MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Various - Petition Kelly Gerber

balance lot
b) A traffic management                It is considered that a traffic             The applicant has not provided
procedure to demonstrate               management procedure is not                 the information required.
refuelling will not impact on          necessary. As per the Traffic
traffic movements in Eumundi-          Report prepared by QTraffic                The applicant states that the
Noosa Road or the internal             originally submitted, the site             existing arrangements will still
traffic within the site. Also,         access arrangements       are              apply, but they do not take into
advise if time restrictions will       consistent with the existing               consideration the low threshold
be implemented on refuelling           arrangements, and are                      for queuing which exists once
operation schedules to address         considered to be appropriate               refuelling commences and
this issue.                            given the nature of the use and            vehicles are dually utilising the
                                       the existing road environment.             easement for both
                                       Section 4 of the report states             development sites during the
                                       that the level of traffic                  refuelling process, that is,
                                       generation for the proposed                existing arrangements are
                                       development is low, and once               insufficient.
                                       distributed onto the
                                       surrounding road network,
                                       would be within the range of
                                       typical fluctuations in traffic
                                       volumes.
c) Assessment of the need for a        It is considered that queuing in           The applicant has not provided
no-queuing area to avoid               the easement area will be                  the information required.
obstructions to traffic flows          unlikely as a result of the
within the access easement             proposed service station                   Any future development of the
area and to allow for the future       development given the ample                second lot will require to either
development of the balance lot.        queuing space on site, as per              co-utilise the easement
                                       Drawing No 15193- DB.                      resulting in back-up or apply to
                                       However, as mentioned in 7.a               install a neighbouring
                                       above, any future development              easement. A second easement
                                       application over the balance lot           will present visibility difficulties
                                       will also presumably be                    and associated risks to exiting
                                       required to demonstrate no                 vehicles. It will also pose an
                                       queuing into the easement                  unacceptable risk of further
                                       area.                                      compounding traffic congestion
                                                                                  on the Eumundi Noosa Road


81.   Significantly,   the     applicant    has not   provided         any solution     to the    Noosa     Council's
      concerns     with the potential       for queuing   in the road and traffic          conflict   in the shared
      access area (easement          area). as in its opinion,         queuing     in the easement       area will be
      unlikely    as a result     of the proposed      service    station        development     given    the ample
      queuing     space on site. As the applicant           has not allayed the Council's             concerns,   this
      clearly supports       our position   that the DA is inconsistent            with the following     objectives
      of the Noosa Plan:


              •    Use of land for a service station        does not impair traffic flow or road safety
              •    The safety of pedestrians       and cyclists is protected
              •    Vehicular    access does not adversely         impact on safety, capacity and
                   operations     of the existing or planned       road network,        the proposed      driveway,
                   cycleways     or pedestrian    pathway     system
              •    Access and egress points do not impact on the safety and operations                       of the
                   road system

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