Transport Roads & Maritime - City of Parramatta · Roads and Maritime Services (Roads and Maritime) has reviewed the warrants assessment and updated plans for the proposed upgrade

NSW GOVERNMENT

Transport Roads & Maritime Services

1 February 2019

Roads and Maritime Reference: SYD15/00278/11 Council Ref: RZ/2/2015

The General Manager City of Parramatta PO Box 32 Parramatta NSW 2124

Attention: Kieren Lawson

Dear Sir,

PENNANT HILLS ROAD AND BAKER STREET PROPOSED SIGNALS AND WARRANT ASSESSMENT FOR 264-268 PENNANT HILLS ROAD, CARLINGFORD (BAPTISTCARE SITE) PLANNING PROPOSAL

I refer to the email dated 23 November 2018 from the proponent requesting a review of the warrant assessment including the strategic design concept plan dated 20 December 2018 of the proposed signalised intersection of Pennant Hills Road and Baker Street, Carlingford.

Roads and Maritime Services (Roads and Maritime) has reviewed the warrants assessment and updated plans for the proposed upgrade of the Pennant Hills Road and Baker Street intersection undertaken by Transport and Traffic Planning Associates and grants in principle agreement to the proposed traffic signals subject to the conditions set out in Attachment A.

Roads and Maritime provides the below requirements (reiterated from previous correspondence dated 14 December 2018, with minor amendments) for inclusion in the Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) for the proposed works to the intersection of Pennant Hills Road and Baker Street:

1. The works are to be fully funded and constructed by the developer/proponent (Works in Kind). For the avoidance of doubt, the Developer Works are not limited to the estimated costings outlined in the letter of offer from the developer/proponent. The developer/proponent is required to complete the works regardless of the final cost of completion.

2. The developer/proponent will be required to submit detailed civil/signal design plans that are designed to meet Roads and Maritime requirements, and endorsed by a suitably qualified practitioner. The design requirements shall be in accordance with AUSTROADS and other relevant standards.

The developer/proponent will be required to enter into a Works Authorisation Deed (WAD) with Roads and Maritime for any intersection works at Pennant Hills Road and Baker Street.

Roads and Maritime fees for administration, plan checking, civil/signal works inspections and project management shall be paid by the developer/proponent prior to the commencement of the works.

Roads and Maritime Services

27-31 Argyle Street, Parramatta NSW 2150 I PO Box 973 Parramatta NSW 2150 I www.rms.nsw.gov.au 113 22 13

The WAD should be executed and the design is to be completed prior to issue of Construction Certificate pertaining to any residential accommodation and the works are to be completed and traffic signals operational prior to the issue of an Occupation Certificate for any development for residential accommodation.

3. Any land dedication and/or easement (if required) for the maintenance of the signals is to be provided at no cost to Roads and Maritime.

4. Community consultation with any landowners, businesses and residents impacted by the proposed works will be the responsibility of the proponent.

5. All works, including any utility adjustments and signposting, shall be at no cost to Roads and Maritime.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide advice on the subject proposal. Should you have any questions or further enquiries in relation to this matter, Laura van Putten would be pleased to take your call on 8849 2480 or e: [email protected].

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Davis A/Senior Manager Strategic Land Use Sydney Planning, Sydney Division

Attachment A TCS 'Agreement In Principle' Form

TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC PLANNING ASSOCIATES

PROPOSED

TRAFFIC SIGNALS

PENNANT HILLS ROAD AND BAKER STREET,

CARLINGFORD

RMS Warrants and Operational Performance Assessment

December 2018 (Rev C)

Reference 18189


Transportation, Traffic and Design Consultants

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282 Victoria Avenue

CHATSWOOD 2067

Telephone (02) 9411 5660

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Email: [email protected]


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 1

2. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS ............................................................ 2

2.1 Site, Context And Existing Circumstances ................................... 2 2.2 Proposed Developments .............................................................. 3

3. EXISTING ROAD AND TRAFFIC CIRCUMSTANCES ......................... 4

4. PROJECTED FUTURE TRAFFIC CIRCUMSTANCES ........................ 5

5. RMS WARRANTS ASSESSMENT ....................................................... 7

6. OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ............................ 10

7. CONCLUSION .................................................................................... 11

APPENDIX A DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT APPENDIX B IMAGES OF SCHOOL SET-DOWN/PICK-UP FACILITIES APPENDIX C TRAFFIC SURVEY RESULTS APPENDIX D RMS WARRANTS APPENDIX E DESIGN PLAN APPENDIX F SIDRA RESULTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURE 1 LOCATION FIGURE 2 SITE FIGURE 3 ROAD NETWORK AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS


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1. INTRODUCTION

This report has been prepared for BaptistCare to form a submission to Roads and

Maritime Services for approval to the provision of traffic control signals at the

intersection of Pennant Hills Road and Baker Street at Carlingford to provide for the

existing and projected future pedestrian and vehicle needs (Figure 1).

The precinct to the west of Carlingford Railway Station extending along Pennant Hills

Road is subject to redevelopment for high density residential apartments. The former

consolidated site “The Block” was subject to a Planning Proposal which incorporated

a new access road connecting into the existing Pennant Hills Road and Baker Street

intersection with the proposed provision of traffic control signals.

However, the concept for the development of the two sites subsequently changed and

they are now subject to separate Planning Proposals to permit residential apartment

development. The 264-268 Pennant Hills Road site is owned by BaptistCare which

has a funding agreement to provide an element of Affordable Housing. In order to

comply with the required funding timeframe, the former BaptistCare aged persons

accommodation on the site (238 RACF beds, 53 ILUs and Respite accommodation)

has been demolished to facilitate progress with the proposed redevelopment scheme.

The purpose of this report is to provide an assessment of the existing and projected

future vehicle and pedestrian circumstances at the location in relation to the RMS

warrants for the provision of traffic signals and the assessed operational performance

outcome.


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2. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS

2.1 SITE, CONTEXT AND EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES

The location of the proposed traffic signals (Figure 2) is the intersection of Pennant

Hills Road and Baker Street at Carlingford and this is located approximately midway

between the Adderton Road intersection signals and the pedestrian signals west of

Tintern Avenue (i.e. adjacent to the Cumberland High School/Carlingford West

Primary School site). There is a mixture of single and medium density housing in the

area extending along Pennant Hills Road.

The High School has a Set-down/Pick-up (SD/PU) facility at the end of Dunmore

Avenue and the Primary School has a SD/PU at the end of Felton Road both of which

are accessed from Baker Street (see Appendix B details). The large James Ruse

Agricultural High School is located just to the north at the intersection of Baker Street

and Felton Road.

There is an existing pedestrian pathway connecting between Pennant Hills Road and

Azile Court (and the area to the south) and there are bus stops nearby. Pennant Hills

Road at this location has two through lanes in each direction with a right turn lane for

the turn into Baker Street with CLEARWAY and NO STOPPING restrictions and a 60

kmph speed restriction with a section of 40 kmph School Zone.


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2.2 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS

The proposed developments relevant to the provision of traffic signals are shown on

the image below and comprise:

- BaptistCare: 264-268 Pennant Hills Road

o 162 Affordable Housing Apartments

o 174 Residential Apartments

o Population 740 persons

- Azile: 258-262 Pennant Hills Road



- Felton Road: 241 Pennant Hills Road



o Vehicle access on Felton Road.

The revised concept for the BaptistCare site development is shown on the diagram in

Appendix A.


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3. EXISTING ROAD AND TRAFFIC CIRCUMSTANCES

The existing road network and traffic control circumstances are shown on Figure 3

where:

- Baker Street/Moseley Street connects across Jenkins Road between Pennant

Hills Road (to the south and east) forming a collector route for the precinct

- The precinct to the north of Pennant Hills Road is largely isolated by the barriers

presented by:

o the schools

o Hunts Creek

o Pennant Hills Road

- Jenkins Road provides the only traffic signal-controlled access out of the Precinct.

The existing peak vehicle and pedestrian movements are provided in the results of recent

traffic surveys which are reproduced in Appendix C and summarised in the following:

AM PM

Pedestrians Crossing 7 – 8 8 – 9 3 – 4 4 – 5 5 – 6

Pennant Hills Road (2 and 4) 21 23 17 15 18

Pennant Hills Road (two-way) 2,780 2,403 2,360 2,622 2,765

Pennant Hills Road RT 70 182 126 62 72

Baker Street RT 21 33 36 15 17

LT 102 235 188 82 65

Total (Turning) 193 450 350 159 154

The pedestrian crossing volumes at the site frontage are significantly subdued at the

present time due to the demolition of the BaptistCare facility.


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4. PROJECTED FUTURE TRAFFIC CIRCUMSTANCES

PEDESTRIANS

The recent RMS study “High Density Residential” incorporates the results of surveys

at 7 Metropolitan sites providing an average “peak person trip” generation as follows:

AM PM

0.81 per apartment 0.85 per apartment

However, these sites were principally located very close to railway stations in town

centres.

The earlier RTA study “High Density Residential” which involved sites further removed

from railway stations (e.g. Brighton le Sands) recorded average “peak person trips” as

follows:

AM PM

0.56 per apartment 0.64 per apartment

The total envisaged apartments on the 2 sites (258-262 and 264-268 Pennant Hills

Road) is 406 and application of the former RTA data would indicate peak person

(pedestrian) generation as follows:

AM PM

227 pph 260 pph

The very great majority of these trips will be to/from the Railway Station and the bus

stops or walking to/from the schools (as parent or staff). Whilst those travelling to/from

the Railway Station could cross Pennant Hills Road at the traffic signals at Adderton

Road or Jenkins Road, there would still be a tendency to cross at the site frontage

whilst those using the bus stops and travelling to/from James Ruse Agricultural High

School would cross at the site frontage. Those crossing to/from the other schools will


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also be tempted to cross at the site frontage as this will be a shorter route than walking

to the pedestrian signals west of Tintern Avenue (then “back tracking” some distance).

It is assessed that the potential pedestrian crossing movements over Pennant Hills

Road generated by the proposed developments will be some 150 pph in addition to

the existing crossing movements and that this would occur for at least 4 hours on an

average weekday (i.e. having regard for the survey results in the RTA study).

VEHICLES

The vehicle movements generated by the proposed developments will not have a

significant impact on the Baker Street intersection (due to the location of accesses)

apart from:

- parents transporting children to/from the schools (e.g. dropping off before

continuing on to work etc.)

- drivers approaching via Jenkins Road North

- drivers who choose to turn left out of Martins Lane and right into Baker Street

to travel north


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It is noted that the traffic signal warrants have existed and remained unchanged for a

very long period of time (possibly 40 years) and do not take into account numerous

pertinent factors including:

- right and left turn vehicle volumes

- heavy vehicle movements

- turning conflicts with pedestrians

- heavier pedestrian volumes but lower vehicle volumes

- the fact that developers are required to pay for the signal installation (i.e. the

warrants were developed for RMS and its predecessors to adjudge whether they

would fund the provision of the signals)

- night time pedestrian activity

It is apparent that the warrants for the provision of traffic signals at this site are met

and in particular:

- the warrant for a marked pedestrian crossing is met but this cannot be provided

due to the hazard to pedestrians and the fact that there are 4 traffic lanes

- the traffic flow exceeds 600 vph and the pedestrian flow exceeds 150 pph.

It is also a significant consideration that the “minor road flow” (i.e. the conflict turning

movements) exceeds 100 vph, in fact exceeds 300 vph for 2 hours.

The concept traffic signal design plan for the site is provided in Appendix E

demonstrating the feasibility of this proposed traffic control signal arrangement.


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6. OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

The projected future peak traffic movement at the intersection have had regard for:

- the “attraction” of increased turning movements due to the facilitated access

(i.e. reduced delays/increased safety)

- the traffic generated by the Felton Road development

- the traffic movements generated by the 2 Pennant Hills Road developments

- some “background” growth in Pennant Hills Road through movements.

The operational of performance of the intersection with the projected future peak traffic

volumes and traffic signals provided will be satisfactorily as shown on the SIDRA

results which are provided in Appendix F and summarised in the following:

AM PM (3 – 4) PM (5 – 6)

LOS C C B

AVD 31.9 31.8 18.0


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7. CONCLUSION

The assessment provided in this report has demonstrated that:

- the RMS warrants for the provision of traffic signals will be met as a result of

the pedestrian and vehicle movements generated by the subject proposed

developments

- the provision of traffic signals is quite realistic and without complications

- the operational performance of the traffic signals will be acceptable with the

projected future traffic (vehicle and pedestrian) demands


DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT

APPENDIX A

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1631 FP

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1089 FP

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This drawing is the copyright of Allen Jack + Cottier Architects and is protected under the Copyright Act 1968. Do not alter, reproduce or transmitt in any form, or by any means without the express permission of Allen Jack + Cottier Architects. Nominated Architects: Michael Heenan 5264, Peter Ireland 6661

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IMAGES OF SCHOOL

SET-DOWN/PICK-UP FACILITIES

APPENDIX B


TRAFFIC SURVEY RESULTS

APPENDIX C


RMS WARRANTS

APPENDIX D


DESIGN PLAN

APPENDIX E


SIDRA RESULTS

APPENDIX F

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