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5.2.3 Pearsons Road / Trading Post Road

Section 4.4 Unsignalised Minor Road Intersections within Austroads Part 5 states:

‘it is unnecessary to flare intersection approaches or carry out an intersection analysis when the
combinations of major and minor road volumes are less than those in the Table’.

The table being referred to is Table 4.1 — Intersection Capacity - Uninterrupted Flow Conditions
which has been shown in Section 5.1.3 of this report. This table indicates that an assessment is
not required if the peak hourly traffic volumes of the two-way major road and two-way minor
road flows are less than those shown in the table.

As illustrated on Figures B13 and B14 within Appendix B of this report, the 2009 future design
traffic volumes at the Pearsons Road / Trading Post Rd intersection are expected to be below
the combinations shown in Table 4.1 of Austroads Part 5. Therefore, intersection capacity
analysis at this intersection is not required.

Therefore, the introduction of the traffic generated by the proposed development will have
minimal impacts on the capacity or operations of the intersection of Pearsons Road and Trading
Post Road following implementation of the ultimate development in 2019.

5,3 Other Site Access Considerations

At the northern end of the site, the site layout indicates a separate access for staff and service
vehicles off Lamonts Rd, approximately 40m east of Elm Street. Lamonts Rd is currently an
unsealed road that forms an intersection with Elm Street. While this access will likely experience
minimal turning volumes, at this point Elm Street has a speed limit of 8OknVh, with an increase to
100 krvh immediately north of the proposed access, it is recommended that the following works
be undertaken:

Upgrading the Lamonts Rd / Elm Street intersection to a BA standard in
accordance with the requirements of DMR's “Road Planning and Design Manual”
(extract included within Appendix A of this report); and

Providing a bitumen seal on Lamonts Rd between the proposed access and Elm
Street.

Further consideration should be given to reducing the speed limit along Elm Street to reflect the
emerging community development that is occurring in the area.

  

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