Traffic Engineering Report · MCU23/0096

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




5      PARKING & ACCESS ANALYSIS

A comparison between the 2020 and 2022 survey data has been undertaken to
determine the impact of changes to car parking areas and improvement to the drop
off and pick up zone.


5.1    Access Traffic Flows

The recorded traffic flows indicated the peak period generally occurred at 8:30am and
3:00pm which aligns with the school start and end times. The number of vehicles
entering and exiting at each location is provided in Table 1 and 2. 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.

                       Table 1 – Entry and Exit Flows 2020
 Location                          AM Peak Hour               PM Peak Hour
                                Entering       Exiting    Entering    Exiting
 Eumundi Road Roundabout          318            263        158         193
 Walter Hay Drive                 141            109        100          98
 Eumundi Road                      47             38         65          76
 (Temporary Car Park Access)

                     Table 2 – Entry and Exit Flows 2022
 Location                        AM Peak Hour               PM Peak Hour
                              Entering       Exiting    Entering    Exiting
 Eumundi Road Roundabout        287            282        145         186
 Walter Hay Drive               192            110         86         141

As expected, there was an increase in movements to and from Walter Hay Drive due
to the changes in accessing parking areas. There was a decrease in vehicles entering
from Eumundi Road 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.


5.2    Vehicle Queues

Vehicle queuing from Eumundi Road was recorded to determine if and when the
impact of vehicle waiting in the drop‐off and pick up area extended to the Eumundi
Road roundabout. In 2020 there was provision for 8 vehicles in the designated drop




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