Traffic Engineering Report

8.4.           Sight Distance
It is anticipated that Taylor Court will have a design speed lower than 50kph, given the short
100m length high percentage of HV. The sight distance requirement for a 50kph road speed is
ideally 69m or a minimum of 45m.

Drivers exiting the northern access will have clear and unrestricted sight distance to the end of
Taylor Court (approximately 80m) and to Holts Road (approximately 30m). The sight distance
to Holts Road is lower than the minimum sight distance requirement, however vehicles turning
between Holts Road will typically be travelling at a low speed in the order of 20kph for which a
30m sight distance is considered suitable.

Drivers exiting the southern access will have clear and unrestricted sight distance to the end of
Taylor Court (approximately 40m) and to Holts Road (approximately 60m). The sight distance
to the end of Taylor Court is lower than the minimum sight distance requirement, however
vehicles traveling at the end of the cul-de-sac to accesses or the easement will be travelling at
a low speed in the order of 20kph for which a 40m sight distance is considered suitable.

Sight distances at each access are therefore considered suitable given the short length of
Taylor Court and estimated low traffic speeds.

8.5.           Internal Queuing Provision
Council does not indicate internal queuing requirements for this type of development.
AS2890.1 identifies a minimum 3% or parking supply or queuing for a minimum of 2 cars.
Queuing of more than one minute is considered unlikely given the free flow operation at the
Taylor Court/Holts Road intersection. Within one minute an average of 3 vehicles would exit
the site. Queuing of 3 cars at the northern access will not affect internal site movements. It is
extremely unlikely that three vehicles would queue back from the southern access, however if
this were to occur, access to the bowers is unlikely to be restricted as the distance between
the property boundary and the bowsers at this location is almost 23m which leaves 5m for
entering vehicles to circulate and access the bowsers.

8.6.           Proposed Access Arrangements and Their Adequacy
The proposed access arrangements are considered practical and fit for purpose based on:

         Estimated development traffic generation and distribution;
         Estimated vehicle speeds and composition on Taylor Court; and
         Estimated operation of the Holts Road/Taylor Court intersection.




Site: Lot 3 Taylor Court, Cooroy                                                              26
Reference: 16BRT0201