Traffic Engineering Report · MCU23/0096

                                                              19915 Traffic Engineering Report
                                                    Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosaville
                                                                                  March 2023




8      CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS

This report has reviewed the changes to access and parking demand since the
construction of the new staff car park on the corner of Eumundi Noosa Road and
Walter Hay Drive. A review of the road network has also been carried out to determine
the operational performance of the three roundabouts during the school morning and
afternoon peak hours.

The results of comparative analysis of survey data are provided below:

       a) As expected, there was an increase in movements to and from Walter
          Hay Drive due to the changes in accessing parking areas.
       b) There was a decrease in vehicles entering from Eumundi Road (which may
          be staff) and a slight increase in vehicles exiting in the morning peak. This
          may suggest more families are dropping off in the morning peak period
          rather than parking and exiting later.
       c) There was a reduction in the number of bus movements throughout the
          survey period with 27 buses entering and 24 exiting recorded throughout
          the day in 2020 and 25 buses entering and 22 existing in 2022.
       d) Vehicle queueing in the drop off/pick up area has significantly decreased
          in 2022 compared to 2020. This is due to the improvements to an extended
          pick up and drop off zone. This has mitigated any impact on the Eumundi
          Road roundabout.
       e) Peak parking demand has remained consistent in 2020 and 2022.
       f) There are 153 available spaces in the new staff car park and the peak
          occurred at 9:45am with 138 spaces occupied and 15 spaces available.
       g) There is less demand for parking in Area A and B throughout the day in
          2022 compared to 2020, indicating staff were previously parking all day
          in these areas.
       h) The current parking provision and the proposed master plan parking
          provision is compliant with Council and TMR requirements for educational
          establishments.
       i) The external roundabouts operate adequately in the school peak periods
          with spare capacity. The new staff car park does not adversely impact the
          external roundabout operations. There is no demonstrated need to
          provide an internal road connection within the college to alter the current
          distribution of traffic to the external road network.




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