Town Planning Report - Car wash & Food and drink outlet

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      The traffic expert has advised the proposed development will generate a maximum of about
      38vph while the currently approved small shopping complex will generate about 41vph with
      similar ingress and egress splits. Consequently, the proposed development will not have a
      negative impact on the surrounding road network over and above the currently approved use.
      Consequently, an analysis of the capacity of the adjacent road network is unnecessary.

      The traffic expert has also advised that allowing vehicles to turn right at Diamond Lane onto
      Elm Street could not reasonably be expected to significantly decrease the safety of the Elm
      Street/Diamond Lane intersection. Further, there may be brief times during the day when
      turning right from Diamond Lane onto Elm Street may be difficult due to traffic volumes;
      however, drivers of vehicles wishing to travel to Noosa may opt to turn left and travel via Elm
      Street, Opal Street and Kauri Street. This manoeuvre will make no difference to the current
      scenario if the site was developed for a small shopping centre, with the traffic generation from
      the proposed development being less than the current approval on the site.

      The traffic expert has also advised that both Opal Street and Kauri Street have wide
      carriageways, which are able to accommodate vehicles towing caravans without causing any
      significant safety issues. Further, Kauri Street itself functions somewhat as a higher order road
      in the local area, with most of the accesses being on the eastern side, and those houses also
      enjoy rear access via Kauri Lane. It is not expected that even if some vehicles choose to turn
      left from Diamond Lane and left into Opal Street to head east that this would cause significant
      impacts to the existing character and amenity of Opal and Kauri Streets. It is noted that the
      Opal Street also contains the Bowls Club, which includes the Saw and Mill Restaurant.

      The traffic expert has also advised that adequate queuing space for vehicles has been provided
      within the site. A swept path analysis has been undertaken demonstrating that the design
      vehicles can successfully ingress and manoeuvre on site in a forward direction (refer Swept
      Path Analysis and General Parking Layout – Attachment 1). Further, the traffic expert has also
      considered the proposed perpendicular parking bays in Opal Street and while these spaces
      are close to Elm Street, they are considered acceptable given the sightlines.

      The traffic expert also notes the location in proximity to the adjacent Cooroy–Tewantin road
      corridor is desirable. Placing a use such as this nearby to this type of road corridor is
      complementary and minimises the need for vehicles to divert significantly, especially where
      drivers may be unfamiliar with the local road network. Further, the traffic expert agrees a car
      wash is complementary to a service station use, which is an advantage in this case. This is
      because people wanting to wash their vehicles will likely also take advantage of being able to
      refuel, check tyre inflation and use the retail and toilet facilities. Placing such uses adjacent to
      each other in the one location minimises traffic impacts on the network, which is a desirable.

      The traffic expert has also considered whether land (if available) in the industrial estates in
      Cooroy would be suitable for the proposed use. From a traffic engineering perspective, the
      following observations were made:
          a) Car washes are not necessarily a complementary use to industrial uses. Whilst there are
              a number of vehicle depot types that might be located in industrial areas, depots




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