Appendix E Traffic Impact Assessment Report · MCU22/0038

 Proposed Medical Centre                                                          SLR Ref: 620.30769-M01-v1.0 Traffic Impact
 Lot 22, Noosa Business Centre                                                                    Statement 2022 03 16.docx
 Traffic Impact Statement                                                                               Date: 16 March 2022




It is also noted that the broader Noosa Civic centre in which the subject site is situated currently has a detailed
Waste Management Plan (WMP) in place to service the surrounding tenancies. It is therefore expected that
waste collection and servicing activities associated with the proposed development would be undertaken in
accordance with these pre-existing procedures, with waste collection vehicles continuing to enter via Easement
AB and circulate to the rear of the existing Emporium Showroom Complex. The subject development is therefore
expected to generate no material impact to service vehicle movements or demands.


7           Traffic Impact Considerations

While Council has agreed to assess the subject development at a code level, a high-level consideration of the
site’s peak traffic generation potential has been undertaken herein. This review has made reference to a number
of widely cited industry guidance documents which summarise the results of traffic generation surveys at similar
sites within New South Wales. These documents include the following:
     ·      Guide to Traffic Generating Developments published by the-then New South Wales Roads and Traffic
            Authority in 2002.
     ·      Trip Generation Surveys: Medical Centres prepared by TEF Consulting on behalf of the-then New South
            Wales Roads and Maritime Services in 2015.

The key finding specified within these documents is that it is difficult to identify a representative traffic
generation rate for medical centres owing to the unique traffic generation characteristics of each surveyed site.
The survey data collected as part of these studies however suggests that the proposed site, while larger than
those surveyed, would be unlikely to generate a material increase in traffic demand relative to those currently
generated by the broader Noosa Civic centre.

Additionally, it is likely that there would be a significant proportion of linked trips between the subject site and
the surrounding retail tenancies which would further reduce net development-generated traffic demands. With
these factors in mind, a code-level assessment of the subject development is therefore considered to be
appropriate.


8           Code Response

The traffic and transport aspects of the proposed development have been assessed against the relevant
requirements of the following codes included within Council’s superseded planning scheme:
     ·      Driveways and Parking Code.
     ·      Transport, Roads and Drainage Code.

Responses to each of these codes are provided at Attachment D and confirm that the subject development is
generally consistent with relevant code requirements.


9           Summary

SLR has been engaged by Stockwell to provide traffic engineering advice and prepare a Traffic Impact Statement
as part of a proposed medical centre to be located on Lot 22 within the Noosa Business Centre in Noosaville.
The findings documented herein can be summarised as follows:
     ·      Internal access, circulation and parking infrastructure is generally designed in accordance with relevant
            standards and meets the functional requirements of the development.



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