RFI traffic updated 2016

                                                                                            North

                                                       Trading
                                                      Post Road
                   Lamonts Road




            Elm Street (Cooroy
            Connection Road)
                                                                    Pearsons Road




                                                                  Diamond
                                                                   Street




                                    Figure 2-1: Site Locality (Source: Google Maps)
Elm Street (Cooroy Connection Road) is a two-way arterial that is sealed single lane carriageway along its length.
Adjacent to the site boundary, Elm Street has a posted speed environment of 100km/h, however the section of Elm Street
south of Pearsons Road has a posted speed environment of 60km/h. Further south of Pearsons Road along Elm Street
there is a school zone with warning signage and speed reductions applicable during school periods. Along its route, Elm
Street is generally 7m in width. The approximate traffic volume along the route is 9,875vpd (TMR, 2013). Elm Street is
mainly used as an access corridor to other local streets in the area, however south of Pearsons Road there are property
accesses directly fronting Elm Street. Along the Elm Street site frontage there are no formal footpaths or cycle ways,
street lighting, or kerb and channel. Further along Elm Street south of the intersection with Pearsons Road towards the
existing school zone, there are footpaths, on-street cycle pathways, street lighting and kerb and channel. Refer Figure
2-2 and Figure 2-3.




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