Traffic Engineering Report

8.             Site Access Arrangements
To allows suitable access for larger vehicles, two accesses to Taylor Court are provided. The
northern access is exit only and the southern access allows entry and exit movements.

8.1.           Number of Accesses
Council’s Probable Solution S1.2 in the Driveways and Parking Code identifies that only one
footpath crossing and justification for additional driveways may need to be supported in a
detailed traffic study.

The proposed development will generate 309vph in peak hours. In order to limit the impact of
the development on the adjacent road network, two driveways have been provided to limit
the movements into and from any one driveway and improve circulation to and through the
site.

Effectively, the driveway will operate as a Type C driveway in the IPWEAQ standard drawing
RS-051 with a wider dividing island. The entry is provided as far from Holts Road as practicable
to limit the impact on the Holt Road/Taylor Court intersection. The northern driveway is exit
only for this reason. The southern access allows exit movements primarily for traffic exiting the
site to other industrial lots in the Taylor Court catchment.

The provision of two driveways is considered reasonable to limit the impact of the
development on the road network. Also, providing two driveways to petrol stations is not
unreasonable and consistent with several other petrol stations in Noosa Shire.

8.2.           Access Design
Council requires accesses to be designed in accordance with their standard drawings. TTM
were not able to obtain these standard drawings, however, it is understood that these are
based on IPWEAQ standard drawings.

The proposed access driveways are each designed in accordance with Type B driveway
crossovers in the IPWEAQ standard drawing RS-051 and include a maximum 9m width. The
northern access has a wider exit splay on the northern side to limit the impact of an exiting AV
to traffic on Taylor Court.

The access design is considered suitable in the context of Council requirements and are
considered functional for the intended design vehicles.

8.3.           Separation from Intersections
AS2890.1 requires driveways are not provided within 6m of the tangent point of an
intersection. The northern driveway is a minimum of 6m from the tangent point of the Holts
Road/Taylor Court intersection and the southern driveway is approximately 10m from the
Taylor Court/Easement intersection. The proposed separation from adjacent intersections is
considered suitable.


Site: Lot 3 Taylor Court, Cooroy                                                              25
Reference: 16BRT0201