MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Information Request Response Report (absent appendices)

                                                                                                      Noosa Civic Expansion
                        28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville and parts of the road reserves of Hofmann Drive and Walter Hay Drive



            Information Required:
            45 Amended traffic analysis based on data which demonstrates that the parking
               provision will accommodate design peak parking demands, probably defined as the
               demand during the 20th busiest hour of the year.”
            RESPONSE
            The analysis of parking demands for the proposed development has been undertaken using the
            90th percentile day, derived using an annual profile of daily pedestrian door counts at the existing
            centre. It is not possible to derive the 20th busiest hour from this data as it is not broken into
            hourly measurements.
            The use of the 90th percentile value is considered appropriate for the proposed development.
            In any event, proposed car parking supply will exceed the 90th percentile demand by
            approximately 156 car spaces (an additional 7%). That is, the quantum of car parking spaces
            provided as part of the proposed development will be sufficient to meet projected parking demand
            for a 97th percentile day.
            Please refer to Appendix D – Traffic and Transport Response.

4.9         Bus Interchange Planning
            “The development proposed will significantly shift the “centre of gravity” of development on the
            Noosa Business Centre site.

            Information Required:
            46   Demonstrate the proposed bus stops will have adequate capacity to accommodate
                 existing and likely future services.
            47   Demonstrate the proposed bus stops are located where pedestrian accessibility is
                 maximised and bus routes to and from the external major road network will suffer
                 minimum delays.
            48   Provide comment on whether the development generates the need for the bus
                 interchange indicated on the Shire Business Centre Map in The Noosa Plan, or the
                 likely timing of its need.”
            RESPONSE
            The Applicant will discuss the need for additional services and/or additional bus stop capacity
            with Translink in order to determine any specific needs for the site. However, the existing bus
            interchange is considered to be adequate to cater for the proposed development and the existing
            centre. Furthermore, the interchange can accommodate a substantial expansion of services
            without major changes to the existing arrangement.
            The location of the existing interchange is considered appropriate to service the existing centre
            and the proposed development.
            Regardless, the proposed development maintains the ability for a future transit facility to be
            provided in the location identified on Map SBC.
            The proposed development does not trigger a requirement to construct the bus interchange
            identified in Map SBC of The Noosa Plan.

4.10        Cycle and Pedestrian Facilities
            “Further information is required to demonstrate the adequacy of the cycle and pedestrian facilities
            on-site, taking account of the overall planning for the Noosa Business Centre. For example,
            Figure 3.2 does not show any footpath provisions on what has been called Central Road. It is
            considered that this roadway should look like and function like a public road, and at this location,
            such a road would be expected to have footpaths.

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