Response to Further Information Request - July 2024 · MCU23/0096

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The GLSC has advised there has never been traffic flow between Goodchap Street and Walter
Hay Drive (or vice versa). While the northern entrance to Area C is currently used in part as a
temporary pick-up/drop-off, it does not meet best practice (refer Figure 1, below). It will be
replaced by the Stage 2 carpark (P2) works as indicated on the Master Plan, which will
improve the traffic flow and provide better capacity at peak times. The master planned
arrangement provides 16 pickup /drop off bays, plus queueing for 6 vehicles, and 81 short
term car parks (increased from 58), with one way traffic flow within the site.

The current use of Area C is temporary. While some parking is currently available in Area C, it
has only been used by staff during special events (discussed below) since the staff carpark
(P3) came online in January 2021. This area of the site will not be used for parking in the
future, with the land needed for the further development of the school, which is intended for
the PAC.




Figure 1 – Aerial photograph of Area C (Nearmaps 16 June 2024)

Hayes Traffic Engineering (HTE) has advised that … the analysis provided in the traffic report,
provides a peak hour traffic analysis. The parking was undertaken twice and the results from
March and May are reasonable for the purpose of traffic analysis. Further, … whilst there are
occasional days when the school may experience more traffic and parking (e.g. the first day of
the school year), it is not considered a reasonable application of traffic impact analysis
processes to analysis on a worse-case scenario day for the purpose of the development
application. It is also not considered a suitable engineering outcome to design for a worse case
one-off scenario, not only is it unreasonable for a development application, and


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