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Table 2-7
Analysis of options in precinct 4: college
C1: Wentworth Avenue (one option)
Traffic
efficiency
The option would benefit road users by introducing traffic efficiencies,
reducing congestion and improving traffic flows allowing this road to be
promoted as a priority bypass corridor as per the Access Strategy (refer to
section 2.1).
Amenity
Kerbside
use
The most efficient method of achieving this would be to time-restrict and
modify the parking and loading along the kerbside whilst altering the lane
priorities at the key intersections to introduce capacity. This would
therefore make efficient use of this wide major road corridor.
The option would improve the road user experience for traffic wishing to
bypass the core city centre roads by setting both southbound and
northbound priorities. This would provide much needed capacity in light of
the planned closure of part of George Street and the reprioritisation
of Castlereagh Street and Elizabeth Street.
The provided solution would modify and time-restrict the kerbside parking
and loading provisions during peak periods. It would therefore introduce
benefit to road users whilst retaining the existing kerbside provisions at
other times.
Business
impacts
Summary
There would be some minor parking losses within the corridor to achieve
the promoted solution.
Whilst the proposal would introduce loading time-restrictions it would still
allow loading/unloading at certain times.
The option identified for this pinch point would achieve the proposal
objectives as it would support the growing demand for traffic wanting to
enter or leave the city via this priority corridor. It and would improve road
network functionality for this traffic in future years. The option also
performed well against the evaluation criteria and provided the required
outcome through one proposed option.
C2: College Street (one option)
Traffic
efficiency
The option would benefit road users by introducing traffic efficiencies,
reducing congestion and improving traffic flows allowing this road to be
promoted as a priority bypass corridor as per the Access Strategy (refer to
section 2.1) particularly in light of the pedestrianisation of George Street
with local property access allowed.
Amenity
Kerbside
use
The most efficient method of achieving this would be to modify the
performance of the key intersections along the road with limited changes
to the kerbside uses to introduce capacity.
The option would improve the road user experience for traffic wishing to
bypass the core city centre roads by setting both southbound and
northbound priorities. This would provide much needed capacity in light of
the planned pedestrianisation of George Street (with local property access
allowed) and the reprioritisation of Castlereagh Street and Elizabeth
Street. It would work in combination with the proposed removal of the
cycleway, the amenity loss of which is being offset by the creation of the
Castlereagh Street cycleway within the core of the city.
The provided solution would modify and time-restrict the kerbside parking
and loading provisions during peak periods.
It would maintain the kerb extension south of Park Street that is needed to
support pedestrians accessing the two key buildings; the Australia
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