Agenda - Byron Shire Council - NSW Government

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL
ORDINARY MEETING 9 MAY 2013 (115)
The Splendour music festival has been
given NSW Department of Planning
approval to proceed at the new Yelgun
site, north of the residential area of
Ocean Shores. The festival site and the
main temporary regulatory changes to
the local road network are depicted.
The festival will be held Friday 26 to
Sunday 28 July 2013 and will attract
thousands of day visitors per day and
campers for the 3 nights, with peaks
expected on arrival Friday and departure
Monday.
How to handle this increased load and
the traffic changes required are detailed
in a series of traffic control plans which
will be presented at the Committee by
the consultant that has developed them.
It is noted the main changes requiring Committee approval is the temporary use of No Parking and
No Stopping along Brunswick Valley Way.
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Discussion with attendees
Greg Alderson highlighted the following about the proposed Traffic Control Plan
The TCP proposes to move the merge point into Tweed Valley Way so that the available queue
length from the Pacific Highway off-ramp increases from 70m to 130m with traffic control at the
merge point managing the release and direction of festival traffic in regard to the queue length
and local (non-festival) through traffic
There will be key monitoring points where traffic numbers will be assessed to determine at
what point traffic may need to be diverted, eg via Brunswick Heads
In 2012, at the former festival camping site at north end of Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay queues
occurred on site as most campers depart the day after the festival
In contrast, this year campers exiting the site will (before departing the site) be divided into
north bound and south bound
Approval of the TCP is also required from the Police, the RMS including their TMC and
Regulatory Working Group and the Director General NSW Planning who requires approved
documents no less than sixty (60) days prior to the event.
Splendour In The Grass representative agreed the contractor undertaking the traffic
management will be advised of the RMS event policy and make sure everything is ticked off,
which will be assisted by the development of the proposed “communications protocol”
It was highlighted that the traffic control measures extend either side of the three day festival
Committee Comments
Council staff tabled a local resident request that Ocean Shores, New Brighton, South Golden
Beach and Yelgun be included in a special events parking policy, which if implemented could
provide temporary parking restrictions with exemptions for residents and their guests as done
within the Sunrise residential area when Splendour was previously held at Belongil Fields,
Byron Bay
While Splendour representatives confirmed that Yelgun areas will be declared No Parking and
they will have traffic controllers and security at key points it was agreed temporary No Parking
in the most immediate local roads would assist if included in the LTC recommendation to
Council
Ordinary Meeting Agenda 09/05/13