17365_Council_Information response_220518 · MCU18/0019

4. Should the existing bus stop be required to be relocated the relevant approval from Translink
    should be obtained and provided as part of the information response.

Response
Refer attached traffic engineering response prepared by Q Traffic. In addition, we note that the porte
cochere has been retained as a crucial design element associated with the aged care facility. Arcare
currently have 36 aged care facilities in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales, all of which have a
porte cochere. A review of all existing aged care facilities in Noosa has also identified that all include a
porte cochere. A porte cochere is important to provide both an identity and a welcoming identity for
the aged care facility. The entry needs to not only be clearly visible but also inviting. More importantly,
from a health and safety perspective, an undercover area for drop off and ambulance parking is
required by building code. Use of the basement does not adequately achieve this function.


Issue – Val Crescent sight lines

The proposal demonstrates sight lines from the proposed Val Crescent driveway toward the
roundabout, and shows that a sight line triangle across part of the site is required to satisfy absolute
minimum driveway sight line requirements. This satisfies the lesser Australian Standard requirement for
driveway sight lines, but does not satisfy the more desirable Austroads Safe Intersection Sight Distance
(SISD) requirements.

Sight lines are restricted in both directions when departing from the driveway, and exacerbated even
further by the fact that the driver of the vehicle departing from the driveway also needs to look across
an angle greater than 90 degrees from the straight ahead in each direction.

Considering the above discussion, it is recommended that a more appropriate driveway location from
a traffic safety perspective be investigated at a location further south along Val Crescent, about at the
slight bend in Val Crescent half way along the long frontage.

Staff vehicle movements

No staff shift times or staff numbers have been provided. This number would help determine the times
of day/night when most vehicle movements would occur.

Information required

5. Investigate and provide amended plans locating the access further south along Val Crescent.

6. Should the proposed Val Crescent access location be utilised, demonstrate the achieved sight lines
    are in accordance with Austroads Safe Intersection Sight Distance (SISD) requirements on a scale
    plan in both directions along Val Crescent from the driveway, and justify those sight lines. The plan
    should include any proposed fencing, landscaping, and retaining walls in that vicinity.

7. Provide the mechanism (such as dedication of sight line easements with associated easement
    wording) to ensure that sight lines required across those parts of the site will be maintained into
    the future.

8. Please provide proposed staff numbers and shifts times and incorporate them into the traffic
    assessment.

Response
Refer attached traffic engineering response prepared by Q Traffic.