Planning Response letter to Council Information Request · MCU18/0015

   Response – Advice was sought from a traffic engineer (Q Traffic) regarding the proposed increase
   in traffic associated with the proposed development. The advice received was that 12 new units
   only generate 10 trips in the peak hour, equating to 1 trip every 6 minutes which is a clear
   negligible impact on traffic impacts. Therefore traffic management measures and / or roadworks
   improvements are not necessitated as a result of the proposed development.


   Item 27 – Revise plans to achieve road grades below 15%.


   Response – The proposed internal road alignment has been amended to achieve a grade less than
   15%. A longitudinal section is included with the Engineering Report at Attachment 4
   (C5756/15/P24) showing the maximum slope of the driveway at 15% with the average slope being
   in the order of 7.85%.


   Turning and Parking Area
   Item 28 – Provide further details of the proposed parking area at the northern end of the proposed
   access road including turning template of Noosa Council refuse truck and the allocated turning
   area.


   Response – Service vehicle servicing has been amended to take place from adjacent to the site
   entry as shown on the Site Plan included with the Architectural Plans included at Attachment 1.
   An on site manager is proposed to collect bins at the required intervals from each dwelling house
   and walk them to the bin collection area inside the top of the site.


   Item 29 – Provide further details of the proposed earthworks throughout the site including the
   earthworks associated with the proposed road and any building platforms including for Lots 3 and
   4. The assessment for the earthworks must include adequate details of the required retention
   works prepared by suitably qualified RPEQ.


   Response – An earthworks plan is included with the Engineering Report at Attachment 3 showing
   earthworks required to facilitate the proposed development. The earthworks are generally
   confined to the construction of the access driveway with the driveways to each unit to be
   comprised of an elevated timber boardwalk type structure. Retaining walls required for the access
   driveway are shown on Plan C5756/15/P28 included with the Engineering Report. These retaining
   walls have been designed with regard to the recommendations contained in the Geotechnical
   Report at Attachment 5.


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