Noosa VMU RFI Response Lodged 23.11.23 · MCU23/0078

             report were derived, also indicates, as expected, that the proportion of drop-in and diverted trips
             reduces as the size of a centre increases, and that for centres greater than 35,000m2, those
             proportions referenced in the TIA should have a factor of 0.8 applied to them. Thus, the proportion
             of new trips should be 70%, not the 60% proportion adopted in the analysis.
        g) Assess to the proposed Lot 3 access driveway locations and configurations having regard to the
             above.
 44.    Section 5 (Car Parking Provision) of the TIA is requested to be updated to take account of the following
        factors:
             a) Lots 3 and 7 are separate allotments, and car parking provisions on each of those two
                 allotments needs to stand alone in terms of satisfying car parking demands associated with
                 development proposed on each allotment. Separate car parking assessment for each
                 allotment needs to be undertaken.
             b) Clarify the proposed arrangements for car parking provided for the residential components of
                 the development. It is currently proposed that residents will need to compete with other
                 users for car parking spaces, in circumstances where normally there would be separate
                 secured resident parking areas provided within the carpark.
             c) The currently supplied information regarding temporal parking demands for the different
                 proposed uses in order to support the proposed parking relaxation is insufficient. At a holiday
                 destination like Noosa, parking demands for each of the proposed uses can reach co-incident
                 or near co-incident peaks during school holiday periods. There is no information supplied to be
                 able to determine whether the parking demand profiles derived from Google analytics as
                 used in the TIA are representative of design parking conditions at Noosa which will occur
                 during school holiday periods.
 45.    Section 4 (Design Consideration) of the TIA is requested to be updated to take account of the following
        factors:
                 a) Demonstrate that the access arrangements proposed for Lot 7 are satisfactory in
                      accommodating future development on the balance of Lot 7.
                 b) The proposed southern access arrangements for Lot 3, which eliminate the raised central
                      median in the access driveway, and which require the design service vehicle to drive over
                      the kerb in “Main Street” when departing the site, are not acceptable in an unconstrained
                      greenfield environment. Modify the proposed access driveway to rectify those issues and
                      provide a detailed layout plan depicting the proposed driveway configuration.
                 c) Demonstrate satisfactory sight lines at the southern Lot 3 access driveway taking account
                      of the fact that on-street parking in combination with the horizontal curvature of the road
                      will significantly impede sight lines.
                 d) Demonstrate satisfactory height clearance for service vehicles accessing the northern
                      loading dock and loading refuse bins.
                 e) The proposed configuration of the northern Lots 3 access driveway, having multiple entry
                      and exit lanes across the verge (with a resultant 18m wide driveway crossing), and its
                      interaction with the balance of the ground level carpark and the adjacent basement ramp
                      (having insufficient queuing) will be confusing for users and is not acceptable.
                 f) Assess how it is proposed to service the large retail tenancy at the south-western corner
                      of the site.
                 g) The dual entry lanes on each access to the basement carpark is suggestive of an intent to
                      gate the basement carpark. If that is the case, then describe and assess how this would
                      operate, and prepare a carpark management plan detailing pricing strategies, staff
                      arrangements, resident arrangements, etc, so that Council can fully understand the
                      implications of such a proposal.
Response:
43. The Traffic Impact Assessment has been updated to provide the following responses/verification:

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