Traffic Engineering Report dated 31 July 2014 W D Milligan

2.2.1    TOP FORESTRY ROAD
Top Forestry Road is a two-way, unsealed rural road, which provides access to rural properties,
and the subject site. Top Forestry Road is not included as part of Noosa Council’s Road Network
Trunk Infrastructure Plan, and is therefore considered to have the general function of a local
access road.
As part of our assessment, site investigations were undertaken in April and July 2014 to record
the general form of Top Forestry Road. We became aware that Council undertook road grading
works along Top Forestry Road between the April site investigation and the July investigation
which necessitated a further assessment of the form and function of Top Forestry Road. These
works resulted in intermittent carriageway widening along the length of Top Forestry Road.
It is noted that the existing gravel pavement form along Top Forestry Road at the time of our site
visits was of a high standard. The road is well compacted with generally no signs of pavement
distress, pot holing and/or rutting.
To assist in the description and assessment of the characteristics of Top Forestry Road this road
has been divided into the following three sections. These sections are diagrammatically shown in
Figure 2-2.
Please note, the chainage references start from 0.0m at the Top Forestry Road / Old Ceylon
Road intersection heading towards the site access:
•        Section 1 (chainage 0m to approx.. 330m) - Top Forestry Road / Old Ceylon Road
         intersection to the Top Forestry Road / King Parrot Lane intersection;
•        Section 2 (chainage 330m to 1,000m) - Top Forestry Road / King Parrot Lane
         intersection to chainage 1,000m
•        Section 3 (chainage 1,000m to approx.1,400m) - Chainage 1,000m to Development
         Access Road intersection.




 Ref: B14101TR001_Final                      - 3 -   Proposed Poultry Farm – 136 Top Forestry Rd, Ridgewood