Attachment B - Human Movement Data Study

KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

 Using Human Movement Data, this report was understand the
 travel patterns and behaviours of visitors to the Royal Mail Hotel,
                                                                                             Recommendations                                          Timing
 and the associated car park. This study has found that:
 •   The parking occupancy data for the Royal Mail site follows a       The parking demand of the Royal Mail Hotel has been
     far different trend to other tavern sites, as it experiences the   demonstrated to be lower than originally anticipated. This responds
     peak occupancy demand earlier on a Friday (corresponding to        directly to Item 1 of the Further Advice Assessment issued by           -
     likely school traffic), whereas the other sites experience peak    Noosa Shire Council. As such, the current parking provisions for the
     occupancy after the typical retail closure times (5:00PM).         future development of the site should be accepted.
     Additionally, the occupancy of the Royal Mail Hotel car park
     experiences was much lower on a Saturday, not following the
     typical occupancy trends of the other AVC sites.                   Continue to monitor any issues relating to on-site parking.             Ongoing
 •   HMD data demonstrated that the hotel experiences the peak
     busy period at approximately 12:00PM-1:00PM, and that the          Should there be significant issues with overspill of hotel parking in
     on-site car park is shown to experience peak demand at             the future, AVC may investigate putting in place parking restrictions
     3:00PM, and drop off significantly around 5:00PM, further                                                                                  Ongoing
                                                                        and tow away parking to enforce that the site is for exclusive use of
     corroborating the parking counts undertaken by Austraffic.         the hotel, and is not a town centre parking area.
 •   The majority of visitors to the hotel precinct were shown on the
     precinct boundary, likely relating to the pedestrian ramp
     adjacent to 96 Poinciana avenue and the vehicle ramp to the
     underground Woolworths car park.
 •   The majority of visitors were not seen to cross utilise between
     the different precincts, but would travel to or from other areas
     in Tewantin and beyond. Only 15% of visitors recorded in the
     car park were later seen in the Royal Mail Hotel.
 •   The highest concentration of post- data points are shown at
     the adjacent Woolworths and Poinciana Avenue Shopping
     Precinct.
 As such, the car park for the Royal Mail Hotel has shown to be
 utilised by visitors travelling elsewhere in Tewantin. The actual
 parking demand generated by the hotel is likely then to be
 considerably lower.




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