An Assessment Of Traffic Impacts Upon Kensington And

An Assessment Of Traffic Impacts Upon Kensington And Parts Of Kingsford 13/07/09

1. STUDY OBJECTIVES 2. STUDY AREA 3. GREEN SQUARE 4. PROPOSED GARDENERS ROAD RAMPS 5. PROPOSED LENTHALL STREET HALF ROAD CLOSURE 6. TRAFFIC IMPACT OF ALL PROPOSALS ON KENSINGTON AND WEST KINGSFORD 7. RECOMMENDATIONS 8. CONCLUSION

1. STUDY OBJECTIVES

STUDY OBJECTIVES Gardeners Road Ramps Green Square Lenthall Street half road closure • Review each proposal • Assess impact of each proposal on existing road network, access and amenity • Recommend treatments to address adverse traffic impacts

2. STUDY AREA

Dacey Avenue Doncaster Avenue STUDY AREA Anzac Parade Southern Cross Drive Gardeners Road

WIDER STUDY AREA

EXISTING TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND TRAVEL PATTERNS

INTERSECTION AND MID-BLOCK COUNTS

Example Intersection

1333 2710 1809 AM PEAK HOUR VOLUME MAP 666 1697 331 2943 659 216 509 607 508 336 3287

1317 2195 1649 PM PEAK HOUR VOLUME MAP 516 1337 455 96 2994 527 303 3209

ROAD NETWORK PERFORMANCE

ROAD NETWORK PERFORMANCE SIDRA ANALYSIS An intersection modelling tool which provides: • Average delay at an intersection • Degree of saturation • Intersection level of service

ROAD NETWORK PERFORMANCE

ROAD NETWORK PERFORMANCE (AM)

ROAD NETWORK PERFORMANCE (PM)

ROAD NETWORK PERFORMANCE SIDRA ANALYSIS • • Majority of intersections operating at good level of service Exception – Lenthall St/Todman Av (Lenthall St right turn into Todman Av; Todman Av left turn into Lenthall St)

CRASHES WITHIN STUDY AREA

CRASHES WITHIN STUDY AREA (July 2004 – June 2007)

CRASHES WITHIN STUDY AREA Crash Rates determined by RTA, based on: • Road classification • Fatality/ Injury/ property damage

3. GREEN SQUARE

GREEN SQUARE

GREEN SQUARE • Zetland Beaconsfield Residential Neighbourhoods – residential comprising existing conserved terraces and compatible new development. • Green Square Town Centre – commercial, retail and cultural development. • Victoria Park – mixed use development comprising medium to high rise residential, commercial and retail at lower and ground levels. • Northern Neighbourhoods – mixed use development incorporating office and retail showrooms and café/restaurant activities. • Southern Neighbourhoods – mixed use commercial and residential.

GREEN SQUARE City of Sydney (January 2009) anticipate the following development by 2021: • 33, 150 residents • 28, 400 employees • 13, 076 dwellings • 1, 310, 000 m 2 residential floorspace • 854, 000 m 2 commercial floorspace • 46, 000 m 2 retail floorspace

GREEN SQUARE Zetland Area Traffic Study (Maunsell Australia 2004) estimated 90% of Green Square development to be completed by 2016. • 11, 768 dwellings (13, 076) • 1, 179, 000 m 2 residential floorspace (1, 310, 000 m 2) • 768, 600 m 2 commercial floorspace (854, 000 m 2) • 41, 400 m 2 retail floorspace (46, 000 m 2)

GREEN SQUARE Trip generation: Note: City of Sydney advise 20% of Green Square development has been completed.

GREEN SQUARE Trip generation: Potential additional peak hour traffic generation (2016): 17, 629 vehicles per hour Note: Only a proportion (approx. 20%) of this traffic will travel through the Study Area

GREEN SQUARE Potential additional peak hour trip generation (2016): 17, 629 vehicles per hour 3, 526 vehicles per hour Total generated by Green Square Potential Green Square traffic through Study Area

GREEN SQUARE Potential trip generation through Study Area:

GREEN SQUARE TMAP Draft Transport Management and Accessibility Plan (TMAP) released January 2009. Key findings: • “A “Business as Usual” scenario of future growth would be incompatible with a vision of Green Square as a sustainable and liveable Global Village • the vision of Green Square would be best supported in transport terms by a “No Car Growth” scenario, which requires a whole-ofgovernment strategy implemented by the City of Sydney in collaboration with State Government”

GREEN SQUARE TMAP “No Car Growth” Scenario To be successful, this strategy proposes a package of comprehensive transport and integrating planning measures that support a “No Car Growth” scenario, in particular: • “managing car parking supply, location and regulation and delivering responsive public transport provision Implications • for Study Area facilitating key transport corridors that can accommodate higher forms of transit and the needs of all transport users over time • prioritising walking and cycling mobility for local trips with increased connections to surrounding key destinations, including the CBD ? ? • promoting travel demand management directly to new residents and businesses over the growth period to directly achieve increased transit use and reduced dependence on private vehicles”.

In Summary: GREEN SQUARE additional peak hour vehicles through Study Area ‘Full Car Growth’ ‘No Car Growth’ (gtk consulting) (TMAP) 3, 526 0

4. GARDENERS ROAD ON/OFF RAMPS

GARDENERS ROAD ON/OFF RAMPS

GARDENERS ROAD ON/OFF RAMPS Current status “. . . construction of the project is to be deferred for at least four years due to reduced Federal Government Aus. Link funding levels (RTA 2008). ”

GARDENERS ROAD ON/OFF RAMPS Traffic predictions for the AM peak for 2016 are (RTA 2004): • 717 vehicles per hour entering the southbound ramp from Gardeners Road • 1162 vehicles per hour exiting the northbound ramp from Southern Cross Drive Note: 70% - 80% of this traffic is likely to travel through the Study Area

5. LENTHALL STREET HALF ROAD CLOSURE

LENTHALL STREET

LENTHALL STREET Council’s proposal: • Considered by PPK in 1999 • Proposal reviewed by Technical Advisory and Community Committees • Proposal substituted for LATM

LENTHALL STREET RTA proposal Epsom Rd/Link Rd: • DA for Dolina site refused (2004) • Land & Environment Court approved DA subject to RTA requirements (2007)

LENTHALL STREET Predicted reductions in eastbound traffic volumes:

6. TRAFFIC IMPACT OF ALL 7. PROPOSALS ON KENSINGTON AND 8. WEST KINGSFORD

TRAFFIC IMPACT OF PROPOSALS Summary: • Proposed ramps – additional 1410 vehicles for AM and PM peaks. • Green Square ‘Full Car Growth’ – additional 3526 vehicles for AM and PM peaks. • Green Square ‘No Car Growth’ – no additional vehicles for AM and PM peaks. • Lenthall Street half road closure – reduces existing traffic volumes by approximately 744 vehicles (AM peak) and 856 vehicles (PM peak) in Lenthall Street.

TRAFFIC IMPACT OF PROPOSALS Impact on AM Traffic Volumes: Green Square ‘Full Car Growth’: 30% - 40% increase on Lenthall St & Todman Av Ramp proposal: 30% - 40% increase on Gardeners Rd Tunstall Av, Eastern Av & Day Av Lenthall Street half closure: increases volumes on Todman Av west of Lenthall St; reduces volumes on Lenthall St and Todman Av east of Lenthall St

TRAFFIC IMPACT OF PROPOSALS Impact on Access and Amenity: ü Green Square ‘Full Car Growth’ ü Ramps ü Lenthall St half closure * ü Green Square ‘No Car Growth’ ü Ramps ü Lenthall St half closure

TRAFFIC IMPACT OF PROPOSALS Impact on Access and Amenity: Green Square • ‘Full Car Growth’ - Todman Av & intersecting side roads severe congestion in AM & PM peaks • ‘No Car Growth’ – no additional traffic through Study Area • ‘No Car Growth’ + Lenthall half closure – traffic volume reductions on Todman Av & Lenthall St

TRAFFIC IMPACT OF PROPOSALS Impact on Access and Amenity: Gardeners Road Ramps • Major impact on Gardeners Rd intersections • AM peak traffic volumes increase by up to 250 veh/h on Tunstall Av, Day Av & Eastern Av • Gardeners Rd intersections delays increase from 50 sec to 480 sec • Reduction in residential amenity and access; safety concerns for pedestrians and cyclists; increased traffic volumes within Study Area

TRAFFIC IMPACT OF PROPOSALS Impact on Access and Amenity: Lenthall Street Half Road Closure • Substantial reduction in traffic volume & improved amenity for Lenthall St residents (in conjunction with ‘No Car Growth’) • Traffic volume & amenity improvements negated with ‘Full Car Growth’ (increase in westbound traffic volumes) • Disadvantage - increase in traffic volumes on Todman Av west of Lenthall St • Some redirection of eastbound Epsom Rd traffic to Gardeners Rd (low volumes)

7. RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS Green Square 1. Council take appropriate action to ensure an active role on the 2. Corridor Working Group to be formed for the proposed Transit 3. Corridors within the Randwick LGA recommended by the Green 4. Square TMAP report. 2. Council support the objectives of the Green Square TMAP subject to the Ministry of Transport, City of Sydney and Landcom agreeing to set targets to ensure the balance between new development and the implementation of transport initiatives to achieve ‘No Car Growth’. 3. Council undertake intersection traffic surveys on a regular basis at key locations to monitor traffic movements to and from the Green Square Urban Renewal Area. This regular monitoring will indicate any changes to traffic volumes within the residential areas of Kensington and West Kingsford. Such information could then be

RECOMMENDATIONS Gardeners Road Ramps 4. Council write to the Minister for Roads and Minister for Planning 5. to confirm the current status of the proposed ramps on Gardeners 6. Road at Southern Cross Drive. 5. In the event that the proposed ramps secure the required Aus. Link 6. funding, Council seek funding from the RTA to develop a Traffic 7. Management Strategy for the Kensington and West Kingsford 8. areas. The Traffic Management Strategy should be undertaken in 9. association with local residents, RTA and other key stakeholders 10. to include, but not be limited to: a. Upgrading of the Nine Ways. b. Upgrading of the signalised intersections on Gardeners Road between the proposed ramps and the Nine Ways. c. Improving or at least maintaining the existing levels of service

RECOMMENDATIONS Lenthall Street Half Road Closure 6. Council support the RTA’s proposal to prevent eastbound traffic 7. on Epsom Road (buses and cyclists excepted) from travelling 8. through the intersection of Link Road to Lenthall Street. However, Council should enter into discussions with the RTA and City of Sydney to ban the left turn movement from Link Road into Epsom Road and the right turn movement from the Dolina development in order to achieve the equivalent of a half road closure on Lenthall Street. 7. Todman Avenue, between South Dowling Street and Lenthall 8. Street, be line-marked to provide two lanes in each direction, in 9. conjunction with the restriction of eastbound traffic on Lenthall 10. Street.

RECOMMENDATIONS Further Investigations 8. A Pedestrian and Mobility Plan (PAMP) to enhance pedestrian 9. access and safety within the Kensington and West Kingsford 10. areas. Funding for this study may be available from the RTA. 9. An investigation to identify the causes of road crashes and 10. recommend remedial treatments at Tresidder Avenue and at the 11. intersections of Kensington Road /Duke Street and Kensington 12. Road/Todman Avenue. 10. The RTA be requested to undertake investigations to identify the 11. causes of road crashes and implement remedial treatments along 12. Anzac Parade. Alternatively, the RTA may be prepared to fund

WHERE TO NOW? • 14/7/09 - Council considers Officer’s Report to place Draft Report on exhibition • Residents tender written submissions to RCC • Following exhibition of the Draft Report and collation of residents’ submissions (approx. 7 weeks), Council determines action to be taken