MCU16/0079 Appendix E - Traffic Impact Assessment

Tewantin Noosa RSL – Stage 4, 5 & 6
Traffic Impact Assessment



3.             CAR PARKING PROVISION REVIEW
3.1            PARKING OCCUPANCY SURVEY RESULTS
3.1.1          Survey Program and Adopted Precincts
               A detailed parking occupancy survey was undertaken to establish typical car parking demands generated
               by the RSL, during the following periods:
                 Friday 17th June 2016 for a 12-hour period (8:00am to 8:00pm); and
                 Saturday 18th June 2016 for a 12-hour period (8:00am to 8:00pm).
               The survey captured the number of parked vehicles both off-street (Precinct A, B and C) and on-street
               along the frontage of the subject site (Precinct D, E and F), every 30 minutes for the duration of the survey.
               The adopted Precincts are illustrated on Figure 3.1. A copy of the parking data is included at Appendix C.




               Figure 3.1:        Survey Program

3.1.2          Initial Feedback from Council
               On 20th June 2016, Council provided the following feedback in relation to the survey program:
               ‘I’ve discussed this with our traffic consultant, Stuart Holland, and advise:
                   We note the intention to correlate the parking data with patronage data to account for the potential for
                    ‘quiet trading’ during survey period and support that approach;
                   We request expansion of the survey to 2 weekends rather than 1;
                   We request expansion of the public/on street parking areas identified as D, E & F to include the
                    opposite sides of those streets and extend further along the streets (particularly Doonella St, near E).’
               In response to Council request to extend the duration of the survey program:
               The RSL has provided patronage data for a 12-month period ending 31st May 2016 and as such, we are of
               the view there is little benefit in surveying demands over consecutive weekends. It is noted that the
               patronage demands from the corresponding weekends in June 2015 confirms that there was little
               fluctuation in patronage. As such, you would expect parking demands to be comparable.

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