2016-02-02 I&S Committee - Item 4 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Traffic Study

5 YEAR 2036 ROAD NETWORK IMPLICATIONS
The primary purpose of this study is to assess road system upgrading requirements within
Noosa Shire to the year 2036. Year 2015 road system capacity analysis has been documented
and discussed in Section 3 of this report. Section 5 of the report now considers traffic issues
likely to occur under predicted year 2036 conditions, at the end of the design horizon of this
study. For deficiency issues that are identified, further analysis is then undertaken to identify
potential recommended upgrading solutions to those issues. Section 6 provides a summary of
recommended improvements and Section 7 provides details on the recommended timing for
implementation of those upgrades.


5.1 Year 2036 Daily traffic flows
Application of the 0.8% rate of growth to existing daily traffic flows at the permanent traffic
count locations of the coastal area indicates predicted 2036 daily traffic flows as depicted in
Figure 12.




Figure 12: Predicted 2036 daily traffic flows in the coastal area

It is important to recognise that a critical aspect of the Council-controlled parts of the road
network in the longer term will be the capacity to accommodate travel demands on the east-
west oriented roads between Tewantin and Noosaville. That traffic must use either the
Poinciana Ave – Doonella St - Memorial Ave – Hilton Tce route, or the Beckmans Rd –


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