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16057.01FB - 3rd June 2016

TRAFFIC AND PARKING IMPACT ASSESSMENT

CHILD CARE CENTRE

AT 6 TORRINGTON ROAD, STRATHFIELD

Address: Shop 7, 720 Old Princes Highway Sutherland NSW 2232

Postal: P.O Box 66 Sutherland NSW 1499

Telephone: +61 2 8355 2440

Fax: +61 2 9521 7199

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16057.01FB - 3rd June 2016

Development Type: Child Care Centre

Site Address: 6 Torrington Road, Strathfield

Prepared for: Sheriff Selim

Document reference: 16057.01FB

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Engineering. The information contained in this document is confidential and intended solely for the use of the

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Status Issue Prepared By Checked By Date

Draft A TH 16th March 2016

Draft B TH 17th March 2016

Draft C TH 21st March 2016

Draft D TH HC 22nd March 2016

Draft E TH CM 1st June 2016

Final B TH CM 3rd June 2016

16057.01FB - 3rd June 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

1.1 Description and Scale of Development ................................................................... 1

1.2 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 ..................................... 1

1.3 Site Description ....................................................................................................... 1

1.4 Site Context ............................................................................................................ 2

EXISTING TRAFFIC AND PARKING CONDITIONS ............................................... 3

2.1 Road Hierarchy ....................................................................................................... 3

2.2 Existing Traffic Management .................................................................................. 3

2.3 Existing Traffic and Parking Environment ............................................................... 4

Intersection Performances ....................................................................................... 4 Kerbside Parking Availability ................................................................................... 5

2.4 Public Transport ...................................................................................................... 5

2.5 Future Road and Infrastructure Upgrades .............................................................. 6

PARKING ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................ 7

3.1 Council Parking Requirement ................................................................................. 7

3.2 Staff Parking ........................................................................................................... 7

3.3 Parent Parking ........................................................................................................ 8

3.4 Bicycle & Motorcycle parking Requirements ........................................................... 9

3.5 Servicing & Loading ................................................................................................ 9

3.6 Disabled Parking ..................................................................................................... 9

3.7 Car Park Design & Compliance .............................................................................. 9

TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................... 10

4.1 Traffic Generation ................................................................................................. 10

4.2 Traffic Assignment ................................................................................................ 10

4.3 Traffic Impact ........................................................................................................ 11

4.4 Residential Amenity .............................................................................................. 12

4.5 Operational Traffic Management Plan .................................................................. 12

CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................ 13

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INTRODUCTION

MCLaren Traffic Engineering (MTE) was commissioned by Sheriff Selim to provide a Traffic

and Parking Impact Assessment of the proposed Child Care Centre at 6 Torrington Road,

Strathfield (proposed site layout reproduced in Annexure A for reference).

1.1 Description and Scale of Development

The proposed child care centre is to accommodate 44 children and 8 staff members as per

the following:

12 children between 0-2 years old (3 staff assigned)



Total of 8 staff members on-site.

Hours of operation are 7:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday

The site layout includes an ground level car park with a total of ten (10) car parking spaces

including one (1) disabled space plus two (2) bicycle spaces. Vehicular access to the car

park is proposed via a new vehicular crossing from Woodward Avenue.

1.2 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007

The proposed development does not qualify as a development with relevant size and/or

capacity under Clause 104 of the SEPP (Infrastructure) 2007. Accordingly, formal referral to

the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) is not necessary and Strathfield Council officers

can determine this proposal accordingly.

1.3 Site Description

The subject site is currently occupied by a single storey detached dwelling, with frontages

to Torrington Road to the north and Woodward Avenue to the south. All vehicular access to

the site is via the existing driveway on Woodward Avenue, which serves a double garage

with zero setback and consequently reversing of domestic vehicles across the footpath in

Woodward Avenue.

The site is generally surrounded by low to medium density residential dwellings.


1.4 Site Context

The location of the site is shown on aerial imagery and a map in Figure 1 & Figure 2

respectively.

Site Location

FIGURE 1: SITE CONTEXT – AERIAL PHOTO

Site Location

FIGURE 2: SITE CONTEXT – STREET MAP


EXISTING TRAFFIC AND PARKING CONDITIONS

2.1 Road Hierarchy

The road network servicing the site has the following characteristics.

Torrington Road

Unclassified LOCAL road;

Approximately 9m in width facilitating two-way passing;

Signposted 50km/h applies;

Restricted two hour kerbside parking permitted along both sides of the road.

Woodward Avenue

Unclassified LOCAL road;

Approximately 10.4m in width facilitating two-way passing;

Signposted 50km/h applies;

Restricted four hour kerbside parking permitted along both sides of the street.

The Boulevarde

RMS Classified STATE Road (No. 668);

Approximately 12m in width facilitating two lanes in both direction for traffic movement

and kerbside bus zones;

Signposted 60km/h carriageway;

Clearway signage along both sides of the road;

School zone operates between Redmyre Road and Llandilo Avenue.

2.2 Existing Traffic Management

Priority controlled intersection of Torrington Road and The Boulevarde;

Priority controlled intersection of Woodard Avenue and The Boulevarde;

School zone operates along The Boulevarde between Redmyre Road and Llandilo

Avenue.


2.3 Existing Traffic and Parking Environment

Traffic counts were completed at the intersections of Torrington Road / The Boulevarde and

Woodard Avenue / The Boulevarde on Thursday 3 March 2016, representing a typical

weekday. Kerbside parking surveys were undertaken at 15 minute intervals within 200m of

the site and are reproduced in Annexure C for reference.

Intersection Performances

Existing intersection performances have been assessed using SIDRA INTERSECTION 6.1.

Considering the proximity of the three intersections of Torrington Road, Jersey Road and

Woodward Avenue with The Boulevarde (being approximately 25m distance between each

intersection); a network model was utilised to best analyse the operation of the road network

in close proximity to the site. The analysis is summarised in Table 1.

TABLE 1: INTERSECTION PERFORMANCES (SIDRA INTERSECTION 6.1)

Intersection Peak Hour

Degree of Saturation(1)

Average Delay(2) Level of

Service(3) Control

Type Worst

Movement (sec/vehicle)

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AM 0.38 1.2 A

Give Way

RT from Torrington Road (W) (Worst: >70) (Worst: F)

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AM 0.86 4.6 A

Give Way

RT from Woodward Avenue (W) (Worst: >70) (Worst: F)


Woodward Avenue (W) (Worst: >70) (Worst: F)

NOTES: (1) Degree of Saturation is the ratio of demand to capacity for the most disadvantaged movement. (2) Average delay is the delay experienced on average by all vehicles. The value in brackets represents the delay to the most disadvantaged movement. (3) Level of Service is a qualitative measure of performance describing operational conditions. There are six levels of service, designated from A to F, with A representing the best operational condition and level of service F the worst. The LoS of the intersection is shown in bold, and the LoS of the most disadvantaged movement is shown in brackets.

As shown above, the surrounding intersections are operating satisfactorily at Level of

Service (LoS) A during the morning and afternoon peak periods. The worst performing

approach (LoS of F) results from high through volumes along The Boulevarde in both

directions, resulting in reduced frequency of acceptable gaps for drivers turning out of both

Torrington Road and Woodward Avenue. It is expected, considering the existing turning

volumes, that downstream effects (such as platooning) result from the signals at both The

Boulevarde / Morwick Street and The Boulevarde / Liverpool Road intersections; causing

significant gaps in flows along the Boulevarde and allowing drivers to exit from the side

streets of both Torrington Road and Woodward Avenue.


While vehicles conducting movement out of both Torrington Road and Woodward Avenue

experience a Level of Service of F, sign controlled intersections are designed to give priority

to the main road (The Boulevarde) and the two intersections are operating as is expected.

Kerbside Parking Availability

The existing local parking supply is summarised in Table 2.

TABLE 2: EXISTING WEEKDAY KERBSIDE PARKING SUPPLY & SPARE CAPACITY

(WITHIN 200M OF THE SITE)

Parking Area Side Total

Capacity 7 - 9:30AM Spare

Capacity 3 - 6PM Spare

Capacity

Torrington Street

North 26 22 16

South 36 30 29

Woodward Avenue

North 27 18 20

South 25 16 20

Total 114 86 85

*The total spare capacity is the overall minimum spare capacity of the entire survey area at any given time

As shown above, there is an abundance of on-street parking available within close proximity

to the site, with a total of 86 (75%) and 85 (74%) spaces vacant in both the 7-9AM and 4-

6PM peak periods on a weekday respectively, which is the time when peak parent / carer

vehicles deliver and collect children at long day care centres. The peak occupancy levels

during the survey period were experienced between 9:15AM – 9:30AM and 5:15PM –

5:30PM respectively.

2.4 Public Transport

The nearest bus stop is situated approximately 150m walking distance from the site and

provides access to Strathfield Train Station (1km north of the site) and the surrounding

suburbs, with buses leaving at approximate 10 minute intervals. Trains from Strathfield Train

Station provide access to Central Sydney and Western Suburbs with services departing at

approximate 15 minute intervals. Figure 3 shows the public transport infrastructure

surrounding the site.


Site Location

FIGURE 3: SITE CONTEXT – PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES

2.5 Future Road and Infrastructure Upgrades

From Strathfield Council’s Development Application tracker and website, it appears that

there is no future planned road or public transport changes that will affect traffic conditions

within the immediate vicinity of the subject site.


PARKING ASSESSMENT

3.1 Council Parking Requirement

Reference is made to Strathfield Development Control Plan 2005 which designates the

following parking rates:

Part E – Child Care Centres

1 visitor space per employee.

1 visitor space per 8 children (or part thereof)

2 additional parking spaces for any associated residence.

The above parking requirements are summarised in Table 3, noting that the application

does not include and residential component.

TABLE 3: DCP PARKING REQUIREMENTS

Land Use Category Scale Rate Spaces

Required

Spaces Provided On Site

Child Care Centre

Staff 8 1 space per staff

member 8 8

Children 44 1 space per 8

children 5.5 2

Total 13.5 (14) 10

As shown above, the development requires a total of 14 car parking spaces. The site

provides a total of 10 car parking spaces, giving a numeric shortfall of 4 spaces. It should

be noted that the shortfall only relates to the short term visitor parking associated with

delivery and collection of children.

3.2 Staff Parking

The proposed site layout includes a total of 8 parking spaces for staff, satisfying the

requirements of Strathfield Council DCP. The use of stacked parking is to be managed by

the operational management plan, ensuring that staff space allocations coincide with shift

start and finish times. While the full 8 staff spaces have been provided on-site, staff drivers

have been assessed by MCLaren Traffic Engineering to be approximately 50% of total child

care centre staff, the RMS found in 1992 that 80% of total child care centre staff are drivers

and Journey to Work Data made available by the NSW Bureau of Transport Statistics

indicates that 69% of workers within the Strathfield LGA drive to work (refer to extract in

Annexure D for supporting information), with the remainder utilising alternative transport

options. It is therefore assumed that in operation the staff parking demand will be less than

the 8 spaces, being closer to 6 spaces by adopting 80% car driver expectation.


3.3 Parent Parking

A total of two (2) dedicated parent / carer / visitor spaces are proposed on-site (with an extra

space available prior 9:30AM, when the final staff member arrives), with the remaining 4

parent spaces accommodated along the northern side of Woodward Avenue both

immediately in front of the site and further east, where a pedestrian path provides safe and

convenient access to the centre. Details of the potential on-street parking spaces are

depicted in Annexure B.

It was noted during a pre-DA meeting with Strathfield Council representatives that there was

concern that vehicles parked on both sides of Woodward Avenue could restrict the trafficable

width such that two-way passing is prevented. A site visit was conducted on 26th May 2016

and the width of Woodward Road measure to be 10.4m directly adjacent to the site.

Considering that AS2890.1 dictates a width of 2.1m for parallel parking spaces, there

remains a total of 6.2m (10.4m – 2x2.1m =6.2) width for traffic; wide enough for two

maximum width (19.m for cars and 2.5m width for trucks) vehicles to pass while maintaining

0.3m clearance to both parked vehicles and between passing vehicles. Considering the

residential context, it is not expected that there would be any noticeable impact on the

function of Woodward Avenue resulting from cars parked on both sides adjacent to the site,

particularly as parent parking occurs exclusively between the weekday 7AM – 9AM morning

and 2:30PM – 6:00PM afternoon drop-off and pick-up times only.

With regards to the availability of on-street parking, a minimum of 16 and 17 on-street

parking spaces were observed during the peak AM and PM periods respectively on

Woodward Avenue north, with a safe and convenient direct footpath connection to the site

without requiring the crossing of any roads and sufficient capacity to accommodate the

demand of 4 spaces for drop-off and pick-up.

Considering the ample supply of safe and convenient on-street parking, the allocation of at

least two (2) on-site spaces and up to four (4) on-street spaces for parking for parents /

carers / visitors is acceptable and supported.

While the site does not strictly meet the Council’s criteria with regards to carparking for

visitors, the Strathfield Council Development Control Plan Part E: Child Care Centres

provides detailed objectives for Childcare Centres, with particular emphasis on context and

safety. The proposed centre involves the adaptation of an existing dwelling within a

residential area surrounded by schools and in excess of a 90m offset from the nearest

classified road (The Boulevarde). The small scale of the centre, with just 44 children, is in

line with the surrounding low-density residential context and is unlikely to have any

noticeable impact on the surrounding dwellings in terms of residential amenity

considerations. It is therefore considered that the location and scale of the proposed

childcare centre meets the objectives set by Strathfield Council and that there will be no

noticeable impact on parking supply or residential amenity along either Torrington Road or

Woodward Avenue.


3.4 Bicycle & Motorcycle parking Requirements

Strathfield Council’s DCP does not provide bicycle and motorcycle parking rates for child

care centres, and as such, the DCP does not require the provision of this facility. The

provision of two (2) bicycle spaces, while not required by the DCP, should be considered to

positively encourage alternative modes of transport to the site.

3.5 Servicing & Loading

Strathfield Council’s DCP does not provide parking requirements with regards to service

vehicles for child care centres. Considering the supply of on-street parking adjacent to the

site, loading and servicing can be conducted on-street at the Woodward Avenue frontage.

Waste collection will be conducted on-street as per the current operation.

3.6 Disabled Parking

The site requires 1 disabled space which has been provided as per AS2890.6:2009 design

requirements. It is expected that the disabled space be used by parents / carers / visitors

during the peak morning and afternoon drop-off and pick-up hours.

3.7 Car Park Design & Compliance

The carparking layout, as depicted in Annexure A for reference, has been assessed as

compliant with the relevant clauses of AS2890.1, AS2890.3 and AS2890.6, with any

acceptable departures from the standards detailed below:

The dedicated shared space measures 2360mm, where 2400mm is required by

AS2890.6. While the 2360mm shared space does not meet the 2400mm width

specified by AS2890.6, the 40mm shortfall will have no effect on the practical function

of the space and is therefore acceptable.

The carparking layout includes the following features:

Minimum 2.4m width, 5.4m length spaces for staff;

2.4m width, 5.4m length disabled space with adjacent associated 2.36m width, 5.4m

length shared space;

Minimum 2.5m width, 5.4m length spaces for caregivers and visitors;

9.6m aisle width;

Three Bicycle storage spaces for staff.

While the carparking layout has been assessed as compliant with the relevant standards, it

is usual that a compliance certificate be required at the construction certificate stage to

account for any changes to the design during the DA process.


TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT

The impact of the expected traffic generation levels associated with the subject proposal is

discussed in the following sub-sections.

4.1 Traffic Generation

The estimated traffic generation level for the 44 children for the subject child care centre is

based upon the RMS “Guide to Traffic Generating Developments, which assumes a worst

case of a high proportion of private vehicle trips. The traffic generation is summarised in

Table 4 below.

TABLE 4: TRAFFIC GENERATION OF SITE

Time Rate Traffic Generation Direction

7:00-9:00am 0.8 per child 36 18 IN, 18 OUT

2:30-4:00pm 0.3 per child 14 7 IN, 7 OUT

4:00-6:00pm 0.7 per child 31 16 IN, 15 OUT

It is assumed the peak site generated traffic occurs during the recorded commuter peak

hour period of 7.15-8.15am and 4.45-5.45pm, as recorded in the intersection surveys, with

100% of the above volumes occurring during the one hour.

During the AM peak period the traffic generated by the site equates to 36 vehicle trips (18

in; 18 out) based upon a rate of 0.8 vehicle trips per child. For the PM peak period, the site

generated traffic equates to 31 vehicle trips (16 in; 15 out) based upon a rate of 0.7 vehicle

trips per child as per the RMS Guide.

4.2 Traffic Assignment

Considering the surrounding road network and the routes to and from the site, it can be

assumed that 40% of traffic will access the site from the north, using both The Boulevarde /

Woodward Avenue and the Boulevarde / Torrington Road intersections, 40% from the south

using the The Boulevarde / Woodward Avenue intersection and 20% from the west along

Woodward Avenue. Traffic leaving the site to the north or east (40%) will use The

Boulevarde, with southbound and westbound traffic (60%) heading west along Woodward

Avenue.


4.3 Traffic Impact

The traffic generation outlined in Section 4.1 & 4.2 above has been added to the existing

traffic volumes recorded. SIDRA INTERSECTION 6.1 was used to assess the intersections

performance. The purpose of this assessment is to compare the existing intersection

operations to the future scenario under the increased traffic load. The results of this

assessment are shown in Table 5 below:

TABLE 5: INTERSECTION PERFORMANCES (SIDRA INTERSECTION 6.1)

Intersection Peak Hour

Degree of Saturation(1)

Average Delay(2) Level of Service(3)

Control Type

Worst Movement (sec/vehicle)

EXISTING PERFORMANCE


Road

AM 0.38 1.2 A

Give Way





Avenue

AM 0.86 4.6 A

Give Way




FUTURE PERFORMANCE


Road

AM 0.39 1.2 A

Give Way





Avenue

AM 0.88 5.1 A

Give Way




NOTES: (1) Degree of Saturation is the ratio of demand to capacity for the most disadvantaged movement. (2) Average delay is the delay experienced on average by all vehicles. The value in brackets represents the delay to the most disadvantaged movement. (3) Level of Service is a qualitative measure of performance describing operational conditions. There are six levels of service, designated from A to F, with A representing the best operational condition and level of service F the worst. The LoS of the intersection is shown in bold, and the LoS of the most disadvantaged movement is shown in brackets.

As shown in Table 5 above, the surrounding intersections remain unaltered under the traffic

loading associated with the subject child care centre. Accordingly, there will be no noticeable

increase to average delay or detriment to intersection function resulting from the traffic

generated by the proposed childcare centre.


4.4 Residential Amenity

The RMS Guide to Traffic Generating Developments specifies an environmental goal and

residential amenity limit of 200 and 300 two-way vehicles per day respectively for local

roads. The existing two-way traffic volumes surveyed along Woodward Avenue are 224 two

way vehicles during the morning and 144 two way vehicles during the evening peak hours.

These two-way flows are below the maximum threshold of 300 vehicles per hour for a local

street as specified in the RMS Guide to Traffic Generating Developments 2002.

The additional traffic of 25 to 35 peak hour trips associated with the proposed child care

centre will not adversely affect residential amenity when compared to the current level of

two-way traffic. The proposed child care centre will result in an increase in the two-way flows

to approximately 260 and 180 two-way vehicles per hour in the AM and PM peak hours

respectively for Woodward Avenue, which is below the RMS threshold.

4.5 Operational Traffic Management Plan

A draft traffic management plan (TMP) is presented in Annexure E which sets out the

expected operational requirements and management outcomes for staff, parents, carers and

visitors to the long day care centre. This management plan is to be provided to all staff and

parents / carers of children at the centre and is to be regularly reviewed.


CONCLUSION

The traffic and parking impacts of the proposed Child Care Centre at 6 Torrington Road,

Strathfield, as depicted in Annexure A for reference, have been assessed.

The provision of eight ten (10) on-site car parking spaces, comprising of eight (8) for staff

and two (2) for parents / carers / visitors, designed to meet the requirements of the relevant

clauses of AS2890.1 and AS2890.6, resulting in a shortfall of four (4) visitor spaces, is

acceptable based on the ample vacant on-street parking surrounding the site. The parking

demand for the additional four (4) parents / carers / visitor spaces can be accommodated

on the north side of Woodward Avenue, with a pedestrian footpath providing safe and

convenient access to the site. Further, and the site’s advantageous position with regards to

public transport is useful in managing staff car parking needs to a level lower than eight (8)

spaces under an Operational Traffic Management Plan (TMP) as presented in Annexure E.

In addition, the provision of both three bicycle spaces on-site should be seen to encourage

advantageous outcomes with regards to alternative travel modes.

The traffic generation of the site, consisting of 36 (18 IN, 18 OUT) vehicles in the AM peak

hour and 31 vehicles (16 IN, 15 OUT) in the PM peak hour, have been assessed to have no

noticeable impact on the road network servicing the site.

In view of the foregoing, the subject development is fully supported in terms of its Traffic and

Parking impacts.


ANNEXURE A: PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT

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ANNEXURE A: PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT

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ANNEXURE B: PROPOSED ON-STREET PARKING

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ANNEXURE B: PROPOSED ON-STREET PARKING

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ANNEXURE C: TRAFFIC, PARKING AND SPEED SURVEYS

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ANNEXURE D: JOURNEY TO WORK DATA

ANNEXURE E: DRAFT OPERATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN

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16057.02FA – 3rd June 2016

OPERATIONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN 6 Torrington Road, Strathfield

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Document Distribution

Child Care Staff

Parents & Carers of enrolled children


Introduction

This Operational Traffic Management Plan (TMP) has been prepared to address traffic &

parking conditions within the Centre’s car parking areas, as well as the road network

surrounding 6 Torrington Road, Strathfield.

The aim of the TMP is to manage and identify objectives of the Centre in relation to traffic

management at the child care centre during operating hours and ensuring that the Centre will

operate in a safe and efficient manner for parents and children associated with the centre in

an attempt to minimise risks / conflict between pedestrians and vehicles both on-site and along

the site’s frontage roads.

The operating hours of the child care centre are from 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, and does

not operate on the Weekend. This TMP has been prepared specifically for the subject site and

is to be adhered to by all persons associated with or accessing the child care centre. The

operations outlined in this document are to be implemented at all times during these hours

with no exceptions.

This TMP will be included in the Parent Enrolment Pack of future children, as well as updated

information to existing parents.

General Objectives

This TMP provides guidelines and management practices for the day to day operation of the

child care centre with respect to the traffic, parking and pedestrian impacts of the centre both

internally and externally.

The TMP aims to ensure that the child care centre:

a) Operates in a manner consistent with good management;

b) Operates with regard to the surrounding residential neighbourhood;

c) Takes a proactive role in being a responsible neighbour / land owner within the Strathfield residential area;

d) Operates in a manner so as not to disturb the surrounding residential area, and

e) Operates in a manner whereby all users are accommodated in a safe and reduced risk environment.


Parking

3.1 Staff

i. Nominated staff will have access to specific car parking spaces, as marked in Attachment A.

ii. Staff parking allocations will be used to ensure efficient operation of the carpark. Allocations are most efficient if based on arrival and departure times of staff members, with an example of staff parking allocations reproduced in Attachment A.

iii. Staff, should where possible, reverse into and forward out of assigned staff parking spaces to minimise the risk to pedestrians in the car park.

3.2 Parents

i. Staff / Parents / Carers are requested to park vehicles only as permitted by signage.

ii. Parents / carers / visitors must not block driveways or double park in surrounding streets on any occasion. A member of staff will monitor the drop off and pick up of children to ensure compliance.

iii. Parents / carers that park within the car park are to utilising the two (2) marked spaces only (including the disabled space) between 9:30AM and 6:00PM, with Space 8 available to parents up until 9:15AM. Parents / carers are not permitted to park in designated staff spaces on any occasion.

iv. All vehicles are to utilise the driveway off Woodward Avenue to enter and exit the car park in a forward movement and shall do so in a safe manner with due consideration to the surrounding pedestrian activity both within the car park, and along the street frontage.

v. Parents / carers / visitors are to utilise on street parking along the northern side of Woodward Avenue when the car park is full, unless required to utilise the disabled parking inside the car park. In such cases where use of the disabled bay is required staff should be notified ahead of drop–off or pick-up times to ensure that the disabled space within the car park is unoccupied.

3.3 Enforcement

i. Staff will direct parents / carers / visitors to obey the TMP. In the event that parents / carers / visitors and / or staff engage in unsafe parking behaviour during the pick-up and drop-off times of children to the Centre, the child’s enrolment may be cancelled at the discretion of the centre manager or automatically upon the third such offence.

ii. A member of staff will perform random checks at the drop off and pick up times of children to ensure compliance.


3.4 Parking Efficiency

Settling children into care can be a difficult process for both parents and children. On

enrolment, the Centre is to provide guidance to all families as to the best way to manage

separation anxiety. Part of this process is to avoid lingering and to have a clear drop off routine.

This typically includes:

Sign your child in;

Leave the bag in the locker;

Leave any instructions and/or medication with room staff;

Say goodbye to your child and let them know that you will be back soon;

Leave the centre. Reverse the process at pick up:

Say hello to your child;

Collect their bag and any artwork for the day;

If important information is required to be communicated by the staff, the parent will be notified by email and/or phone call prior to collection time;

Sign out your child;

Leave the centre. With most parents usually in a rush to get to work in the mornings or home for the evening

routine which is often time constrained with young children, the above methods are typically

the day to day norm once the child has settled in. As pick up and drop off times are usually

busy for staff, the Centre encourages longer discussions to be either held over the phone

during quieter times such as rest time or by appointment with the centre director and/or

relevant staff outside of peak hours (i.e. after 9:30am and before 4:00pm).

Staff will reinforce the pick-up and drop-off guidelines with parents and strongly encourage

them to use appropriate on street parking locations along the northern side of Woodward

Avenue if they are unsure whether a longer stay may be required for any reason. As parents

/ carers are required to accept conditions of enrolment, it is expected that these guidelines will

be taken seriously and shall be abided by. Failure to abide by them may result in cancellation

of enrolment.


Behaviour on Surrounding Streets

Staff and parents are to adhere to motor traffic regulations including speed limits and parking

controls.

Parents / carers / visitors are advised that pedestrians have right-of-way on footpaths across

the child care centre driveway. Pedestrians should be allowed to safely traverse the pedestrian

footpaths. Staff / parents / carers / visitors are recommended to ensure eye contact is made

with pedestrians prior to proceeding. In order to achieve eye contact, avoid utilising the car

horn and proceed with caution.

If necessary, drop off and pick up can be performed on the public street, however it is best

practice if parents load and unload children from the kerbside of the vehicle (adjacent to the

footpath) and not the traffic lane side of the parked vehicle. In instances where this is

unavoidable, parents / carers / visitors should ensure a safe awareness of oncoming traffic at

all times and open car doors / unload or load children when safe gaps in the traffic stream are

identified.

Please note regular reminders of the Traffic Management Plan initiatives will be placed

in the monthly centre newsletter distributed to all families.


Complaint Handling

All complaints can be reported by telephone to INSERT NUMBER, which will manned between

the hours of 8:30am and 5:30pm Monday to Friday, with a facility for receiving and recording

telephone complaints outside of those hours.

All complaints will be recorded either digitally or in a dedicated book, including the:

Time and date of the incident;

Description of the incident;

Name and contact phone number of the complainant (if provided).

The above number will be distributed to nearby residents along Woodward Avenue within a

100m radius by way of leaflet drop upon the issue of an occupation certificate.

An incident includes:

Any breach of this plan;

Any complaint by any person about the operation of the Child Care Centre.

Any complaints must be recorded within 48 hours of receipt, kept for a minimum of two (2)

years from the date of receipt and made available to Council officers for inspection upon

request. The owner/operator will investigate any incident within 5 working days and the

complainant will receive a response within 10 working days detailing what action has been

taken (if any action is deemed required) addressing the complaint or concern.

The owner/operator must review the Complaints Book regularly and where appropriate amend

this Plan so as to eliminate the possibility of the Incident recurring or to minimise the impacts

of the incident should it recur.

Periodic Review of TMP

The TMP will be reviewed by centre management within the first 3 to 6 months of opening of the centre and then at periodic times when necessary.


APPROVAL PAGE …………………………………….. Date: 01/06/2016 Craig MCLaren Director – MCLaren Traffic Engineering BE Civil. Graduate Diploma (Transport Eng) MAITPM MITE [1985]

RMS Accredited Level 3 Road Safety Auditor

RMS Accredited Traffic Control Planner, Auditor & Certifier (Orange Card)

…………………………………….. Date: / /2016 Name Position – Name of Centre


ATTACHMENT A: SAMPLE ROSTER & PARKING ALLOCATION

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Staff have been allocated spaces based on their shift start and finish times to optimise the

function of the car park, with the parking allocation and site layout shown in Table 1 and

Figure 1 respectively.

In the Child Care Centre carpark there are 3 sets of stacked staff parking dedicated to only

staff and 2 sets of stacked parking shared between staff vehicles and parent vehicles when

conducting drop off and pick up of children. The front parking spaces being dedicated to staff

while the back (closest to aisle) is dedicated to parents. The shared stacked parking is to be

utilised by staff arriving in the morning (7am). This is to avoid staff entering and exiting these

spaces within the peak AM and PM drop off periods where the parent drop-off and pick up

spaces will be occupied.

The remaining stacked car spaces within the car park will be utilised by staff members

depending on their arrival time and departure time. Staff Space 8 in Figure 1 can be utilised

by parents for drop off only as no staff member will be utilising this space until 9:30am.

TABLE 1: PARKING ALLOCATION

Shift Times Space

Number Comments

Arrival (AM)

Departure(PM)

07:00 03:00 1 To Avoid Entry and Exit of staff during Peak drop off and pick up times

07:00 03:00 2 To Avoid Entry and Exit of staff during Peak drop off and pick up times

07:45 03:45 3 To use Stacked Parking to start at same time as 8am starter

08:00 04:00 4 To use Stacked Parking to start at same time as 7:45am starter

08:15 04:15 5 To use Stacked Parking. Leaving at same time as 8:30am starter.

08:30 05:00 6 To use Stacked Parking. Leaving at same time as 8:15am starter.

09:30 06:00 7 To use stacked parking

09:30 06:00 8 To use stacked parking



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FIGURE 1: PARKING ALLOCATION

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