Appendix D - traffic impact assessment

      Total 65vph total two-way development traffic at the Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) / Pearsons Road
       intersection. During the morning peak hour, 20vph travel towards the site, and 45vph travel away from the site.
       The reverse is true during the evening peak hour.
      Total 41vph total two-way development traffic at Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) / Lamont Road. During
       the morning peak hour, 12vph travel towards the site, and 29vph travel away from the site. The reverse is true
       during the evening peak hour.
      At Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road), it is anticipated that 90% of the 106vph total two-way development
       traffic travels south towards the town centre of Cooroy, and the remaining 10% travels north.
      The existing properties along Lamonts Road include several (<5) rural residential properties and the heli-aviation
       company. It is anticipated that the existing traffic volumes along Lamonts Road is approximately 20vph in both
       the AM and PM peaks. During the morning peak hour, 4vph travel towards Lamonts Road, and 16vph travel
       away from Lamonts Road. The reverse is true during the evening peak hour.
      At the Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) / Diamond Street intersection the existing directional split of traffic
       as per TMR intersection count (2013) has been adopted for the following assessment. That is, from the northern
       approach 30% of the outgoing development traffic is anticipated to travel east along Diamond Street towards
       Noosa and Tewantin, and 70% of the outgoing development traffic is anticipated to travel south towards the
       Cooroy town centre and destinations accessed via the Bruce Highway such as Nambour and Brisbane, 15% of
       the incoming development traffic is anticipated to originate from the east from Diamond Street and 85% of the
       traffic is anticipated to originate from the south at Elm Street.

   Please do note that it is anticipated that up to 10% of all trips may occur by PT or active mode shares however the
   following assessment is conservative in allowing for 100% car mode share.




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