SUMMARY
Development application (DA) 10.2019.154.1 seeks approval
to hold a one-day festival over three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022 at
the new Stone and Wood micro-brewery site in the Byron Arts and Industrial
Estate.
Up to 2,000 persons are expected to attend each event
inclusive of patrons and staff. Food and entertainment will be provided
along with alcoholic beverages in accordance with liquor licencing
requirements. The development application proposes temporary closure of
Centennial Avenue under traffic control as well as temporary signage in the
public road reserve along Centennial Avenue and Ewingsdale Road.
The DA and associated traffic management plan (TMP) was
previously considered at the meeting of the Local Traffic Committee (LTC) on
30 July 2019. The committee was not supportive of the proposal during
this meeting and made a number of comments in relation to pedestrian safety,
hostile vehicle mitigation, and access and drop off points. LTC recommended
that an amended TMP be prepared to suitably address the committee’s
comments.
The applicant has revised the TMP in accordance with the
committee’s recommendations and resubmitted to Council for
consideration. Please refer to Attachments 1 and 2.
OFFICER RECOMMENDATION
That Council endorse Festival of the Stone to be held on
Saturday 6 June 2020, Saturday 12 June 2021 and Saturday 11 June 2022 in
accordance with the Local Traffic Committee recommendations.
BACKGROUND
Previous consideration by Local Traffic Committee
At the 30 July 2019 LTC meeting the committee was not
supportive of the proposal and made the following comments:
Police:
· Concerns about pedestrian safety as they leave the event.
Event organisers should consider a shuttle bus.
· The amount of people assembled without a barrier to the road
will require hostile vehicle mitigation strategies.
TfNSW:
· Concerns about queuing on Bayshore Drive and in turn
Ewingsdale Road. Concerns about the footpath shown on the plan linking
Ewingsdale Road directly to the site is not an actual footpath, crosses a
drain, and may be on private property.
· TfNSW suggests the drop off/pick up within the private
property of Stone & Wood. TfNSW would prefer a one year approval.
· Consider measures to create good visual separation
between pedestrians and traffic on Ewingsdale Road, for example
flagging/bunting.
· Option to consider on-road drop-off in Centennial Circuit
during one-way trial, provided an area is delineated and there is no
on-street parking.
· Consider closing Centennial Circuit between Brigantine and
Tasman Way with traffic control to accommodate shuttle bus drop-off and
businesses, perhaps allowing taxis and Uber access.
The applicant has prepared an
amended traffic impact assessment and traffic management plan to address the
issues raised by NSW Police and TfNSW. Please refer to attachments 1 and 2.
Referral to TfNSW
The amended development
application was referred to TfNSW in accordance with Clause 101 of State Environmental Planning Policy
(Infrastructure) 2007 –
traffic generating development.
TfNSW advises:
1. The
Consent Authority should be satisfied that buses will be able to manoeuvre
safely in the heavily pedestrianised areas.
2. It
is requested that consideration be given to controlling any stopping and
parking on Ewingsdale Road during the Events.
3. The
Event organiser must make contact with Roads and Maritime Regional Operations
Section (on 1300 762 376) in the event that delays on Ewingsdale Rd have the
possibility of impacting on the Pacific Motorway, including immediate
notification of all incidents.
4. The
Event organiser is to provide appropriate resources to manage ‘end of
queue management’, including on the Pacific Motorway if required.
5. Any
regulatory signs and devices associated with the event, proposed for
placement on Ewingsdale Road will require the endorsement of the Local
Traffic Committee prior to Council approval. Please refer to A Guide to the
Delegation to Councils for the Regulation of Traffic.
PROPOSAL
Proposed development
The
applicant proposes the following details. DA 10.2019.154.1 seeks
approval to hold a one day festival over three consecutive years from 2020 to
2022 at the new Stone and Wood micro-brewery site in the Byron Arts and
Industrial Estate.
Each event will attract up to
2000 persons inclusive of patrons, volunteers, staff, performers and
associated personnel. Alcoholic beverages from the brewery will be
available for purchase during the event in accordance with liquor licencing
requirements. Temporary bars and food and drink stalls will be
operating throughout the event.
A Traffic Impact Assessment
and Traffic Control plan has been submitted but will need to be amened in
accordance with Council comments under the heading below Key Issues.
Key details
Key elements and details of
the events are as follows:
Event Dates: Saturday
8th June 2020
Saturday
6th June 2021
Saturday
12th June 2022
Operating times: 3.00pm
– 10.00pm
Total Attendees: 2,000
patrons and staff
Entertainment: Food
and Drinks, Family activities (face painting etc.), D.J.’s/Bands
Parking
and traffic arrangements
Parking for the event is to
be provided at the Cavanbah Centre (326 spaces) and in the surrounding road
network (200 spaces). Patrons can access the site from the Cavanbah
Centre on foot via a pedestrian walkway connecting to Ewingsdale Road.
Patrons parking at the
Cavanbah Centre will walk to the event using the existing off-road pathway along
Ewingsdale Road. A temporary path link is proposed for connection to the site
from Ewingsdale Road as depicted in Figure 5 (p. 12) of the attached traffic
impact assessment report. The proposed link crosses a lot owned by
Byron Shire Council. Owners Consent may be required for this temporary work.
Public Transport
Shuttle bus service is being
arranged with local bus operators to provide transport for patrons from Byron
Bay Township to the site and return.
Road
Closure
The TMP
proposes temporary closure of Centennial Circuit between Brigantine Street
and Tasman Way during the event. Access to the road closure is intended to be
provided to shuttle buses and taxis under traffic control. Event marshals
will be provided to assist with
managing pedestrians and vehicle drop-offs at the site frontage.
Please refer to the Traffic Impact Assessment, Traffic
Management Plan and Traffic Control Plan in Attachments 1 and 2.
KEY ISSUES
In
response to the above, council’s Development Engineer expressed concern
over the possibility of vehicles queueing on Ewingsdale
Road and the first section of Bayshore Drive. Therefore, a condition of
consent is recommended that requires all parking and event drop-off (including shuttle bus) to occur at the
Cavanbah Centre, with the exception of disabled and elderly drop offs which
are to occur at the site frontage.
The following condition of
consent is recommended:
Parking, Drop-off
& Pick-up
· All
parking and vehicular drop-off including shuttle bus, taxi, Uber & other
mode of transportation to for the event shall utilise Cavanbah Centre. The
car parking area in Cavanbah Centre must be maintained during the event and
returned to pre-festival conditions. Any damage to the car parking area shall
be repaired immediately and all cost shall be borne by the consent holder;
· Drop-off
& Pick-up of elderly and people with disability shall be undertaken at
the existing northern access of the site and assisted with event personnel;
and
· No
drop-off & pick-up permitted along Centennial Circuit other than elderly
and people with disability
In addition, an amended TCP is
to be prepared for the endorsed routes and submitted to an approved Roads
& Maritime Services accredited person in accordance with the following
condition of consent:
Traffic Control Plan
A traffic control plan for the
endorsed routes shall be prepared by a Roads & Maritime Services
accredited person for the temporary traffic signage layout and vehicle
movements to be used during the erection and removal of signs & barrier
within the road reserve. The traffic control plan shall be submitted to
and approved by Roads & Maritime Services accredited person 24 hours
prior to the event. The consent holder shall forward the approved and
Certified Traffic Control Plan to Council.
The TCP
shall be prepared in accordance with the following:
· All
Traffic Control devices are to conform to AS 1442.2 and 1742.3
· All
persons placing and removing Traffic Control devices are to have current
accreditation from the TfNSW.
· All roads
are to be barriers and signs removed immediately following the event.
· The event
organisers must provide a Risk Assessment of the event and an emergency
contingency plan. These plans must be inclusive of all traffic flows.
The
following routes are endorsed:-
· Entry into
the event – Ewingsdale Road, Bayshore Drive/Centennial Circuit (north
intersection)
· Exit from
the event site – via Bayshore Drive/Centennial Circuit (north
intersection)
· Entry/Exist
via Cavanbah Centre
Council’s Development Engineers consider the
proposal to be acceptable from an engineering perspective subject to the
above conditions of consent.
The above recommendation to endorse entry and via the
Northern Bayshore Drive / Centennial Circuit intersection is designed to
prevent traffic backing up along Centennial Circuit onto Bayshore Drive.
One-Way
Trial, Centennial Circuit
It is noted that Council plans
to undertake a one-way trial for Centennial Circuit. The trial proposes
to make traffic one way from the southern end of Brigantine St, along
Centennial Circuit to Wollongbar St.
This trial will commence
within the next six months. The duration off the trial has not yet been
confirmed but will last for at least 6 months and may result in a permanent
change to Centennial Circuit.
The one way trial is not
expected to conflict with the proposed road closures and traffic management
for this event.
The map below shows the
proposed one way trial direction (in blue) and the direction of shuttle bus
movement (in yellow) do not conflict.
COUNCIL IMPLICATIONS
Budget/Financial
The event organisers will be invoiced the following fees
as appropriate:
- Approval
of Road Events pursuant to s144 of the Roads Act (Advertising of event and
staff time to process), and
- Development
Certification fees – section 138 with fees being the fee applicable as
at the date of payment.
Asset Management
Not applicable.
Policy or Regulation
Delegated to council for authorisation in conjunction
with:
- Actions
required to control traffic- Part 8 (Sections 114 to 124) Roads Act, 1993.
- Prescribed
traffic control devices - division 1 of Part 4 (Sections 50 to 55) Road
Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act, 1999.
- R5-1-3
Parking (Disable) – NSW Road Rules 203, $541 fine
- R5-400
No Stopping - NSW Road Rules 167, $253 fine
- R5-41
No Parking (specified times) - NSW Road Rules 168, $108 fine.
Consultation
A condition of the endorsement of this event is that
appropriate consultation is undertaken, including:
1. Advertising
the impact of the event in the local newspaper and on the Council website.
2. Notifying
businesses that are directly impacted by the temporary road closure.
3. Liaising
with bus and taxi operators.
4. Consulting
with emergency services.
Legal and Risk Management
If vehicles cause congestion in Centennial Circuit and
Bayshore Drive then this could directly impact in MR545 - Classified Road
– Ewingsdale Road. Appropriate approvals and insurances should be
required as a condition of the endorsement for this event.
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