City of Playford Report for Munno Para

3. Existing Conditions
3.1 Land Use
Munno Para is primarily a residential area comprising of approximately 430 residential dwellings consisting
of private and Housing SA. Other developments in the study area that generate traffic include:
Commercial / small business – currently there is a small group of shops located on the corner of Karri
Street and Maltarra Road. The number and type of shops would not generate or attract a large
number of vehicles to the area.
School – Munno Para Primary School is located at the northern end and adjacent to Maltarra Road.
There is limited amount of off street parking provided at the school. On street parking is restricted on
the eastern side of Maltarra Road, as per Council policy. This restriction is employed to improve the
safety and reduce the need for children to cross the road to access parked vehicles.
Open Space – An open space corridor is located centrally in a north/south alignment with in Munno
Para. This corridor provides formal linkages, via a sealed footpath for pedestrians and cyclists to
traverse within the local traffic area.
3.2 Road Network
The road network in the local traffic area comprises of single lane two-way undivided carriageway. The
roads comprise of kerb and gutter and sealed road. No formal assessment was made to the condition of
the existing pavement and infrastructure. The collector roads are wide local residential streets catering
for both on street parking and through traffic. The collector roads, particularly Alawoona Road, Carcoola
Road and Maltarra Road have long straight sections with a measured width of 10.6 m. The collector
roads, as identified in Section 2.2 are located around the permitter of the local traffic area with residential
roads branching off forming either a ‘U-Shape’ or a cul-de-sac providing access to residential properties.
The local traffic area does not currently provide through road linkages with adjoining suburbs. The
current traffic volumes and vehicle movements experienced are generated solely by vehicles accessing
the local traffic area.
There are four points of access and egress into the local traffic area, with one being provided from Curtis
Road and the other three from Main North Road. All turning movements are permitted at Curtis
Road/Mingari Avenue junction and Karri Street/ Main North Road Junction. Turning movements at the
junction of Myall Avenue / Main North Road and Alawoona Road / Main North Road are restricted to left
in and left out to and from the local traffic area. All these access and egress points are uncontrolled.
3.3 Traffic Volumes
Traffic volumes recorded for the local traffic area are considered to be acceptable for the existing function
of the collector roads. Where roads provide access / egress to the surrounding areas and adjoining road
networks the traffic volumes are greater, relative to the internal roads. This is demonstrated on Myall
Avenue and Mingari Street carrying the highest traffic volumes with 3,307 and 2,988 two-way vehicles per
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