Port Adelaide Outer Harbor Channel Widening

395 Pages·2017·15.01 MB·English

APPLICATION ON NOTIFICATION – CROWN DEVELOPMENT

Applicant: Flinders Ports Pty Ltd
Development Number: 010/V048/17
Nature of Development: Capital dredging to widen the existing
channel and swing basin located at outer
harbor by approximately 40m for a
distance of approximately 7km requiring
the removal of 1.55 million m3 of material
to be placed off-shore at a designated
placement (7km x 5km) area within the
Gulf St Vincent.
Type of development: Public Infrastructure
Zone / Policy Area: No Zones
Subject Land: Out of Council land – Outer Harbour Swing
Basin and Outer Harbour Channel
Contact Officer: Reece Svetec
Phone Number: [phone]
Start Date: 22 November 2017
Close Date: 13 December 2017

During the notification period, hard copies of the application documentation
can be viewed at the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure,
Level 5, 50 Flinders Street, Adelaide during normal business hours.
Application documentation may also be viewed during normal business
hours at the local Council office (if identified on the public notice).

Written representations must be received by the close date (indicated above) and can
either be posted, hand-delivered, faxed or emailed to the State Commission
Assessment Panel (SCAP). A representation form is provided as part of this pdf
document.

Any representations received after the close date will not be considered.

Postal Address:
The Secretary
State Commission Assessment Panel
GPO Box 1815
ADELAIDE SA 5001

Street Address:
Development Division
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
Level 5, 50 Flinders Street
ADELAIDE

Email Address: [email protected]
Fax Number: [phone]
#11862379
DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1993
S49/S49A – CROWN DEVELOPMENT
REPRESENTATION ON APPLICATION

Applicant: Flinders Ports Pty Ltd
Development Number: 010/V048/17
Nature of Development: Capital dredging to widen existing channel and swing basin
located at outer harbour by approximately 40m for a distance
of approximately 7km, requiring the removal of 1.55million m3
of material to be placed off-shore at a designated placement
(7km x 5km) area within the Gulf St Vincent.
Zone / Policy Area: No Zones
Subject Land: Out of Council land – Outer Harbour Swing Basin and Outer
Harbour Channel
Contact Officer: Reece Svetec
Phone Number: 8343 2950
Close Date: 13 December 2017

My name:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
My phone number: _________________________________________________________________________________________
PRIMARY METHOD(s) OF CONTACT: Email address: ____________________________________________________________
Postal address: ____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________Postcode_________________
You may be contacted via your nominated PRIMARY METHOD(s) OF CONTACT if you indicate below that you wish to
be heard in support of your submission.

My interests are: [ ] owner of local property
[ ] occupier of local property
[ ] a representative of a company/other organisation affected by the proposal
[ ] a private citizen

The address of the property affected is ........................................…………………......................Postcode.........……................….

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I [ ] wish to be heard in support of my submission
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(Please tick one)

by [ ] appearing personally
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(Cross out whichever does not apply)

Date: ............................................................. Signature: .........................................................……….............
Return Address: The Secretary, State Commission Assessment Panel, GPO Box 1815, Adelaide, SA 5001 or
[email protected]
#11862591
LOGO The Government of South Australia

DEVELOPMENT ACT 1993

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO DEVELOPMENT

SECTION 49 – PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

Notice is hereby given that an application has been made by Flinders Ports Pty Ltd for
Capital dredging to widen existing channel and swing basin located at outer harbour by
approximately 40m for a distance of approximately 7km, requiring the removal of
1.55million m3 of material to be placed off-shore at a designated placement (7km x
5km) area within the Gulf St Vincent. (Development Number: 010/V048/17).

The land is situated at Outer Harbour Channel, Gulf St Vincent. For identification
purposes, the nearest Certificate of Title is: Volume 6126 Folio 861.

The subject land is located within the Coastal Zone of the Land Not Within a Council Area
(Metro) consolidated 5 May 2016, and the Land Not Within a Council Area (Coastal
Waters) consolidated 20 October 2016.

The application may be examined during normal office hours at the office of the State
Commission Assessment Panel, Level 5, 50 Flinders Street and at the office of Port
Adelaide Enfield Council, 163 St Vincent Street, Port Adelaide SA 5015. Application
documentation may also be viewed on the SCAP website:
http://www.saplanningcommission.sa.gov.au/scap/public_notices.

Any person or body who desires to do so may make representations concerning the
application by notice in writing delivered to the Secretary, Development Assessment
Commission, GPO Box 1815, Adelaide 5001 not later than 13 December 2017.

Each person or body making a representation should state the reason for the
representation and whether that person or body wishes to be given the opportunity to
appear before the Commission to further explain the representation.

Submissions may be made available for public inspection. Please indicate in writing if you
object to your submission being made available in this way.

Should you wish to discuss the application and the public notification procedure please
contact Reece Svetec on [phone] or [email protected]

Alison Gill
SECRETARY
STATE COMMISSION ASSESSMENT PANEL
www.saplanningcommission.sa.gov.au/scap

PUBLISHED IN : The Portside & The Advertiser
PUBLICATION DATE : 22 November 2017

Outer Harbor Channel Widening Project
Development Application Report
July 2017

Flinders Ports Pty Ltd Outer Harbor Channel Widening Project

Executive Summary
Flinders Ports Pty Ltd (Flinders Ports) has identified the need to widen the
existing shipping channel and swing basin at Outer Harbor in the Port of
Adelaide. This is being driven by the emergence of Post Panamax class vessels
which are wider than the 36m design vessel width of the existing channel and
swing basin. Outer Harbor can only currently accommodate vessels up to a
maximum of 42.2m width with operational restrictions. The Outer Harbor
Channel Widening (OHCW) Project will enable the Port to accommodate vessels
with a maximum width of 49m once complete, without operational restrictions.
The optimal upgrade to meet this growing demand is to widen the existing
channel by approximately 40m, resulting in the need to dredge approximately
1.55 million m3 of material. The last capital dredge project (deepening the
channel and swing basin) was completed in 2005. It is forecast that the OHCW
Project will meet the future needs for Outer Harbor for at least the next ten years.
Project Justification
As the global shipping owners convert more and more ships to the Post Panamax
class, Flinders Ports is compelled to provide suitable infrastructure to support this
activity (Outer Harbor experienced a four-fold increase in 2016 and forecast this
doubling again in 2017).
The OHCW Project is responding to this change in vessel size (broader) as the
key driver to ensure economic operations are maintained to support South
Australian trade and avoid any decrease through use of alternative Australian
ports and land routes for import and export trade. Also contributing to the
demand and urgency for the OHCW Project to proceed, it is noted that from 2018
there will be similar increases (change in shipping class) for visiting Cruise
Liners, with a general trend towards broader ships seeking to visit South
Australian waters.
The economic assessment shows that upon completion, and hence avoiding losing
Adelaide as a destination for these broader freight and cruise ship visitations,
there is a positive Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) conservatively in a range of five to
ten. This concludes that for every dollar spent on the OHCW Project there is an
economic benefit of between five to ten dollars for South Australia through
increased economic activity.
The Development Report has considered all the potential impacts associated with
the project and proposed mitigation measures to manage them appropriately. The
majority of impacts are short term and localised, with some loss of seagrass
identified as unavoidable.
The risk for not completing the OHCW Project is that the containerised trade and
cruise shipping may “skip” Adelaide and utilise alternative ports that can operate
without restrictions and hence be more efficient. This would create a negative
impact upon the South Australian economy through increased costs to transport
our imports and exports across land and the lost opportunity costs of less
visitations from cruise ships.
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