Traffic Impact Assessment Springvale Zone Change Springvale Zone Chnage - Traffic Impact Assessment Contact Details Name: Nerissa Harrison The Westhaven, 100 Beaumont St PO Box 5848, Auckland 1141 New Zealand Telephone: +64 9 355 9500 Mobile: +64 27 250 7926 Document Details: Date: March 2019 Reference: 5-WD029.00 Status: Issue 1 Prepared By Gabriela Surja Transportation Engineer Reviewed By Matthew Evis Senior Transportation Planner ©WSP Opus | January 2019 Page i Springvale Zone Chnage - Traffic Impact Assessment Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Site Description ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 2.1 Site location .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Traffic Data............................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 3 The Proposal ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 4 Traffic Operation Assessment ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 4.1 Traffic Generation .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.2 Trip Distribution Assumptions ............................................................................................................................................ 12 4.3 Modelling Scenarios .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 4.4 Intersections Performance .................................................................................................................................................... 15 4.5 Cycling .....................................................................................................................................................................................................18 4.6 Public Transport ..............................................................................................................................................................................18 4.7 Construction Traffic ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19 5 Safety Assessment ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 5.1 Mosston Road/Fox Road ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 5.2 Fitzherbert Avenue/Fox Road .............................................................................................................................................. 21 5.3 Fitzherbert Road/Totara Road ........................................................................................................................................... 22 6 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 6.1 Design Standards and Requirements ........................................................................................................................ 22 6.2 General Traffic Operations .................................................................................................................................................... 22 6.3 Construction Traffic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 7 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 List of Figures Figure 2-1 : Location of Springvale plan change ................................................................................................................................. 2 Figure 2-2 : Indicative structure plan layout ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2-3 : Mosston Road looking south.................................................................................................................................................. 4 Figure 2-4 : Fitzherbert Ave looking west (towards the site)..................................................................................................... 5 Figure 2-5 : Fitzherbert Avenue looking east (towards intersection with Totara St) ............................................ 5 Figure 2-6 : Puriri Street (looking east, towards Totara Street) ............................................................................................... 5 Figure 2-7 : Fox Road east of Sherwood Road ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2-8 : Fox Road west of Sherwood Road ................................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2-9 : Totara Street (looking south) .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Figure 2-10: Mosston Road / Fox Road Intersection......................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 2-11 : Fitzherbert Avenue / Fox Road ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2-12: Fitzherbert Avenue / Totara Street ................................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2-13: Whanganui Public Transport Network - source : http://www.horizons.govt.nz/Buses- Transport/Bus-Routes-Transport/Castlecliff-Pink .............................................................................................................................. 9 www.wsp-opus.co,.nz ©WSP Opus | January 2019 Page ii Springvale Zone Chnage - Traffic Impact Assessment Figure 6-1: Assumed distribution of the full development trips at peak periods ................................................. 13 Figure 6-2 : Modelled Layout of Mosston Road / Fox Road Intersection .....................................................................16 Figure 6-3 : Modelled Layout of the Fitzherbert Avenue / Totara Street Intersection ......................................16 Figure 6-4: Modelled Layout of the Fitzherbert Avenue / Fox Road Intersection ................................................ 17 Figure 6-5 : Modelled Layout of the Fitzherbert Avenue Extension / Mosston Road Intersection ........18 List of Tables Table 2-1 : Road Network Surrounding the Site .................................................................................................................................. 4 Table 2-2 : Mosston Road / Fox Road Intersection Traffic Counts..................................................................................... 10 Table 2-3 : Fitzherbert Avenue / Totara Street Intersection Traffic Counts ............................................................... 10 Table 2-4 : Fitzherbert Avenue / Fox Road Intersection Traffic Counts .......................................................................... 11 Table 4-1 : Summary of Modelling Results for Key Intersections ........................................................................................ 15 Table 5-1 : Crash Risk Assessment for Mosston Road / Fox Road Intersection ....................................................... 21 Table 5-2 : Crash Risk Assessment for Fitzherbert Avenue / Fox Road Intersection .......................................... 21 Table 5-3 : Crash Risk Assessment for Fitzherbert Road / Totara Road ....................................................................... 22 www.wsp-opus.co,.nz ©WSP Opus | January 2019 Page iii Springvale Zone Chnage - Traffic Impact Assessment Document History and Status Revision Date Author Reviewed by Approved by Status Revision Details Revision Details www.wsp-opus.co,.nz ©WSP Opus | January 2019 Page iv Springvale Zone Chnage - Traffic Impact Assessment 1 Introduction WSP Opus has been engaged by Whanganui District Council to undertake a traffic impact assessment (TIA)