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7. Conclusion and RecommendationsMount Druitt Commuter Car ParkTraffic, Transportation and Access Impact AssessmentAs part of the CCPIP, TCA is investigating a number of sites, including at Mt Druitt, to improvethe availability of convenient and secure commuter car parking at railway stations toencourage public transport use.This assessment investigates the impacts of the new multi-storey commuter car park at MtDruitt station on the surrounding traffic, transportation and accesses.The proposed car park is a two level structure with 220+/-10 car parking spaces. Becausethe number of car spaces to be included in the development could be 220+10=230, it wasappropriate to model and assess the impact based on the largest likely number of spaces(230) to cover the worst case scenario.It is proposed that a single entrance and exit to the car park be located on North Parade. Theentry and exit is to be left in and left out only onto North Parade due to the existing medianrequiring right turn movements to be prohibited.Findings of the traffic modelling include that the overall LOS of the intersections areexpected to remain on the whole unaffected, with less than minor reductions in theoperational performance of a few approaches to LOS C, but still operating well withincapacity.Mitigation is not required to reduce the impact of the Mt Druitt car park on the wider roadnetwork as the impacts from the proposed car park are within acceptable levels with allapproaches at all the assessed intersections operating at a LOS C or better.There will be no impacts on pedestrians, passenger transport, taxis, kiss & rides in relationto delays and increased travel time and there will be minimal conflict between pedestrianand vehicles.A minority of pedestrians are crossing North Parade near the intersection with Mount Street.The location of pedestrian access & egress from car park building should encourage use ofhigh quality footpath on north side of North Parade for pedestrians generated by CCP. Aproposed mitigation measure would be installation of barrier fence in the central median onNorth Parade from Jirrang Close to Mount Street (similar to that closer to Station).On the northern side of North Parade the current on-street car parking will restrict sightdistances to the proposed car park entrance and exit. In order to achieve the required sightdistances it will be necessary to remove on-street parking spaces on the northern side ofNorth Parade between Jirrang Close and Mount Street. The loss of these on-street car parksis more than compensated by the new car parking building which will provide a net increaseof 200+/-10 parking spaces.The construction traffic generated by the development of the proposal is estimated to be amaximum of up to 6 heavy vehicles per day mid week at its peak during the demolitionphase. This is considered to be a minimal level of construction traffic and will not have asignificant impact on the local road network, passenger transport services, kiss & ride andpark & ride traffic.In order to reduce what construction impacts do occur, provide safe pedestrian movementsand to allocate parking areas for the construction workers it is recommended that aConstruction Traffic Management Plan is prepared.CCPP-0843-RW-7291-F.docx Page 37 of 46Status: Final CDR