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Meeniyan-Promontory Road currently unsuitable for further truck traffic

The current access road to Fish Creek Quarries has a 1 star AusRAP road rating. it is inadequate now and it needs to be upgraded before a quarry expansion should be considered. Putting a NEW quarry on a 1-star AusRAP road isn’t just questionable — it’s reckless.

Australian road research shows heavy trucks don’t just “add traffic” — they dominate road damage. Because of the fourth power law, a single loaded truck axle can cause thousands of times more wear than a car. That means faster road degradation, more potholes, more edge failures — and a road that was already rated among the least safe becomes even more dangerous. Now add constant quarry truck movements: – Increased crash risk on an already unsafe road – Rapid pavement failure and higher maintenance gaps – More interactions between heavy vehicles and local traffic, cyclists, and school routes A 1-star road is already telling us something: this road is not forgiving of mistakes. Flooding it with heavy freight is the opposite of responsible planning — it’s knowingly amplating risk. Infrastructure decisions should reduce danger, not multiply it.

 https://theconversation.com/trucks-are-destroying-our-roads-and-not-picking-up-the-repair-cost-79670 https://youtu.be/pW7XW7Q0hpM https://eng.unimelb.edu.au/ingenium/drivers-of-suvs-and-pick-ups-should-pay-more-to-be-on-our-roads