MCU14/0106 Appendix D - Traffic Impact Assessment

                                                                   Traffic Impact Assessment
                                                                      Noosa Civic Expansion




Table of Contents
1      Introduction                                                                            1
       1.1         Background                                                                   1
       1.2         Assessment Scope                                                             1
       1.3         References                                                                   1
2      Existing Situation                                                                      2
       2.1         Subject Site                                                                 2
       2.2         Current Noosa Civic Development                                              2
       2.3         Current Road Network                                                         3
       2.4         Existing Access Arrangement                                                  5
       2.5         Existing Public Transport Facilities                                         6
       2.6         Existing Active Transport Network                                            7
3      Proposed Development                                                                    9
       3.1         Development Proposal                                                         9
       3.2         Proposed Access Arrangement                                                  9
       3.3         Proposed Inner Ring Road Cross Section Design                               11
4      Traffic Generation                                                                      12
       4.1         Noosa Civic Traffic Generation                                              12
       4.2         Traffic Distribution                                                        15
5      Road Network Operation                                                                  18
       5.2         Assessment Scenarios                                                        19
       5.3         Background Traffic Growth                                                   19
       5.4         Committed Development                                                       20
       5.5         Assessment Criteria                                                         20
       5.6         Intersection Analysis                                                       21
6      Commercial Office Scenario                                                              43
       6.1         Commercial Office Scenario                                                  43
       6.2         Traffic Generation                                                          43
7      Parking                                                                                 46
       7.1         Existing Car Parking Operation                                              46
       7.2         Future Car Parking Assessment                                               47
       7.3         Accessible Car Parking                                                      47
       7.4         Motorcycle and Scooter Parking                                              47
8      Sustainable Transport Provision                                                         48
       8.1         Public Transport                                                            48
       8.2         Active Transport                                                            48
9      Development Servicing                                                                   50
       9.1         Service Area Swept Path Assessment                                          50
10     Summary                                                                                 52




J13041                                                    Cardno            December 2014
Prepared for QIC Noosa Civic Pty Ltd                                                    ii