Attach F - Traffic

5.0   CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS


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PEKOL TRAFFIC & TRANSPORT

5.0

5.1

5.2

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Conclusions

The retail supermarket at 5 Garnet Street, Cooroy has been evaluated in terms of its impact on the

surrounding road network, site access operations and internal layout. The main points to note are:

it is proposed to redevelop the site to provide a retail supermarket comprising a total of 1,365m?
GFA (with a ‘use area’ of 1,097 m’)

vehicular access to the on-site car parking area is proposed from Garnet Street, with an additional
access for service vehicles on Wimmers Lane

a total of 76 parking spaces are proposed for the development (comprising 74 car parking spaces
and eight motorcycle spaces), which meets the requirements of the Noosa Plan and is consistent
with other relevant rates for retail use

an on-site loading and refuse collection area is proposed that would enable an HRV to enter and
exit the site from Wimmers Lane

during evening peak hour operations, the proposed development is expected to generate 182 peak
hour two-way vehicle movements (comprising 149 ‘new’ trips) with 222 (182 ‘new’ trips) predicted
during the Saturday peak hour

the Myall Street / Garnet Street / Maple Street roundabout intersection is expected to experience
‘excellent’ to ‘good’ levels of service, and operate within the GARID limits of acceptable limits for
the post development scenarios

while the Myall Street / Elm Street intersection is predicted to fail under predevelopment traffic
loads by 2023 / 2024, the additional traffic generated by the subject development is expected to
have a marginal impact, bringing forward the need to upgrade this intersection by approximately

one year

Recommendations

Based on our analysis it is recommended that:

the existing western driveway on Garnet Street is removed and the kerb and channel and concrete
footpath reinstated

an 18m wide driveway crossover be provided on Wimmer Lane to accommodate HRV entry and
exit, as shown in Figure 3.2

cycle parking be provided (approximately eight spaces) for staff and customer use, located in close

proximity to the supermarket entrance and in an area with a high level of casual surveillance

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