Western Port

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Contents 1 Did you know the extent of planned development in Western Port? 1.1 Planned Capacity for 2035 1.2 Planned Capacity for Long Term 1.3 Note 1.4 Have you considered 2 Opinions 3 What can you do? 3.1 Sign a People's Mandate 3.2 Write a "MY WILL" letter

[edit] Did you know the extent of planned development in Western Port?

The following extracts are taken from the Port Hastings Corporation documents published on their web site.

[edit] Planned Capacity for 2035

• 2.3 shipping movements per day (page 45)
• 15 shipping berths (page 51)
• 3,700,000 containers per year (page 51 : International + Bass trade)
• 640,000 import/export vehicles per year (page 51)
• 2,500,000 tones of petroleum exports/imports (page 51)
• 1,900,000 tones of dry bulk per year (page 51)
• 3,410 trucks per day (page 52)
• 40 freight trains of 1.2km length per day (page 52)

[edit] Planned Capacity for Long Term

There is little said. There is some mention of long term capacity and the other figures can be extrapolated from the 2035 figures.

Extrapolated out from the 2035 capacity that is:

• 6.5 shipping movements per day (page 45)
• 24 ships berths (extrapolated from page 51)
• 8,200,000 containers per annum (page 44 : International + Bass trade)
• 9,630 trucks per day (extrapolated from page 52)
• 113 freight trains of 1.2km length per day (extrapolated from page 52)

[edit] Note

• It is only when you review table 6.9 on page 51 and table 6.10 on page 52 that you get the true extent of the cargo volume planned for 2035.
  You can download the freight task report here... (350KB)
  

• On page 255 of Section D Recommended Port Land Use and Transport Strategic Study there is a figure which shows a 13 berth dock. How is it intended to expand this to 26 ship berths?
  You can download the Land Use and Transport Strategic Study here...(4.5MB)

[edit] Have you considered

• The extent of destruction of Western Port bay to:
  • construct 24 shipping berths
  • handle 6.5 ships per day (they need 0.5km to turn around)
• The noise impact of the train and truck transport
• The pollution impact of the train and truck transport
• The impact if the truck transport on Melbourne’s road system (93% of the transport will be to the north and west – page 45)
• The impact of the freight traffic volumes on peninsula area
• The visual impact on the landscape
• The light pollution from the facility at night
• The impact on residents in the Western Port area
• The impact on the bayside area suburbs of the increased traffic volumes

[edit] Opinions

• Western Port not the answer to channel deepening by Dr. Brian Cuming

[edit] What can you do?

Fortunately there are a number of courses of action available to you. These are:

[edit] Sign a People's Mandate

Sign a People's Mandate. over 40,000 people on the Mornington Peninsula have already signed this mandate. You can read more about this here...

[edit] Write a "MY WILL" letter

Write a "MY WILL" letter to your elected representatives. You can read more about this here...