MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Petition - principal submitter - Tracy Stevens

balance lot                 ".
b) A traffic management                 It is considered that a traffic         The applicant has not provided
procedure to demonstrate                management procedure is not             the information required.
refuelling will not impact on           necessary. As per the Traffic
traffic movements in Eumundi-           Report prepared by QTraffic             The applicant states that the
Noosa Road or the internal              originally submitted, the site          existing arrangements will still
traffic within the site. Also,          access arrangements are                 apply, but they do not take into
advise if time restrictions will        consistent with the existing            consideration the low threshold
be implemented on refuelling            arrangements, and are                   for queuing which exists once
operation schedules to address          considered to be appropriate            refuelling commences and
this issue.                             given the nature of the use and         vehicles are dually utilising the
                                        the existing road environment.          easement for both
                                        Section 4 of the report states          development sites during the
                                        that the level of traffic               refuelling process, that is,
                                        generation for the proposed             existing arrangements are
                                        development is low, and once            insufficient.
                                        distributed onto the
                                        surrounding road network,
                                        would be within the range of
                                        typical fluctuations in traffic
                                        volumes.
c) Assessment of the need for a         It is considered that queuing in        The applicant has not provided
no-queuing area to avoid                the easement area will be               the information required.
obstructions to traffic flows           unlikely as a result of the
within the access easement              proposed service station                Any future development of the
area and to allow for the future        development given the ample             second lot will require to either
development of the balance lot.         queuing space on site, as per           co-utilise the easement
                                        Drawing No 15193- 013.                  resulting in back-up or apply to
                                        However, as mentioned in 7.a            install a neighbouring
                                        above, any future development           easement. A second easement
                                        application over the balance lot        will present visibility difficulties
                                        will also presumably be                 and associated risks to exiting
                                        required to demonstrate no              vehicles. It will also pose an
                                        queuing into the easement               unacceptable risk of further
                                        area.                                   compounding traffic congestion
                                                                                on the Eumundi Noosa Road

81.   Significantly,     the    applicant     has not provided      any solution      to the    Noosa     Council's
      concerns    with the potential          for queuing   in the road and traffic conflict in the shared
      access area (easement           area), as in its opinion,     queuing     in the easement       area will be
      unlikely   as a result       of the     proposed   service   station    development      given the ample
      queuing    space     on site. As the applicant          has not allayed    the Council's     concerns,    this
      clearly supports         our position    that the DA is inconsistent      with the following objectives
      of the Noosa Plan:


             •     Use of land for a service station          does not impair traffic flow or road safety
             •    The safety of pedestrians          and cyclists is protected
             •    Vehicular access does not adversely              impact on safety, capacity and
                  operations        of the existing or planned      road network,     the proposed      driveway,
                  cycleways or pedestrian           pathway     system
             •    Access and egress points do not impact on the safety and operations                       of the
                  road system

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