08/0176 - Response to Information Request [As Published] · 132008.176

Traffic Impact Assessment Report
Settlers Cove Resort, Noosa Heads
Cape Bouvard Investments Pty Ltd

March 2009

4, TRIP GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION

In order to analyse the impact of the development on the existing transport
infrastructure, it is necessary to assess the number of trips likely to be generated to
and from the site and where they are likely to travel. The rates to forecast trip
generation have been taken from the RTA Guide to Traffic Generating Developments.

41 Trip Generation

The development comprises of resort units with the majority having dual key access.
The dual key units can either be opened up into one larger unit with separate bedroom
facilities or used separately as two units.

For the purpose of estimating traffic generated by the proposed development a worst
case scenario has been applied to the dual key units, which assumes that all units are
segregated into their individual units. To undertake the assessment, the 42 one
bedroom dual key units have been assessed as 84 one bedroom units and the 51 dual
key two bedroom units have been assessed as 102 units. Whilst the proposal consists
of 109 units for the purpose of traffic analysis the total number of units is 202 units.
The occupancy rate of resorts on the Sunshine Coast varies significantly but for the
purpose of assessing traffic impact it has been assumed that the resort will generally
operate at approximately 90% capacity.

It has also been assumed that no additional traffic will be generated by the small retail
component of the resort, as this will be exclusively used by in-house guests. It has
been assumed that 70% of restaurant patrons will be made of guests staying at the
resort with approximately 30% of patrons visiting the restaurants, external to the site.
The restaurant comprises of 450m? of gross floor area. The conference facilities
provided within the resort will be utilised as an exclusive package, with the majority
of conference attendees being guests within the resort.

Whilst no formal traffic generation rates are provided by in The Noosa Plan for resort
style developments with associated facilities, reference has been made to the RTA
Guide to Traffic Generating Developments. According to information provided in
Section 3.4 of the RTA Guide, the daily trip rate for casual accommodation is 3 trips
per unit per day with an evening peak hour trip rate of 0.4 per unit. According to
Queensland Transport the trip rate for restaurants 5 trips per 100m” GFA during the
evening peak hour. Daily trips rates vary, dependent on services available such as
breakfast and lunch.

Therefore given the above consideration the peak hour traffic generation from the
resort is estimated to be 73 trips during the peak hour and 545 trips per day; and for
the restaurant are 7 trips during the peak hour with an estimated 40 trips per day. The
total peak hour traffic generation from the proposed development is estimated to be 80
trips during the peak hour and approximately 585 vehicles per day.