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Blue Care Property Development Unit Biue Care Sunrise Beach

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Traffic Impact Assessment

Conclusion

All access to the proposed Blue Care Facility will be from Grasstree Court. The proposed
development will effectively result in the full build out of land surrounding Grasstree Court.
Grasstree Court is a cul-de-sac and does not service through traffic. The only vehicles that
will use Grasstree Court will be those associated with Blue Care and the existing Uniting
Church.

The proposed aged care facility will comprise of two precincts:
Precinct 1: Located on the northern side of Grasstree Court
— 96 single bedrooms (units) in a residential aged care (RAC) facility
- Two (2) single bedrooms (units) in respite care as part of the RAC.
Precinct 2: Located on the southern side of Grasstree Court
— 55 independent living units (JLUs) in villa style accommodation
- 54 independent living units in four (4) apartment buildings -
~ 20 serviced apartments and a central facilities buiiding

In determining the predicted traffic generation for the site, reference has been made to the
RTA Guide to Traffic Generating Developments, 2002. Using the rates stipulated in this
document combined with-engineering judgement, we have estimated the predicted traffic
volumes at each of the access points during the morning and evening peak periods.

Being an aged care facility the site is a very low traffic generator. We estimate that the
subject site will generate in the order of 81 trips in the AM peak period and 94 trips in the
PM peak period.

Intersection analysis has been undertaken based on the above trip generation for the 2022
design scenario (i.e. 10 years post completion of ai] stages). The analysis has been
undertaken for the following intersections:

~ Ben Lexcen Drive / Grasstree Court / Lipton Street; and
~ BenLexcen Drive / Girraween Court.

The results of the analysis indicate that both intersections will operate well within the
acceptable limits of operation for the 10 year design horizon.

We believe the proposed Blue Care Facility should be approved from a traffic engineering
standpoint.

 

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