Traffic Report - responses 11 to 16

1          Introduction
1.1        Purpose of this Report
This report provides details of an assessment of the car parking and transport impacts of a proposed School
/ Group Camp facility, complementing the existing Permaculture use, at 59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba. The
proposal seeks to accommodate up to 299 campers over three villages, and will be supported by up to
50 staff.
This report has been updated to respond to the Information Request issued by Noosa Council on
27 October 2022. Section 7 of this report has been prepared to directly address the traffic engineering
items raised.
In preparing this report, reference has been made to:
        Noosa Council’s online mapping.
        Noosa Council’s Transport Code.
        Plans of the proposed development prepared by Elevation Architecture, with a copy of relevant
         drawings provided at Appendix A to this report.
        A feature and level survey prepared by JFP Urban Consultants detailing the length of Kabi Road and
         its intersection with Cootharaba Road, Project M3016, dated 13 March 2023.
        Traffic surveys undertaken by Matrix, as detailed in this report.
        The Information Request issued by Noosa Council on 27 October 2022.
        An inspection of the site and its surrounds.
An assessment of the proposed development against the requirements of Noosa’s Transport Code is
provided at Appendix B to this report.

1.2        Background and Site Context
The subject site is located at 59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba, and is an existing 18-hole Golf Course and
Permaculture Farm. The property gains access via a private road which connects to the end of Kabi Road,
and some 88 existing car parking bays are provided within the site.
Kabi Road is a two way roadway with some 4.7m – 5.7m of seal. Kabi Road joins Cootharaba Road at a
T-junction, and is Give Way controlled.
Cootharaba Road is a two-way, two-lane roadway in the vicinity of Kabi Road, including a 6.0m
carriageway.
The site and its surrounds are shown on Figure 1 and the intersection of Kabi Road / Cootharaba Road is
shown in greater detail in Figure 2.




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BMC22089: 59 Kabi Road, Cootharaba
22 March 2023