eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application eThekwini Municipality Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 This report takes into account the particular instructions and requirements of our client. It is not intended for and should not be relied upon by any third party and no responsibility is undertaken to any third party. Job number XXX Arup (Pty) Ltd Reg. No. 1994/004081/07 Registered Firm Consulting Engineers South Africa Arup (Pty) Ltd 167 Florida Road Morningside Durban 4001 PostNet Suite 25 Private Bag X504 Northway 4065 South Africa www.arup.com Document7B Verification Job title Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Job number XXX Document title Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application File reference Document ref eThekwini Municipality Revision Date Filename FILMC -ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1001.docx Rev 1 25 Aug Description Rev 1 2020 Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name N Adam M Kajee M Kajee Signature Rev 2 18 Sep Filename FILMC -ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1003.docx 2020 Description Update Trip Gen Table P&R removed Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name M Kajee N Hassen M Kajee Signature Rev 3 23 Oct Filename FILMC -ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.docx 2020 Description Updated based on comments dated 20 October 2020 TE 12311 Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name M Kajee N Hassen M Kajee Signature Filename Description Prepared by Checked by Approved by Name Signature Issue Document Verification with Document ✓ eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application Contents Page 1 ETA Checklist 5 2 Letter Signed by ECSA Registered Professional 7 3 Development Details 8 3.1 Background 8 3.2 Site Location 8 3.3 Development Details 9 3.4 Existing & Proposed Rights 10 3.5 Access Arrangements 13 4 Study Area 14 5 Background Information 15 5.1 Existing Road Network 15 5.2 Existing Intersection Controls 16 6 Review of Available Planning Documents 18 6.1 Inner City LAP Plan Transport Study 18 6.2 Detailed Public Transport Study for the Inner City and Outer Ring 24 6.3 Planned Transportation Upgrades 28 6.4 Progress on Proposed eThekwini Municipality Transportation Plans 28 7 Affected Planning/ Road Authorities 29 8 Background Traffic Demand Estimation 30 8.1 Existing Traffic Volumes (2020) 30 8.2 Forecast Traffic Volumes (2025 and 2030) 31 9 Traffic Demand Estimation 32 9.1 Existing Development Trip Generation Assessment – Latent Rights 32 9.2 Development Proposal 32 9.3 Inner City Trip Generation Estimate 33 9.4 Trip Generation Rates 33 9.5 Trip Reduction Factors 34 9.6 Trip Generation 34 9.7 Assessment Years 36 10 Trip Distribution & Assignment 37 eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application 11 Approved Neighbouring Developments 37 12 Total Traffic Demand 39 13 Demand Side Mitigation 39 14 Traffic Impact Assessment 40 14.1 Intersection Analysis 40 14.2 Segment Analysis 48 15 Planning Year Horizon (>2000 Trips) 50 16 Site Traffic Assessment 50 17 Public Transport Assessment 51 17.1 Trip Production 51 17.2 Trip Attraction 52 17.3 Short Term PT Response 54 17.4 Medium to Long Term PT Response 56 18 Pedestrian/NMT Assessment 58 19 Mitigating Measures 59 19.1 Inner City LAP 59 19.2 Inner City Public Transport Plan 59 19.3 M4 Upgrade plans 60 19.4 Short Term Road Upgrades 60 19.5 Medium to Long Term Road Upgrades 61 19.6 Preliminary Conclusion 61 20 Conclusion & Recommendations 62 21 References 67 Tables Table 1: Phase 1 Development Bulks (m²) Table 2: Ultimate Development Bulks (m²) Table 3: Inner City Transportation Intervention Roll-Out Plan Table 4: Summary of planned development bulks in the Sport Precinct Table 5: Summary of TZ 30 – Sport Precinct Trip Generation Table 6: PT Plan Roll Out Table 7: Summary of Notional Development alternatives – Bulk, Parking and Trip Generation Table 8: Trip Generation using Inner City LAP rates Table 9: Trip generation rates Table 10: Trip Reduction Factors applied eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application Table 11: Trip generation for Film Studio and Theatre Table 12: Trip Generation for retail Table 13: Summary of Phase 1 Trip Generation Table 14: Trip generation for Film Studio, Hotel, Lofts and Theatre Table 15: Trip Generation for retail Table 16: Summary of Ultimate Phase Trip Generation Table 17: Trip Distribution Table 18: AM Peak hour Results Summary Table 19: PM Peak hour Results Summary Table 20: Trip production rates Table 21: Proportion of employees per income group per category Table 22: Modal split Table 23: Summary of public transport person trips Table 24: Summary of public transport person trips Table 25: PT Plan Roll Out Figures Figure 1: Site Location Figure 2: Locality Plan Figure 3: Access Arrangement Figure 4: Study Area Figure 5: Class of Roads [Source: eThekwini Municipality GIS Database] Figure 6: Number of Lanes [Source: eThekwini Municipality GIS Database] Figure 7: Intersection Locations & Current Traffic Control Figure 8: New primary and secondary road connections Figure 9: New Local and Frontal Streets Figure 10: New Pedestrian Prioritised Connections Figure 11: Inner City New Connected Network Figure 12: Inner City Ultimate Development Concept Plan Figure 13: Road Ownership [Source: eThekwini Municipality GIS Database] Figure 14: Intersection Numbering Figure 15: Extract from Suncoast 2018 TIA Figure 16: Inner City People Mover Network Figure 17: PT infrastructure and services in the area Appendices Appendix A Site0B Development Plan Appendix B TIA1B Electronic Copy & Sidra Intersection 8 Files (on request) eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application Appendix C Calculation2B of Film Studio Set Trip Generation Rate Appendix D Volume3B Diagrams Appendix E Intersection4B Results Appendix F Segment5B Analysis Results Appendix G Trip6B Distribution Data eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application 1 ETA Checklist eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 Page 5 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 Page 6 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application 2 Letter Signed by ECSA Registered Professional Head: eThekwini Transport Authority 167 Florida Road PO Box 680 Morningside Durban Durban 4001 4000 PostNet Suite 25 Private Bag X504 Northway 4065 South Africa t +27 31 328 8700 f +27 31 328 8701 [email protected] www.arup.com 23 October 2020 Dear Sir/Madam Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) for Erf 11546, Erf 12693 and Rem/1/11543 Stamford Hill, Durban The undersigned has been appointed as the registered professional for this Traffic Assessment and has applied due diligence to the content of this report and endeavoured to ensure that the report is free of technical errors and takes full responsibility for its contents. Arup (Pty) Ltd also undertakes to attend any forum where the TIA is in dispute to report on matters that relate to the TIA. We understand and agree that the municipality shall not be liable to compensate us in this regard. Yours sincerely, Mohamed Kajee Senior Transport and Traffic Engineer Arup 167 Florida Road Morningside Durban 4001 t +27 31 328 8700 Pr. Eng.: 20170283 eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 Page 7 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application 3 Development Details 3.1 Background Arup (Pty) Ltd has been appointed by eThekwini Municipality to undertake a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) for the proposed Film City Development to be located in Stamford Hill, Durban (KZN). This TIA will form part of the Rezoning Application for the site. 3.2 Site Location The proposed development is situated within several land parcels, namely Erf 11546, Erf 12693 and Rem/1/11543 in Stamford Hill, Durban. The aforementioned site will henceforth be referred to as “the site”. The site is located approximately 3.5km North of the Durban CBD. The site has a total area of 93 377m². The site location and locality plan can be seen in Figures 1 and 2, respectively. Figure 1: Site Location eThekwini Municipality | Rev 3 | 23 October 2020 Page 8 HTTPS://ARUP-MY.SHAREPOINT.COM/PERSONAL/MOHAMED_KAJEE_ARUP_COM/DOCUMENTS/TRANSFER/FILM CITY/REPORT/FILMC-ARUP-D-XX-RP-YT-1004.DOCX eThekwini Municipality Film City Development | Stamford Hill | Durban Traffic Impact Assessment | Rezoning Application Figure 2: Locality Plan 3.3 Development Details The municipality intends rezoning the site for a film city development.