Traffic Response · MCU15/0122

traffic generation rate.

Furthermore, based on the survey of the Goodchap Street/Val Crescent intersection (in the Road Pro assessment), the
Noosa Private Hospital opposite the site generates an average of 138vph. As such, application of the 13vph/100m 2 trip
generation rate results in the proposed medical centre generating 2.3 times more traffic than the Noosa Private Hospital.

The proposed development has access to public transport facilities at the site frontage. This allows staff and
patients/clients/visitors an alternative mode of transport to the site from Cooran, Noosa Junction and Tewantin.

Lastly, the site is co-located with the Noosa Private Hospital, which will allow active transport options for staff, specialists
and some patients, and may further reduce the site traffic generation.

For the above reasons, traffic generation to the site is predicted to be much lower than utilised in the Road Pro report.
The RTA Guide to Traffic Engineering Developments has undertaken surveys of several medical centres 1991 in the Sydney
region. Whilst Sydney has a different transport environment than Noosa, and the surveys were undertaken 25 years ago,
it is TTM’s experience that data within this Guide is still reasonable and relevant, and compares favourably to
contemporary traffic surveys.

This document identifies the medical centres surveyed had a mean trip generation of 10.4vph/100m2 in the AM peak and
8.8vph/100m2 in the PM peak. Application of this rate to the proposed 2,470m 2 centre results in a traffic generation of
257vph in the AM peak and 218vph in the PM peak.

The application of these traffic generation rates is considered conservative, as they still result in approximately 2 peak
hour traffic movements per parking space. As such, these traffic generation rates will be adopted.

4.4    Trip Distribution
As noted in Section 2, TTM have also reviewed the traffic distribution identified in the Road Pro report (80% south/20%
north). The development catchment extends from Peregian Beach in the southeast, Ridgewood in the southwest, Kin Kin
in the northwest and Cootharaba in the northeast. This is noted as the Trade Area in Figure 4.1 of the Economics Needs
Analysis submitted with the assessment. Of this area the majority of the catchment population is south and east of the
site, which will drive

TTM have reviewed the likely routes used to access the subject site as shown in Figure 1.