Attachment F - Carparking Evaluation -Noosa Carparking Study - McGagney report

                                                                                                                 Noosa Council
                                                                                            Noosa Car Parking Study 2017 - 2032
                                                                                                                   Final Report



3                Current Parking Performance
3.1              Sources of Parking Utilisation Data
An audit of the on-street carparking supply was undertaken in July 2017 as part of the Noosa Carparking Study
2017 – 2032. In addition to general parking, the audit identified supply of loading zones, disabled parking zones
and motorcycles parking spaces. It covered the following locations:
      Cooran;
      Cooroy;
      Hastings Street;
      Noosa Junction;
      Noosaville;
      Peregian Beach;
      Pomona;
      Sunshine Beach; and
      Tewantin.


Alongside this parking supply audit, parking demand for existing parking supply within the above centres was
examined using recent aerial imagery observations of parking demand, based on the number of cars occupying
spaces. These aerial imagery observations were taken on Tuesday 25th July at approximately 11am and the
summary results from these surveys are provided in in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1: Parking Utilisation Estimates for Aerial Imagery
         Centre           Carparking Supply (Carparking Audit, July 2017)   Observed Utilisation (Aerial Imagery, July 2017)

    Cooran                                      27                                   6                         22%

    Cooroy                                     336                                  193                        59%

    Hastings St                                396                                  302                        78%

    Noosa Junction                             755                                  551                        74%

    Noosaville                                 110                                   95                        86%

    Peregian Beach                             208                                  170                        83%

    Pomona                                     127                                   87                        70%

    Sunshine Beach                              52                                   46                        88%

    Tewantin                                   347                                  283                        84%

                  Total                       2,358                                1,733                       74%


In addition to this parking supply audit, additional parking utilisation observations for each of the above study
areas were collected between the 18th and the 25th of January, providing an additional nine data points for each
of the study areas (i.e. three different days at three different times each day, 8-9am, 12-1pm, 4-5pm). The parking
utilisation estimates combined disabled and standard parking bays utilisation and parking supply and excluded
loading bays and motorcycle bays.




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