Investigation into Supply Side Freight Demand for Pilbara WA – Dept for Planning and Infrastructure WA

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In 2008, we were engaged to undertake an investigation into Supply Side Freight Demand for the Pilbara region in Western Australia for the State Department for Planning and Infrastructure. The investigation sought to determine the volume of iron ore and other mining outputs which were moved by road by the growing number of junior miners in the region. It also sought to gain a better understanding of the consequential growth in industrial and community inputs and services that may not have been anticipated by studies completed over the last few years. The investigation addressed these gaps by:

Describing and quantifying the likely future freight flows (as tonnes and freight trips) that will support the transportation of industrial inputs and consumables required by exporters and urban and mine-based communities, and developing a simple model for predicting the three-way relationship that could be expected to occur between major industry output volumes, industrial and community input volumes and population and workforce numbers.

Explaining the impacts of the current and future freight flows on interurban road networks the ports and port access roads, and assessing their adequacy, and the adequacy of current government and commercial operating structures, to support the growing freight flows.

Identifying and assessing better ways of managing the freight tasks including through more efficient investment, design and use of transport infrastructure, by shifting some of the task carried by road to coastal shipping, and through better management systems and regulatory approaches.

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