route connects from the Highway to the ferry terminal that will transport workers / construction equipment to the Town of Woodfibre. Shannon Falls Road is a two-lane roadway with a posted speed limit of 50km/h that transitions to 20km/h as motorist enter the park area. The route connects to the Stawamus Chief Provincial Park. 2.3 TRAFFIC COUNT
Traffic counts for the intersection were conducted in the morning (6:00 – 9:00am) on Thursday, July 25th, 2019 and the afternoon peak hour (4:00pm –7:00pm) on Wednesday, July 24th 2019. The AM peak hour was identified as being from 8:00 – 9:00am and the PM peak hour was identified as being from 4:15 – 5:15pm. 2.4 TRAFFIC MODEL
Weekday AM and PM peak hour traffic conditions were modeled using Synchro Studio (version 9) for the following scenarios:
• Phase 1 – Site Preparation and Civil Works (December 2019 – September 2020); • Phase 2 – Site Preparation and Civil Works (October 2020 – January 2021); • Phase 3 – Concrete Works and Module Setting and Interconnections (February 2021 –
January 2023); and • Phase 4 – Pre-Commissioning and Demobilization (February – May 2023).
Measures of effectiveness (MOEs) will be evaluated for level of service (LOS), 95th percentile queues, total delay, and volume-to-capacity ratios (v/c). A background on Synchro and LOS is provided in Appendix A. The criteria for mitigation are as follows:
• LOS D or better for overall intersection performance, LOS C or better for Highway through movements, and LOS D or better for side street and individual turning movements;
• 95th percentile queues extending beyond queuing capacity; and • V/C ratio of 0.85 for the overall intersection, and 0.90 for individual turning movements.
The horizon years will be evaluated for impacts to traffic operations with and without the development. The results will be used to determine if road improvements are needed as a result of background traffic growth or as a result of the development. Simulation settings for Synchro analysis will include:
• Vehicle length of 7.5m • Heavy vehicle length of 22.7m • Peak hour factors will use count data; and • Heavy vehicles % from count will be used and adjusted for site traffic.
2.5 EXISTING 2019 TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
Existing 2019 traffic conditions were analyzed at the key intersection within the study area. See Table 1 and Table 2 for the traffic results and Figure 2 for a schematic showing the volumes. Signal timings were assumed, as the signal timing sheet was not available. See Appendix B for the detailed Synchro reports. In the AM and PM peak hour, all movements operate at LOS B or better and 95th percentile queues do not exceed the storage length for any movement
Highway 99 / Darrell Bay Road / Shannon Falls Road
Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right
Volume 23 0 5 21 1 58 5 621 21 35 606 33 V/C 0.09 0.02 0.26 0.03 0.30 0.03 0.14 0.28 0.05 LOS B A A B A A B A A Delay (s) 14 0 8 20 9 0 19 7 1 Queue (m) 2 0 0 3 42 0 11 40 0 Intersection LOS LOS A Intersection V/C 0.45
The site will be accessed via Darrell Bay Road. 3.2 TRIP GENERATION
Construction site traffic will vary over the phasing of the project. Buses will be used to pick-up and drop-off workers to/from Darrell Bay, and there will also be vehicles making delivers to the site. See Table 3 for the site trips in each construction phases. Not all of the trips will be made in the peak hours identified in this study, however, this analysis will consider the worst-case scenario in which these trips are made during the PM peak hour.
TABLE 3: PEAK HOUR DEVELOPMENT TRIPS
Weekday AM (Inbound)
Weekday PM (Outbound)
Construction Phasing Buses Vehicles Buses* Vehicles Site Preparation and Civil Works (December 2019 – September 2020) 8 15 8 0
Site Preparation and Civil Works (October 2020 – January 2021) 9 15 9 0
Concrete Works and Module Setting and Interconnections (February 2021 – January 2023) 18 15 18 0
Pre-Commissioning and Demobilization (Feburary – May 2023) 14 15 14 0 *There are a higher number of buses than reported by the Client travelling outbound in the PM peak hour. This was to adjust for the worst-case scenario that the same number of buses will leave at the same time during the peak hours.
3.3 TRIP ASSIGNMENT
The trip assignment in the first two phases have been identified for the buses: • Phase 1 – 4 buses to Squamish / 4 buses to Vancouver; and • Phase 2 – 3 buses to Squamish / 6 buses to Vancouver.
All other trips will be split 50/50 between the north (to Squamish) and to the south (to Vancouver). See Figure 3 for the trip assignment for each phase.
Phase one traffic conditions were modeled by adding construction site traffic to the 2020 background traffic volumes. See Table 4 and Table 5 for a summary of the traffic results, and Figure 4 for the traffic volumes. In the AM and PM peak hour, all movements operate at LOS C or better and 95th percentile queues do not exceed the storage length for any movement. See Appendix C for the detailed Synchro reports for all phases.
TABLE 4: 2020 PHASE ONE TRAFFIC VOLUMES - AM PEAK HOUR RESULTS
Highway 99 / Darrell Bay Road / Shannon Falls Road
Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right
Volume 41 1 7 1 0 12 14 510 12 9 578 49 V/C 0.19 0.03 0.07 0.24 0.24 0.02 0.04 0.31 0.07 LOS B A A C A A C A A Delay (s) 16 0 0 22 7 0 20 9 2
Queue (m) 3 0 0 4 35 0 4 40 2 Intersection LOS LOS A Intersection V/C 0.39
Highway 99 / Darrell Bay Road / Shannon Falls Road
Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right
Volume 27 0 9 21 1 59 5 633 21 36 618 34 V/C 0.12 0.04 0.26 0.03 0.30 0.03 0.15 0.28 0.05 LOS B A A B A A B A A Delay (s) 15 0 8 20 9 0 20 7 1 Queue (m) 2 0 0 3 42 0 11 41 0 Intersection LOS LOS A Intersection V/C 0.45
Figure 4: 2020 Phase One AM/PM Peak Hour Volumes
3.5 PHASE TWO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
Phase two traffic conditions were modeled by adding construction site traffic to the 2021 background traffic volumes. See Table 6 and Table 5 for a summary of the traffic results, and Figure 5 for the traffic volumes. . In the AM and PM peak hour, all movements operate at LOS C or better and 95th percentile queues do not exceed the storage length for any movement.
Highway 99 / Darrell Bay Road / Shannon Falls Road
Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right
Volume 27 0 11 22 1 60 5 646 22 36 630 34 V/C 0.12 0.05 0.26 0.03 0.31 0.03 0.15 0.29 0.05 LOS B A A C A A B A A Delay (s) 15 0 8 20 9 0 20 7 1 Queue (m) 2 0 0 3 43 0 11 42 0 Intersection LOS LOS A Intersection V/C 0.46
Phase three traffic conditions were modeled by adding construction site traffic to the 2022 background traffic volumes. See Table 6 and Table 5 for a summary of the traffic results, and Figure 5 for the traffic volumes. In the AM and PM peak hour, all movements operate at LOS D or better and 95th percentile queues do not exceed the storage length for any movement.
TABLE 8: 2022 PHASE THREE TRAFFIC VOLUMES - AM PEAK HOUR RESULTS
Highway 99 / Darrell Bay Road / Shannon Falls Road
Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right
Volume 42 1 7 1 0 13 19 531 13 10 602 55 V/C 0.22 0.03 0.08 0.47 0.25 0.02 0.05 0.39 0.1 LOS B A A D A A C B A Delay (s) 18 0 0 35 7 0 22 11 3
Queue (m) 3 0 0 5 37 0 5 41 2 Intersection LOS LOS A Intersection V/C 0.40
Highway 99 / Darrell Bay Road / Shannon Falls Road
Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right
Volume 33 0 14 22 1 62 5 659 22 37 643 35 V/C 0.16 0.07 0.26 0.03 0.31 0.03 0.15 0.29 0.05 LOS B A A C A A C A A Delay (s) 15 0 8 21 9 0 20 7 1 Queue (m) 3 0 0 3 44 0 11 43 0 Intersection LOS LOS A Intersection V/C 0.46
Figure 6: 2022 Phase Three AM/PM Peak Hour Volumes
3.7 PHASE FOUR TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
Phase four traffic conditions were modeled by adding construction site traffic to the 2023 background traffic volumes. See Table 6 and Table 5 for a summary of the traffic results, and Figure 5 for the traffic volumes. In the AM and PM peak hour, all movements operate at LOS C or better and 95th percentile queues do not exceed the storage length for any movement.
Highway 99 / Darrell Bay Road / Shannon Falls Road
Eastbound Westbound Northbound Southbound Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right Left Thru Right
Volume 32 0 12 23 1 63 5 672 23 38 656 36 V/C 0.15 0.06 0.27 0.03 0.32 0.03 0.15 0.30 0.05 LOS B A A C A A C A A Delay (s) 15 0 8 21 9 0 20 7 0 Queue (m) 3 0 0 3 45 0 12 44 0 Intersection LOS LOS A Intersection V/C 0.47
4.0 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION 4.1 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS
There are no dedicated pedestrian or cycling facilities along Highway 99 or Darrell Bay Road. There are marked shoulders along Highway 99 that pedestrians and cyclists travelling north-south along the highway may use. The site is not expected to generate any pedestrian or cycling traffic that would require any upgrades to any facilities in proximity to the site. 4.2 TRANSIT
A bus stop is located within 500m of the site, near the Shannon Waterfall Parking Lot. The stop services Route 5 – South Parks, and operates every thirty minutes from Thursday to Sunday. According to the Sea to Sky Transit Future Plan (2015), there are plans to establish a weekday interregional transit service between Squamish and the Lower Mainland. 5.0 CONCLUSION Existing traffic operations are good (movements operating at LOS B or better) in the AM and PM peak hour. The addition of construction site traffic does not significantly impact the intersection, and conditions will operate at LOS B or better for the highway through movements, and LOS D or better for all other movements. There are no upgrades to the active transportation and transit network required as part of the construction phasing. 6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
• No upgrades are required to the active transportation, transit, and road network as part of the construction phasing.
Squamish Woodfibre LNG Traffic Impact Assessment
APPENDIX A: SYNCHRO BACKGROUND
Squamish Woodfibre LNG Traffic Impact Assessment
S Y N C H R O M O D E L L I N G S O F T W A R E D E S C R I P T I O N
The traffic analysis was completed using Synchro and SimTraffic traffic modeling software. Results were measured in delay, level of service (LOS) and 95th percentile queue length. Synchro is based on the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) methodology. SimTraffic integrates established driver behaviours and characteristics to simulate actual conditions by randomly “seeding” or positioning vehicles travelling throughout the network. The simulation is run five
times (five different random seedings of vehicle types, behaviours and arrivals) to obtain statistical significance of the results. L e v e l s o f S e r v i c e
Traffic operations are typically described in terms of levels of service, which rates the amount of delay per vehicle for each movement and the entire intersection. Levels of service range from LOS A (representing best operations) to LOS E / F (LOS E being poor operations and LOS F being unpredictable / disruptive operations). LOS E / F are generally unacceptable levels of service under normal everyday conditions. The hierarchy of criteria for grading an intersection or movement not only includes delay times, but also takes into account traffic control type (stop signs or traffic signal). For example, if a vehicle is delayed for 19 seconds at an unsignalized intersection, it is considered to have an average operation, and would therefore be graded as an LOS C. However, at a signalized intersection, a 19 second delay would be considered a good operation and therefore it would be given an LOS B. The table below indicates the range of delay for LOS for signalized and unsignalized intersections.
Table A1: LOS Criteria, by Intersection Traffic Control
Level of Service Unsignalized Intersection Average Vehicle Delay (sec/veh)
Signalized Intersection Average Vehicle Delay (sec/veh)
A Less than 10 Less than 10 B 10 to 15 11 to 20 C 15 to 25 20 to 35 D 25 to 35 35 to 55 E 35 to 50 55 to 80 F More than 50 More than 80