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Fairfield Transport Interchange Determination Report Issue No. Submission No. Issues raised 29. FAIR 8 Extend the pedestrian crossing from Smart Street all the way to the end of The Crescent. This would benefit the businesses along The Crescent. Safety: 30. FAIR 2 Buses having to back-up out of the bay pose a risk to pedestrians. Transport for NSW response Extending the pedestrian crossing from Smart Street to the end of The Crescent would not conform to the required safety standards and would compromise the safety of pedestrians using The Crescent and commuters using the transport interchange. The design allows for buses to pull in and out of stands and layovers without reversing. 31. FAIR 3 Traffic lights are safer for pedestrians than a zebra crossing. Based on the Traffic Transport and Access Impact Assessment report (TTAIA) for the project, it was determined that a combination of a signalised and zebra pedestrian crossing at The Crescent provides adequate safety provisions for pedestrians. Refer to sections 2.10, 2.11 and 3.4 of the TTAIA report. Civil Design: 32. FAIR 2 Reconfigure and upgrade the existing commuter car park opposite Ware Street to have a boot-to-kerb parking on both sides of the car park to increase capacity. 33. FAIR 2 Do not construct the pedestrian fence on Court Road because pedestrians will instead walk through bus interchange to walk up Smart Street. Convert the whole area from Ware Street to Smart Street as a ‘give way to pedestrian’ area with raised pedestrian crossings and reduce speed limit in this area to ensure safety. General: 34. FAIR 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Respondents have an overall positive response to the project. Each respondent provides further feedback as outlined elsewhere in the table of responses. Reconfiguring the commuter car park west of the Fairfield Connection is not part of the scope of the project. However 20 of the timed parking spaces displaced in The Crescent to make way for the taxi zone will be made available in this car park. Pedestrian fencing is not proposed on Court Road. Pedestrian fencing is provided on The Crescent between Smart Street and the raised crossing to enhance safety and to direct pedestrians to safe crossing locations. The speed limit in The Crescent is 40km/h. Noted Ref No: 1452311 13
Fairfield Transport Interchange Determination report 3.3 Response to Key Issues The key issues are addressed as follows: • Reconfiguration of the taxi rank There are considerable parking space constraints within the Transport Interchange precinct. Transport for NSW has undertaken additional investigations to address concerns raised during the public display period of the REF in relation to the competing demands for parking space for local businesses and taxis on The Crescent. Given that the parking spaces within the Taxi zone would not be fully utilised throughout the day, the Taxi feeder rank has been removed to retain the 6 timed shopper parking spaces along the east bound side of The Crescent west of Ware Street. The modified plan is show at Appendix 5. Additional parking within the transport interchange To address the concerns of parking demand within the transport interchange, Transport for NSW has acquired additional land from Fairfield City Council in Wilga Street to extend the proposed commuter car park from 24 to 57 commuter car parking spaces. This would ensure there would be minimal loss of timed parking (net impact of the loss of 1 parking space) on the north side of the rail line with the provision overall of an additional 10 commuter car parking spaces at the Fairfield Transport Interchange. The development of the new Wilga Street commuter car park requires the provision of two (2) disabled (DDA) spaces. Given the location of the proposed replacement commuter car park in Wilga Street in relation to the station entry, it is impractical to place the DDA space in this car park. As such, the DDA spaces will be provided within the existing Dale Street commuter car park adjacent to the station entry. The current commuter car park on The Crescent at the eastern end of the existing bus interchange contains one (1) DDA space that will be displaced by the new works. This DDA space will be relocated into the existing commuter car park west of the Fairfield Connection on the north side of the rail line. The locations of the revised parking arrangements are shown at Figure 2. Transport for NSW will continue to consult with Fairfield City Council to relocate the remaining loading zone on The Crescent as well as investigate the possibility to extend the quarter (¼) hour parking zone behind the bus-stop on the westbound side of The Crescent in the PM peak to 9pm. Table 3.1 below provides a summary on the revised timed and commuter car parking at the interchange on each side of the rail line. Table 1: Fairfield Transport Interchange Upgrade – Timed and Commuter Parking Summary (July 2012) Location Timed Parking The Crescent – east bound - 11 The Crescent – west bound - 10 The Crescent commuter car park (west of the Fairfield Connection) Net Impact on Timed Parking Commuter Car Parking Commuter car park (off The Crescent and Court Road) Spaces lost/gained + 20 The Crescent commuter car park (west of - 22 - 1 (Loading zone) - 21 (including 1 disabled car parking space) (to make way for the reconfiguration of bus interchange) Ref No: 1452311 13
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