Traffic response

• Good Shepard Lutheran College would now be provided with 2 separate passenger pick-up / set-down
  areas (ie one from accessed from Goodchap Street and one from Walter Hay Drive). This would double
  the passenger pick-up / set-down capacity of the school.
• This would increase the overall formal pick-up set-down areas across the school, thereby, improving the
  PM peak conditions.
• The bus set-down area would be the same length as the existing bus set-down, as no change to the bus
  numbers is proposed; this arrangement is considered suitable.
• There is a through traffic lane that allows vehicles to egress the car park and pass queued vehicles
• On-site circulation of vehicles is designed and permitted




Figure 1: Proposed Walter Hay Drive Bus Set-Down, Parent Set-Down / Pick-Up and Parking Area

As discussed in TTM’s response to Item 1, it is outlined that a traffic operations plan be incorporated to
effect suitable traffic operations for the school’s PM peak period. TTM’s recommend that the traffic
operations plan include (but not limited to) the following:

• Separation of the designated pick-up / drop-off areas ie Goodchap St access for P-6 and Walter Hay Drive
  for 7-12 (siblings go to pick-up area of younger child)
• Parents told not to arrive earlier than the end of school ie this is to prevent early queuing of vehicles
  before school is over.
• Parents instructed to ‘move on’ (ie loop around and circulate) from queuing in the pick-up drop-off lane
  after waiting approximately 2 minutes. This would keep the flow of vehicles through the pick-up drop-off
  lane.
• Teachers be designated to assist with the pick-up procedure, ie calling out childrens names during pick-
  up, instruction parents to ‘move on’, if required
• Parents be made aware of the traffic operations plan and how they can pick up their children




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