Engineering Roads (Traffic Report)

 Noosa Fair and Bowls Club Expansion

© 2013 - TTM Consulting Pty Ltd                                                       Reference No: 12SCT0068


The car park usage for zones 1, 2 and 3 are directly attributed to the existing Noosa Fair Shopping
Centre. The peak parking demand surveyed in these zones was 313 spaces. This peak demand
occurred at 11am on the Thursday. This relates to a parking demand of 4.5 spaces / 100m2 use
area. It is TTM’s experience that this rate is relatively consistent with centres of this nature.
Applying the surveyed parking demand rate to the proposed Coles expansion equates to a peak
parking demand of 341 parking spaces for the Noosa Fair Shopping Centre.
During a site review it was noted that the Noosa Fair Shopping Centre is used by customers
parking external to Noosa Fair (external parking supply). Conversely the Council car park
contained within zone 4 was found to include parking demand from customers within Noosa Fair
(external parking demand). Given the level of cross-utilisation of parking within the study area it is
not possible to get an entirely accurate description of car parking demand for the Noosa Fair
Shopping Centre alone.
TTM have therefore undertaken a sensitivity analysis to determine potential parking impacts of
the Coles expansion. It is anticipated that zones 5 and 6 are used solely by Noosa Bowls Club, and
shops northeast of Lanyana Way respectively, with some external parking supply provided within
the Council car park in zone 4.
The sensitivity analysis is based on the inclusion of 15% and 30% of the parking demand in zone 4
relating to the Noosa Fair Shopping Centre. Table 4.3 provides base parking demands, peak
parking rates and post Coles expansion parking rates for these scenarios

Table 4.3: Sensitivity Analysis for Noosa Fair Parking Demands

 Parking         demands      Base Parking Demands        Resultant Demand per        Parking Demand with
                                                               2
 Assessed                                                 100m (use area)             Coles expansion

 Zones 1, 2 and 3                       313                          4.5                         336

 Zones 1, 2, 3 and 15%                  333                          4.8                         358
 of 4

 Zones 1, 2, 3 and 30%                  354                          5.1                         381
 of 4

This analysis identifies that the Coles expansion could result in the Noosa Fair Shopping Centre
having a parking demand between 336 and 381 parking spaces.


4.5        Estimated Practical Parking Demands
Based on the survey of the Noosa Fair Shopping Centre car park and surrounding car parking area
TTM anticipate the Centre will generate between 336 and 381 parking spaces post Coles
expansion. The shopping centre provides 386 parking spaces which is considered suitable based
on the current and anticipated parking demands.




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