Kingscote Airport Business Case Appendices - Kangaroo Island ...

7 Landside Facilities7.1 Car Parking7.1.1 Description of Existing FacilitiesThe existing car parking facility is located to the north of the terminal. Tonkin Consultingundertook a carpark layout design in 2010 for the Kingscote Airport. This layout is shown inAppendix A. It is understood that at the time of writing this report the majority of the upgradesassociated with this layout had been completed with the intention of completing the remainingupgrades in the near future.The public entrance is from Arranmore Road and the facility is split into three distinct areas. Themost eastern area is reserved for bus parking and access. At present, five formally marked busparks are available.The central area provides five bays of nine 60-degree angle parks and one bay of six standard60-degree angle parks and two 60-degree disabled parks, totalling 53 parks. At present this isthe area most used for parking as it provides the closest parks to the terminal entrance. Twozebra crossings provide safe access between the parking area and the terminal.The most western area consists of five bays of 25 No. 90-degree parks, totalling 125 parks.A ring road surrounds the parking area.Lighting of the existing car park exists and is deemed to be sufficient.Through discussions with current airport management and from visual inspection it is apparentthat the current car parking facility is significantly under-utilised. Current users of the car parkingfacilities are generally confined to local users and hire car parking. At present the majority oftourists utilise a third party for transport, either by bus or by an eco-tour with a driver pickingthem up upon arrival.7.1.2 Future Car Parking RequirementsAs mentioned previously it is apparent that the existing car parking facilities are significantlyunder-utilised. The current facility has a total of 178 car parks currently available for public carparking, including two disabled car parks. It is intended that hire cars for pick up will also use theparking available in this facility.Determination of future car park needs requires some conjecture as to the likely vehicle use ofthe passengers arriving on the larger flights from interstate. The vast majority of people arrivingby interstate flights are likely to be tourists and will therefore require transport via one of thefollowing methods:- Hire car; Tourist coach; Eco Tour Vehicle (private tour guide); Picked up by a friend.The final option of being picked up by a friend is considered to be of minimal likelihood incomparison to the other three options. Therefore the requirements for upgrading the parkingfacility needs to consider these three options individually as they each have differentrequirements for parking.Ref No. 20120935DR1A Kingscote Airport Infrastructure Study Report 19