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Lamonts Rd forms a T-intersection with Elm Street to the north-west of the subject site. It is
currently an unsealed road, which carries a minimal volume of traffic. Access to the proposed
staff car park for the Aged Care Facility is proposed off the southern side of Lamonts Rd.

Diamond Street connects with Elm Street and the access to the Cooroy Railway station. The
intersection is approximately 1.25km south of the intersection of Elm Street / Pearsons Road.
Diamond Street has a stop control at the intersection. The configuration of the intersection is
illustrated in Photo 4 below.

At the intersection, Diamond Street is a two-lane, two-way road. The approach to Elm Street
has one right-turn lane and a left-turn slip lane for motorists existing to Elm Street, southbound.

 

 

 

 

   

Photo 4: Diamond Streat looking at Elm Street
2.3 Existing Traffic Volumes

Manual traffic surveys were undertaken by Australasian Traffic Surveys on the 20" of June, 2007
in order to provide a basis for the assessment of future traffic operations. The intersections
surveyed were as follows:

e Elm Street at Pearsons Road;
e lm Street at Diamond Street; and
e Pearsons Road at Trading Post Road.

These surveys documented traffic volumes segregated by turning movement at the above noted
intersections in 15-minute intervals during both the AM and PM road peak periods (7:00am-
9:30am and 3:30pm-6:00pm).

To supplement the survey data, historical 24-hour count data for Elm Street north of Pearsons
Road was obtained from the DMR for the 2000-2006 period. The full results of these surveys

 
   

 

 

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