Attachment 5 - Traffic Impact Assessment Final PTT · 132005.638.06

Table 16         Sensitivity on vehicle hours November 2023 Case 2 bay numbers

    Check type     Bay category               Sensitivity of maximum vehicles in the hour
                                              80%     85%        90%          95%         105%         110%         115%        120%
    Number of      Small vehicles             17.6    18.7       19.8         20.9        23.1         24.2         25.3        26.4
    vehicles
                   Vehicles towing trailers   9.6     10.2       10.8         11.4        12.6         13.2         13.8        14.4
                   Large vehicles             2.4     2.55       2.7          2.85        3.15         3.3          3.45        3.6
    Number of      Small vehicles             4       4          4            4           4            4            4           4
    bays
    provided       Vehicles towing trailers   4       4          4            4           4            4            4           4
                   Large vehicles             BTF     BTF        BTF          BTF         BTF          BTF          BTF         BTF
    Cumulative     Small and trailer bays     0.00    2.49       6.48         10.47       22.42        26.41        30.39       39.00
    queuing in     combined queue length,
    coinciding     maximum is 40m
    peak hours




3.1.4            Transfer station sorting
To facilitate separation by the public, supported by NSC operators, in addition to operator sorting of waste
destined for landfill, aisles for shared skips are included in the transfer station layout. This alleviates operator
sorting effort after the walking floor. Sorting after the walking floor provides an opportunity for diversion of
recyclables and other streams for landfill that are not sorted or incorrectly identified for landfill by public. In
peak periods waste can be staged for delayed sorting. A walking floor has been included to the transfer
station design to convey waste from the transfer bay disposal points to an area for accumulation and
movement to sorting south of the transfer bays. An example of this used in similar waste application is
provided in Figure 7. The walking floor is controlled by an on/off mechanism enabling pause to accumulation
to provide a window for loader to clear the stockpile area. Safety concern raised by NSC regarding
inappropriate use of the walking floor and entering the walking floor is managed through full time operators
and the implementation of the on/off mechanism. This design element was selected as an opportunity for:
◼    Optimising use of available space and ease of customer use
     − Providing adequate manoeuvring room for vehicles accessing transfer bays
     − Retained drainage and water storage east of the transfer bays
◼    Reducing cost associated with a full length and width loader surge pit to southern accumulation
     − Turnaround manoeuvring required
◼    Mitigation of interaction risk of customers with loader through separation of loader movements
◼    Pause to loading to mitigate the risk of concurrent waste disposal and clearing




                                                       Project number 526384 File Noosa Masterplanning Report 2025-02-07 Revision 0    21