RFI traffic updated 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1      INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1
       1.1       SUBJECT SITE AND CURRENT SITE DEVELOPMENT ...................................... 1
       1.2       Proposed Site Activity ............................................................................................. 3
2      EXISTING ROAD NETWORK ........................................................................................... 4
       2.1       Site Access ............................................................................................................. 4
       2.2       Traffic Data.............................................................................................................. 4
       2.3       Existing Road Network Conditions .......................................................................... 4
3      TRANSPORT NETWORK ASSESSMENT ...................................................................... 11
       3.1       Traffic Generation ................................................................................................. 11
       3.2       Intersection Assessment ....................................................................................... 12
                 3.2.1    Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) / Pearsons Road intersection ..... 12
                 3.2.2    Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) / Lamonts Road Intersection ...... 15
                 3.2.3    Elm Street / Diamond Street Intersection ................................................ 16
       3.3       Link Assessment ................................................................................................... 16
       3.4       Refuse Collection .................................................................................................. 17
       3.5       On-Site Car Parking .............................................................................................. 18
       3.6       Aged Care Facility Car Park Entrance Location.................................................... 18
       3.7       SDAP Code Compliance ....................................................................................... 18
4      SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT NETWORKS ................................................................... 19
       4.1       Pedestrian and Cyclist System ............................................................................. 19
       4.2       Public Transport Provision .................................................................................... 19
5      SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................. 21



TABLES

Table 1-1: Proposed Site Activity .............................................................................................. 3
Table 3-1: AM and PM Period Weekday Trip Generation Rates ............................................ 11
Table 3-2: Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) / Pearsons Road intersection SIDRA
             assessment outcomes for 2028 Design Year – priority control (give-way sign)
             with and without development ............................................................................ 14
Table 3-3: Existing and 2028 Road Link Assessment with and without Development ............ 17



FIGURES

Figure 1-1: Indicative Site Location (Image: Google Earth) ....................................................... 2
Figure 2-1: Site Locality (Source: Google Maps) ....................................................................... 5
Figure 2-2: Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) looking north, note site visible to the
              right (Image: Google Maps) .................................................................................. 6
Figure 2-3: Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) looking south, photo taken south of
              Pearsons Road (Image: Google Maps) ................................................................ 6
Figure 2-4: Pearsons Road looking west, site visible on the right (Image: Google Maps) ........ 7
Figure 2-5: Trading Post Road looking north, site visible on the left (Image: Google Maps) ..... 7
Figure 2-6: Trading Post Road looking north-west (note the unsealed turnaround and
              private property access to the right of the photo) (Source: Nearmap) ................. 8
Figure 2-7: Lamonts Road, intersection with Elm Street visible in the background (Image:
              Google Maps) ....................................................................................................... 8
Figure 2-8: Intersection of Elm Street and Diamond Street, aerial view (Source: Google
              Maps) ................................................................................................................... 9
Figure 2-9: Bruce Highway – Elm Street Off-Ramp and Bruce Highway Overpass, aerial
              view (Source: Google Maps) .............................................................................. 10