Appendix E- Traffic Impact Statement · MCU23/0078

 Stockwell Development Group Pty Ltd                                      SLR Ref No: 620.30926-R01-v1.0 TIA 20230524.docx
 Traffic Impact Assessment                                                                                       May 2023
 Proposed Noosa Civic Village Mixed Use Development




8.2        Assessed Scenario
For the purpose of the traffic assessment conducted herein, the year of opening of the proposed development
has been assumed to be 2026. Reflective of this, the following assessment scenarios have been assessed:
          2022 ‘Survey’: To establish existing operational conditions and baseline results.
          2026 ‘Background’: To establish the year of opening baseline operating conditions in the absence of
           the subject development.
          2026 ‘With Development’: To identify the incremental impact of development traffic on operating
           conditions at the year of opening.
          2036 ‘Background’: To establish the 10-year design horizon operating condition in the absence of the
           subject development.
          2036 ‘With Development’: To identify the incremental impact of development traffic on operating
           conditions at the 10-year design horizon.

8.3        Existing Traffic Demands
In order to ascertain the existing traffic demands on the study road network, Austraffic were commissioned by
SLR to conduct traffic surveys at the study intersections I1 to I4 shown in Figure 11. The surveys were carried
out during the weekday PM (3pm to 7pm) and Saturday midday (10am to 2 pm) peak periods on Thursday 5
May 2022 and Saturday 7 May 2022 respectively.

In reviewing the survey data, it was observed that the peak hour traffic conditions occurred at:
          Thursday PM (PM):                      3:15pm to 4:15pm;
          Saturday midday (SAT):                 11:15am to 12:15pm.

The assessed traffic volumes are included at Appendix D.

8.4        Background Traffic Growth
The HTC 2016 Study has adopted a growth rate of 0.8% per annum from 2015 to 2036 across the Noosa Shire
network. The study forecasted the population projections within the Noosa Shire according to 2011 census data,
which resulted in an average of 0.83% per annum. As such, SLR has adopted a traffic growth on the external
road network of 0.8% per annum consistent with HTC’s traffic study.




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