Attachment 2 - Holland Traffic Consulting · MCU13/0251

RFI Item 8 – Carparking provisions

Proposed carparking provisions are less than required by the standard provisions of The Noosa Plan’s
Driveways and Carparking Code. This was highlighted in our 13 December 2013 report which also
outlined justification for the proposed relaxation of Councils standard requirements. The basis for this
was essentially that parking requirements at shopping centre developments are widely accepted to be
satisfied with a provision rate of 5.25 spaces per 100 sq m of floor area. That rate has been developed
based on many parking demand surveys at shopping centres, and while lower than the shopping centre
parking requirements of most Town Plans (which were typically developed based on outdated parking
surveys in the 1980’s), the lower rate is almost universally accepted. Discussions with Council’s traffic
expert indicates that the proposed parking rate is satisfactory.


RFI Item 23 – Refuse truck manoeuvring requirements

The sketch above shows the manoeuvring requirements of a HRV at the end of the service aisle.

We understand that all refuse bins would be collected from the one location at the end of the service aisle
(with specialty tenancies transporting bins on-site to that location for collection). A refuse truck is a
smaller vehicle than the full size 12.5m HRV shown in the sketch, and a refuse truck has a smaller turning


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