Referecence Document Traffic Engineering Assessment Report 22 March 2023 131998.98121.5

Peak Hour Traffic Impacts
It is expected that peak hour traffic impacts will primarily be those associated with the weekend groups,
noting that this has the higher proportion of car mode share. On the basis that all persons arrive around
6pm-7pm on a Friday, and depart around midday on a Sunday, the following trips are anticipated at the
times of turning movement counts:
        Wednesday (midday):           14 buses in / 14 buses out.
        Friday peak hour (arrival):   100 trips / hour entering traffic.
        Sunday peak hour (departure): 100 trips / hour departing traffic.
It is assumed that staff will arrive and depart outside the peak hours.
For the purpose of this assessment, the traffic volumes for the 6:00pm – 7:00pm time period have been
utilised on the Friday, with the road network peak hour traffic volumes used as the base on Sunday.
Recognising the site location, all traffic is expected to have an origin / destination to the south of the site.

5.3        Base Traffic Data
As requested by Council, the following traffic data has been collected by sub-consultant Matrix.
        Two week loop detection counts:
          - Locations:
              Kabi Road (30m east of Cootharaba Road).
              Cootharaba Road (50m south of Kabi Road).
          - Date of survey: Tuesday 14 February 2023 - Monday 27 February 2023.
        Peak hour turning movement counts at Cootharaba Road / Kabi Road:
            - Wednesday 15 February 2023: 11:00am – 2:00pm.
            - Friday 17 February 2023:        4:00pm – 7:00pm.
            - Sunday 19 February 2023:        11:00am – 2:00pm.
The results of the surveys are provided at Appendix C to this report.
The surveys recorded daily two-way traffic volumes in Kabi Road are summarised in Table 3.

Table 3: Kabi Road Daily Two-Way Traffic Volumes: Vehicles Per Day (Existing)




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BMC22089: 59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba
22 March 2023