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COUNTDOWN POKENO, GREAT SOUTH ROAD, TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT REPORT
COUNTDOWN POKENO, GREAT SOUTH ROAD,
                    TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT REPORT
                    PREPARED FOR WOOLWORTHS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
                    02 May 2019

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This document has been prepared for the benefit of Woolworths New Zealand Limited. No liability is
            accepted by this company or any employee or sub-consultant of this company with respect to its use by
            any other person.
            This disclaimer shall apply notwithstanding that the report may be made available to Waikato District
            Council and other persons for an application for permission or approval to fulfil a legal requirement.

            QUALITY STATEMENT
             PROJECT MANAGER                                                               PROJECT TECHNICAL LEAD

             Mark Georgeson                                                                Jamie Whittaker

             PREPARED BY

             Jamie Rowe
                                                                                                                         23/04/19

             CHECKED BY

             Jamie Whittaker                                                                                             26/04/19

             REVIEWED BY

             Mark Georgeson
                                                                                                                         29/04/19

             APPROVED FOR ISSUE BY

             Mark Georgeson
                                                                                                                          02/05/19

              WELLINGTON
              Level 13, 80 The Terrace, Wellington 6011
              PO Box 13-052, Armagh, Christchurch 8141
              TEL +64 4 381 6700, FAX +64 4 473 1982

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Woolworths New Zealand Limited
              Countdown Pokeno, Great South Road, Transportation Assessment Report

            CONTENTS
             1.        Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
             2.        Existing Environment ........................................................................................................................................ 4
             2.1       Site Location ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
             2.2       Surrounding Road Environment ..................................................................................................................... 4
             2.3       Sustainable Travel ............................................................................................................................................ 5
             2.4       Travel Patterns .................................................................................................................................................. 5
             2.5       Road Safety ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
             3.        Proposed Activity ............................................................................................................................................ 8
             3.1       Consented Scheme......................................................................................................................................... 8
             3.2       Proposed Scheme ........................................................................................................................................... 8
             3.3       Wellington Street ............................................................................................................................................ 10
             4.        District Plan Objectives, Policies and Rules ............................................................................................... 12
             5.        Traffic Effects .................................................................................................................................................. 17
             5.1       Trip Generation .............................................................................................................................................. 17
             5.2       Trip Distribution ............................................................................................................................................... 19
             5.3       Access Effects ................................................................................................................................................ 19
             6.        Parking and Loading .................................................................................................................................... 24
             6.1       District Plan Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 24
             6.2       Proposed Parking Supply .............................................................................................................................. 24
             6.3       Great South Road .......................................................................................................................................... 24
             6.4       Parking Design ................................................................................................................................................ 24
             6.5       Loading and Servicing .................................................................................................................................. 24
             7.        Summary and Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 26

            LIST OF TABLES
            Table 4-1: District Plan Traffic and Transportation Rules ......................................................................................... 12
            Table 4-2: District Plan Appendix 29A – Business Zone (Pokeno) Design Assessment Criteria .......................... 16
            Table 5-1: Forecast Trip Generation – Consented Development ......................................................................... 17
            Table 5-2: Surveyed Supermarket Trip Generation Rates ...................................................................................... 17
            Table 5-3: Forecast Trip Generation – Proposed Development ............................................................................ 18
            Table 5-4: New, Pass-by and Diverted Trips ............................................................................................................. 18
            Table 5-5: Great South Road/ Wellington Intersection – Opening Year ............................................................. 20
            Table 5-6: Great South Road / Wellington Intersection – 10 Year Horizon .......................................................... 20

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Table 5-7: Great South Road / Wellington Intersection – 10 Year Horizon .......................................................... 21
            Table 5-8: Great South Road / Pokeno Road – 10 Year Horizon........................................................................... 22

            LIST OF FIGURES
            Figure 2-1: Site Location ................................................................................................................................................ 4
            Figure 2-2: Average Daily Two-Way Traffic Volume Profile – Great South Road May 2018 ................................ 6
            Figure 2-3: Current (projected) weekday PM turn volumes – Great South Road/ Pokeno Road intersection 7
            Figure 3-1: Proposed Scheme ...................................................................................................................................... 8
            Figure 3-2: Wellington Street ....................................................................................................................................... 10
            Figure 5-1: Forecast Weekday Traffic Profile ............................................................................................................ 18
            Figure 6-1: Loading and Servicing ............................................................................................................................. 24

            APPENDICES
             Appendix A Great South Road / Wellington Street Intersection – Opening Year and Ten Years – SIDRA
                  Outputs
             Appendix B              Great South Road / Pokeno Road Intersection – Opening Year – SIDRA Outputs
             Appendix C              Great South Road / Pokeno Road Intersection – Ten Years – SIDRA Outputs

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1.          Introduction
            Woolworths New Zealand Limited (“Woolworths”) proposes to develop a Countdown supermarket with an
            approximate gross floor area (“GFA”) of 3,000m², on a site in Pokeno. The site fronts onto Great South
            Road. All vehicular access will be achieved from Wellington Street (yet to be formed) along the southern
            boundary of the site. The construction of the part of Wellington Street fronting the site will be completed
            by Woolworths.
            In March 2017, the Waikato District Council granted consent for the establishment of a Fresh Choice
            supermarket (plus ancillary retail activities) on the same site. The related application included a June 2015
            Transportation Assessment Report prepared on behalf of Woolworths.
            Woolworths has since decided to progress an expanded proposal. Throughout this report, reference is
            made to the previous consented submission to draw comparisons between the two proposals – the
            consented scheme versus the proposed scheme - to assess the changed scale of traffic impacts.

            The areas explicitly referenced in relation to the consented and proposed schemes include the demand
            for and availability of parking, the level of traffic that will be generated and its effect on the safety and
            efficiency of the surrounding road network.

            Pre-application advice has been sought from Council and its traffic advisors, and matters raised have
            been addressed.

            It is concluded that the traffic and transport effects of the development will be no more than minor , with
            effects able to be mitigated and managed in the way set out and described in this report, including with
            the formation of Wellington Street.

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2.          Existing Environment
            2.1         Site Location
            The site fronts Great South Road in Pokeno and is zoned as ‘Business Town Centre’ in the Franklin section of
            the Waikato District Plan . Other legal roads within this block have not yet been formed, including
            Wellington Street immediately to the south of the vacant proposal site.

            Figure 2-1 shows the location of the site in the context of the local road and wider state highway network.
            The indicative position of Wellington Street is shown as a black line adjacent the site.

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            Figure 2-1: Site Location

            2.2         Surrounding Road Environment

            2.2.1       Great South Road
            Great South Road is classified in the District Plan as a collector road. It is formed as a two-way road with a
            running lane in each direction. In the vicinity of the site, Great South Road has a painted median, with a
            posted speed limit of 50km/h through Pokeno.

            Along the site frontage, Great South Road provides angled car parking within a recessed bay. This parking
            bay illegally encroaches slightly into the site and is to be removed as part of this proposal and replaced in
            part within the new Wellington Street. Parallel parking is permitted on the opposite side of Great South
            Road.

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Council has a series of physical works scheduled for Great South Road in the coming months, which
            involve reforming and resealing of the road carriageway and constructing the throat of the Wellington
            Street intersection, which will then be extended by the supermarket proposal .

            2.2.2       Wellington Street
            Wellington Street is currently a paper road which runs along the southern boundary of the site. It is
            proposed that the site will achieve vehicular access from Wellington Street and that Woolworths will form
            the side of Wellington Street that is adjacent the subject site as part of the proposal, to provide all
            customer and servicing access and egress. The concept arrangements have been developed in
            collaboration with Council, with further details of the intended layout and design of Wellington Street are
            discussed in more detail later in this report.

            2.2.3       Pokeno Road
            To the north of the site, Pokeno Road is classified in the District Plan as a collector road. It has a rural-
            residential character immediately west of Great South Road, before achieving an increasingly rural
            character further west. The speed limit on Pokeno Road is 70km/h near the Pokeno township, and
            changes to 100km/h approximately 1km west of the Great South Road intersection.

            2.2.4       Intersection of Great South Road and Pokeno Road
            The formed intersection between Pokeno Road and Great South Road is a give-way controlled
            T-intersection with Pokeno Road forming the minor approach, joining Great South Road (major approach)
            on the outside of a horizontal curve. The position on the outside of the curve provides excellent sight
            distances in both directions for vehicles approaching from Pokeno Road.

            A right turn bay is provided within the median of Great South Road for vehicles accessing Pokeno Road
            from the north.

            2.3       Sustainable Travel
            Existing bus services in Pokeno include the Ministry of Education funded school bus, and a number of inter-
            city routes which pass through Pokeno. There are no local commuter services available at the present
            time, although it is understood a Pokeno – Pukekohe service is being considered. As a proposed service,
            and in the absence of other details, it has not been assessed further here.

            Currently, there are no specific provisions for cyclists in the area around the proposed site , and none
            planned by Council.

            In the vicinity of the site, Great South Road has footpaths on both sides of the road. The footpath adjacent
            the site encroaches onto the site and is to be re-established within the public road reserve in conjunction
            with the site development.

            2.4         Travel Patterns
            2.4.1       Great South Road
            Traffic count data was requested and received from Waikato District Council in relation to Great South
            Road. The counts were completed in May 2018 recording a weekday average of 4,948 vehicles per day
            (“vpd”) on Great South Road near the frontage of the site 1, involving approximately 9% heavy vehicles.
            During the busiest weekday hour, between 16:00 and 17:00 on Friday afternoon, 4522 vehicles were
            recorded.

            1   Between the speed restriction before McDonald Road and Walter Rodgers Road.
            2   9% of daily traffic flows.

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The average daily flow profile for Great South Road is provided below at Figure 2-2 for a weekday,
            Saturday and Sunday.

            Figure 2-2: Average Daily Two-Way Traffic Volume Profile – Great South Road May 2018
            The weekday and Sunday network peaks on Great South Road are shown to occur between 16:00 and
            17:00. The Saturday network peak occurs around late morning, between 10:00 and 11:00. It is clear from
            these details that the weekday PM peak is the absolute busiest period on the roading network and has
            accordingly been the focus of the analysis undertaken and reported in later sections of this report.

            2.4.2       Pokeno Road
            Traffic count data obtained from Beca’s ‘Pokeno Intersection Assessment Report (3 February 2017) 3
            indicates that Pokeno Road had a daily traffic profile of some 3,000 vpd, with peak hour afternoon flows of
            some 270 vehicles.

            2.4.3       Great South Road / Pokeno Road Intersection
            In November 2014 4, TDG (now Stantec) undertook a traffic count survey at the intersection of the Great
            South Road and Pokeno Road. New surveys have not been completed as part of this assessment,
            however, it is noted that Beca undertook surveys of the intersection in 2016, to support their Pokeno
            Intersection Assessment Report (3 February 2017).
            Using the updated traffic flows from the Beca report, it is possible to understand the current percentage
            increase in traffic at this intersection across the two-year period that has elapsed since. The current
            vehicle flows are shown below at Figure 2-3.

            3 This assessment builds on the findings of a previous project completed by Beca – Pokeno Bridge Options Transport
            Study – using a Paramics micro-simulation model that informed the original PSP assessment work completed in 2007. This
            report considers two additional residential developments planned for implementation outside of the Pokeno Plan
            Change area. The purpose of the project was to identify appropriate intersection forms within Pokeno at the future
            years of 2022 and 2040.
            4 Friday 28 th November 2014, 7am to 9am and 4pm to 6pm, and Saturday 29 th November 2014, 10am to 1pm.

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Great South Road
                           Pokeno Road

                                                        H     11       3
                                                        L    131       14

                                                                                  3         7     H
                                                                                  14       116    L

                                             L    115        110
                                             H     6          14

              L = Light vehicle
              H - Heavy vehicle                                                        Great South Road
              Total          545

            Figure 2-3: Current (projected) weekday PM turn volumes – Great South Road/ Pokeno Road intersection
            Figure 2-3 shows that the north and southbound flows on Great South Road are evenly balanced, with
            turning flows to and from Pokeno Road that match the through volumes on Great South Road. This is one
            of the reasons why the intersection has been identified for future capacity improvements.

            2.4.4       Future Traffic Volumes
            Pokeno is expected to experience significant levels of residential development in the future. From the
            Beca report, it is shown that traffic is expected to grow by around 95% between 2018 and 2028. Therefore,
            for the purposes of this assessment, the background traffic levels fronting the site on Great South Road
            have been assumed to double in the next ten year period.

            2.5         Road Safety
            An analysis of the road safety record in the vicinity of the site was undertaken using the NZ Transport
            Agency (NZTA) Crash Analysis System database for the five-year period 2014 to 2018. The search area
            covered Great South Road between Ford Street to the north and Hitchen Road to the south, a distance of
            approximately 800m.
            The search identified two recorded non-injury crashes.
            One crash occurred at the Great South Road / Cambridge Street intersection when a truck, travelling
            northbound on Cambridge Street hit a car turning right on to Cambridge Street from the left. The crash
            was recorded in June 2016 in wet conditions with the car driver not noticing the approaching truck.
            The other crash occurred 120 metres to the east of Marlborough Street, on Great South Road. A car was
            travelling eastbound on Great South Road and hit a truck which was u-turning from the same direction.
            The crash was recorded in June 2017 in wet conditions with the truck driver failing to signal and not
            noticing the other car travelling behind.
            Overall, there are no recurring safety patterns or concerns in relation to the type or location of the
            recorded crashes. It is therefore assessed that there are no underlying road safety issues that need to be
            addressed by this proposal.
            Notwithstanding, it is important to achieve safe access to ensure supermarket traffic and customers can
            safely move to and from the site, and also be safely added amongst the existing and future traffic
            conditions. It is relevant in this regard that the site access and Wellington Street designs have been
            developed collaboratively with the Council.

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3.          Proposed Activity
            3.1         Consented Scheme
            The consented scheme provides for the development of a Fresh Choice supermarket, involving the
            following activities:
            •    1,100m² GFA supermarket with 100m² of office space;

            •    Two separate retails buildings of 185m 2 and 280m2 along the Great South Road frontage of the site,
                 separated by a public plaza;

            •    Vehicle access from Wellington Street;

            •    69 parking spaces;

            •    Loading and servicing to the rear of the supermarket with an additional loading space provided close
                 to the front retail buildings;

            •    A pedestrian path connecting the retail buildings and plaza with the carpark and extending to
                 connect with a new footpath along the site frontages of Great South Road and Wellington Street; and

            •    Removal of existing on-street angle parking along the site frontage on Great South Road which partly
                 encroaches into the site.

            3.2         Proposed Scheme
            It is now proposed to develop a Countdown supermarket involving an approximate 3,000m² GFA building,
            inclusive of 200m² of office space and 100m² plantroom, on the same site as the consented scheme.
            The proposed site layout is shown next at Figure 3-1
            Figure 3-1: Proposed Scheme

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Vehicular access to the site continues to be proposed from Wellington Street only, to be formed as part of
            the development.

            A total of 146 parking spaces is proposed in a car park located within the southern portion of the site. The
            proposed parking resource includes five parent bays and four disabled bays. There is also dedicated
            drop-off signs and a drive-thru pick-up lane. A loading and servicing area is to be provided at the rear of
            the supermarket and will also be accessed from Wellington Street via a separate driveway at the new stub
            end of Wellington Street.

            A dedicated pick-up zone is to be provided along the southern edge of the building, from where
            customers will be able to conveniently pick up their groceries and either exit to Wellington Street or re-
            circulate to the main carpark.

            As with the consented design, the proposal will result in the removal of the existing on-street parking
            located on Great South Road along the site frontage. A new footpath will be provided along the site
            frontage of Great South Road adjacent a new urban park, the details of which are addressed elsewhere in
            the application. Beyond these improvements, no other changes are proposed to Great South Road, and
            do not otherwise foreclose other upgrades that may be advanced by Council in the future, including in
            respect of possible pedestrian and cycle improvements.

            3.3         Wellington Street
            The road reserve set aside for Wellington Street is approximately 20 metres wide, within which it is proposed
            to form an 8.4 metre wide carriageway, centrally within the road reserve, with widening at the intersection
            suitable for supermarket truck tracking, as addressed later in this report. A total of 8 parallel parking
            spaces will be provided along the nearside kerbline of Wellington Street.

            A footpath is included along the nearside of the road, together with a crossing point near the intersection
            with Great South Road. As sought by Council, the stub end of Wellington Street is to be formed in such a
            way as to facilitate the multi-point turning of a medium rigid truck, as demonstrated by the tracking shown
            in Figure 3-2.

            These concept arrangements have been developed in collaboration with Council, noting that the
            intersection location and relationship to existing properties and activities are pre-determined by the
            established paper road. Further particular details of the road design are shown in the series of civil
            engineering drawings included with the application.

            Figure 3-2: Wellington Street

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4.          District Plan Objectives, Policies and Rules
            Franklin District was split into three parts during the local government amalgamation process in 2010 which
            formed the current Auckland Council structure.

            Pokeno is located in the part of the former Franklin District whose control was passed to the Waikato District
            creating the Franklin Section of the Waikato District Plan.
            The site is zoned ‘Business Town Centre’, within the provisions of the District Plan. Table 4-1 below
            summarises the relevant traffic and transportation rules of the District Plan and describes the level of
            compliance achieved under each rule, relative to Part 9, Part 29 and Part 51.
            Table 4-1: District Plan Traffic and Transportation Rules
                                                   Criterion                                                         Comment

              PART 9: TRANSPORTATION

              LOCATION OF VEHICLE CROSSINGS

              9.5.1 The following standards [TABLE 9: STANDARDS FOR THE LOCATION OF                   Complies – no vehicular access is to
              VEHICLE CROSSINGS] will be used with respect to vehicular access to arterial            be taken from Great South Road. All
              and collector roads in the district (refer to Part 9.4). Where any part of 9.5 is       vehicular access will be achieved
              not complied with, an application for consent to a Restricted Discretionary             from Wellington Street.
              Activity is required and Council

              9.5.2 Any new vehicle crossing to be installed on a local road shall be                 Complies – The proposed vehicle
              located at least 7 metres from the kerb tangent point at the nearest                    crossing onto Wellington Street is
              intersection with another local road.                                                   approximately 45m from the
                                                                                                      intersection with Great South Road.

              PART 29: BUSINESS ZONE

              29.5.5 DRIVEWAYS                                                                        Complies – Great South Road
              No activity on a site affected by the “main frontage control line” shown on             adjacent to the site is subject to main
              the planning maps shall have vehicular access to that affected street                   frontage controls. No vehicular
              frontage.                                                                               access is proposed on to Great South
                                                                                                      Road.

              29.5.6 PARKING SPACES                                                                   Complies – the site lies within the
              1. Subject to 29.5.6: 2 and the provisions of Part 51, parking spaces (and              Business Zone and provides more
              associated manoeuvring / driveway areas) shall be provided on site for all              than the required rate of parking.
              activities as follows:                                                                  Parking is covered in more detail
              a. For SITES within the Business Zones shown on the planning maps:                      below.
                  i. One space for every 40 square metres of gross floor area located at              The car park will also be designed
                  ground level.                                                                       and constructed in line with point 2
                  ii. One space for every 50 square metres of gross floor area above                  and 3.
                  ground level.
              b. For SITES outside the Business Zones shown on the planning maps:
                  i. One space for every 30 square metres of gross floor area.
              2. (Construction) For SITES within the Business zones shown on the planning
              maps: All parking and manoeuvring areas shall be formed, drained and
              maintained to a tar- or chip-sealed or concreted surface in accordance
              with accepted practice for “commercial” loadings, and such that
              stormwater will in all weathers leave the site in a controlled manner so as to
              have no potential to cause damage to roads or adjoining properties.
              3. (Construction) For SITES outside the Business zones shown on the planning
              maps: Subject to Rule 29.5.8: 2, all parking and manoeuvring areas shall be
              formed, drained and maintained to at least a compacted metal (rock chip)
              surface, in accordance with accepted practice for “commercial” loadings,
              and such that:

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◼     stormwater will in all circumstances leave the site in a controlled
                    manner so as to have no potential to cause damage to roads, service
                    lanes, or adjoining properties; and
              ◼     metal will not be washed or carried onto any road, service lane or
                    adjoining property.
              29.5.7 LOADING SPACES                                                                   Complies – a dedicated loading and
              1. (Number of spaces) Subject to the requirements of Rule 51 all activities             servicing facility is proposed to the
              shall, on the same site as that activity, have the number of loading spaces             rear of the supermarket. Servicing
              as determined in accordance with the following requirements:                            vehicles will be segregated from the
              i. For SITES within the Business Zones shown on the planning maps:                      majority of customer traffic accessing
                                                                                                      and egressing the site. Sufficient
              One space per site
                                                                                                      space is provided within the footprint
              ii. For SITES outside the Business Zones shown on the planning maps:                    of the loading yard to allow service
              One space per site, but not less than two spaces for any site having a total            vehicles to access and egress the site
              building gross floor area of over 1000 square metres.                                   in a forward direction.
              2. (Design) All loading spaces and associated manoeuvring areas shall
              comply with the following design requirements:
              i. No loading space can be sited in such a way that service vehicles have
              no option but to reverse onto or off the site. The Council may waive this
              requirement where a site is small or service access is to a service lane, no-
              exit road or to a street which carries low traffic volumes.
              ii. All loading spaces or areas shall not be less than 8 metres in depth, 4
              metres in width, and 4.25 metres in height.
              iii. All loading spaces or areas shall be provided with an access path that
              complies with Diagram 51.F.
              3. (Construction) All loading and associated manoeuvring areas shall,
              depending on the location of the site, comply with Rule 29.5.6: 3 or Rule
              29.5.6: 4 as if the reference to “parking” was to “loading” spaces.
              29.5.8 VEHICLE CROSSINGS AND DRIVEWAYS                                                  Complies – two vehicle crossings are
              Except where access is proposed to a state highway:                                     proposed on Wellington Street. The
              1. For sites within the Business Zones shown on the planning maps.                      combined Great South Road and
              Vehicle crossings (driveways) between sites and the edge of the formation               Wellington Street frontages measure
              (kerb-line) of any road or service lane shall comply with Council's current             in excess of 60 metres.
              policy.
              Council’s policy dated 2007 for vehicle crossings applies and the main
              requirements are summarised as follows:
              ◼     One crossing per property (contained in one Certificate of Title)
              ◼     Any property having a frontage in excess of 15 metres but less than 60
                    metres shall be permitted a second crossing. Any property with a
                    frontage exceeding 60 metres in length shall be permitted one further
                    crossing (i.e. a maximum of three crossings for sites in excess of 60
                    metres.)
              ◼     The maximum width of any crossing shall be 6 metres at the boundary
                    line with provision for a splay, provided that the length of crossing on
                    the kerb line shall not exceed seven metres. The total width of such
                    crossings shall not exceed 50% of the frontage of front sites. Where
                    two properties combine to form one crossing, the total width at the
                    boundary line shall not exceed six metres.
              ◼     A minimum distance of two metres shall be provided between two
                    crossings to act as pedestrian refuge.
              ◼     Construction standards are set out in the 2007 policy.
              1A. For sites outside the Business Zone shown on the planning maps, Rule
              42A.6.12 applies to vehicle crossings.
              2. (Driveway apron) Notwithstanding any other rule in this plan, the
              driveway surface on the site which is adjacent to or behind every vehicle
              crossing shall be tar- or chip-sealed or concreted to a commercial standard
              for a distance of 6 metres back from the front boundary of the site, for the
              full width of the crossing, except that for activities that involve the daily
              movement of large trucks or truck-and-trailer units, this surface shall be
              extended into the site for a distance of 12 metres. Where a new or altered
              vehicle crossing is proposed to the State Highway, the approval of the New
              Zealand Transport Agency is required.

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29.6.8 VEHICLE SERVICING ACTIVITIES                                                     Complies – an appropriate loading
              Notwithstanding the minimum requirements of this plan relating to parking               and manoeuvring space is provided
              and loading spaces (Part 51), every activity which involves the servicing of            to the rear of the site. Its sufficient
              vehicles of any type shall provide on the site sufficient parking and                   space will provide parking and
              manoeuvring spaces to accommodate all those vehicles which either are                   manoeuvring for all expected service
              being serviced, awaiting service, or awaiting pick up by or delivery to their           vehicles.
              owners. Vehicles shall not be left on the road, any off-street public parking
              area, or on any service lane or adjoining property.

              PART 51: PARKING, LOADING AND ACCESS

              51.1 PARKINNG SPACES

              51.1.2 NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED                                                        N/A – this table does not provide a
              The number of parking spaces to be provided on the site of an activity shall            rate for retail activities in Business
              be as set out in Table 51.A below, provided that:                                       Zones. Refer to Rule 29.5.6 instead.
                                                                                                      Further analysis of the parking
              ◼       where an activity requires a resource consent then these
                                                                                                      provision is provided below.
                      requirements may be used as a guide and a greater or lesser
                      number may be set;
              ◼       where a standard is not specified then that which is closest to the
                      proposed activity may be used; or to be determined on the advice
                      of a traffic report prepared by a traffic engineer having regard to
                      the characteristics and circumstances of the particular proposed
                      activity; and
              ◼       where a proposed activity incorporates more than one of the
                      activities for which a separate standard is set, then the Council shall
                      determine which activity is deemed to predominate on the site and
                      may permit up to half the spaces required by the secondary activity
                      to be waived.
              51.1.3 SPACES FOR DISABLED PERSONS                                                      Complies – the proposed car park
              ◼       Where an activity is subject to the provisions listed in Schedule 2 of          has 146 spaces, of which four are
                      the Building Act 2004 (which addresses buildings that must be                   provided as disabled user bays.
                      considered for access by disabled persons), car parking for the
                      exclusive use of vehicles driven by persons with disabilities or any
                      person accompanying a person or persons with disabilities, the
                      parking area shall contain spaces as follows:
                      - for a calculation of 10 or less spaces, no less than one space shall
                         be for disabled persons;
                      - for a calculation of between 10 and 99 spaces, no less than two
                         spaces shall be provided;
                      - for every 50 spaces (or part thereof) over 100 spaces, an additional
                         space shall be provided.                                                     The design of these spaces complies
              ◼       All spaces for disabled persons shall comply with Diagram 51.D.                 with Diagram 51D.

              51.1.4 ROUNDING                                                                         Complies - This has been
              A fraction of 0.6 or greater in any parking spaces calculation shall be                 incorporated into the parking and
              deemed to be a requirement for one whole space. Fractions below 0.6                     loading calculations.
              shall be disregarded.
              51.1.5 LOCATION ON SITE                                                                 Complies – the proposed parking
              ◼       All spaces shall be located clear of any designation or building line           spaces are clear of all required areas
                      restriction, or of any easement which protects the rights of persons            noted in this rule.
                      who are not owners or occupiers of the site.
              ◼       Spaces shall also be clear of any other required areas such as
                      outdoor living courts and landscaped yards.
              51.1.6 ACCESS AND MANOEUVRING                                                           Complies – The carpark accesses
              ◼       All spaces shall have access to a road and shall be provided with               and circulation aisles and loading
                      such access drives and aisles as are necessary for ingress and egress           area have been assessed as being
                      of motor vehicles from and to the street and for the manoeuvring of             appropriate for use by the 90th
                      motor vehicles within the site.                                                 percentile car as specified at
                                                                                                      Diagram 51.E within the District Plan.
              ◼       Driveways will generally be at least 3 metres in width unless some
                      other width is specified for the particular situation or some other
                      requirement of the Plan dictates (such as tracking curves).

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◼       All manoeuvring areas shall comply with the tracking curves for cars
                      (in the case of parking spaces) as set out Diagram 51.E.
              ◼       No new parking space may be designed or formed which would
                      necessitate any reverse manoeuvring off or onto the site, where the
                      site has frontage to a national route, district arterial route or collector
                      route as identified in Part 9.4 . (Refer to Policy 14 in Objective 19.3.3.)
                      For the avoidance of doubt, this bullet point does not apply to sites
                      that have frontage to a local road.
              ◼       All manoeuvring must be able to be undertaken on site in no more
                      than a three point turn. Note – in determining compliance with on-
                      site manoeuvring, the tracking curves shall not include manoeuvring
                      occurring within the garage.

              51.1.7 DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS                                                            Complies – the parking spaces and
              All parking and associated manoeuvring areas and aisles shall be designed               manoeuvring spaces are laid out in
              and laid out in accordance with the specifications of Table 51.B (as well as            accordance with the specified
              Diagram 51.E (above)).                                                                  dimensions.

              51.1.8 FORMATION                                                                        Complies – The car park and loading
              ◼       FOR SITES WITHIN THE BUSINESS ZONE: Refer to the "development                   area will have a sealed surface, and
                      standards" of the Business Zone (Rule 29).                                      the vehicle crossings will comply with
                                                                                                      the construction requirements of the
              ◼       FOR SITES WITHIN OTHER ZONES: All parking and manoeuvring areas                 District Plan.
                      shall be formed and drained to an all-weather, dust-free surface
                      prior to any commencement of the activity to which the spaces and
                      areas relate.
              51.1.9 DEMARCATION OF SPACES                                                            Complies – All spaces will be clearly
              All required spaces shall be painted out or physically demarcated on the                marked.
              ground.
              51.1.10 MAINTENANCE OF SPACES                                                           Complies – no spaces are in conflict
              All spaces and associated access and manoeuvring areas shall at all times               with any other part of the activity.
              be kept available for use by the vehicles they are designed for and shall not           Dedicated spaces are allocated
              be diminished or rendered unusable by any building, alteration, storage or              within the loading area for refuse and
              other activity. All parking and associated access and manoeuvring areas                 storage.
              shall at all times be kept in a weed-free, dust-free and permanently
              surfaced condition.

              51.2 LOADING AREAS AND SPACES

              ◼       FOR SITES WITHIN THE BUSINESS ZONE: Refer to the development                    Complies – the site is in a Business
                      standards of the Business Zone (Rule 29.5).                                     Zone.
              ◼       FOR SITES WITHIN OTHER ZONES: Every activity shall have, on its own             Tracking curves have also been
                      site, such provision as is appropriate for the safe and efficient setting       completed to show the
                      down or picking up of all people, goods and materials likely to be              manoeuvrability of trucks within the
                      associated with its normal operation or functioning. All such areas             site footprint, as addressed at
                      shall be formed and drained to an all-weather, dust-free condition              Chapter 6 of this report.
                      prior to any commencement of the activity to which the space or
                      area relates.
              ◼       MANOEUVRING AREAS: All manoeuvring areas associated with
                      loading spaces shall comply with the tracking curves for trucks as set
                      out in Diagram 51.F – 8 metre rigid truck.

              51.3 VEHICLE CROSSINGS

              Except where access is proposed to a state highway, all new or altered                  Complies – the accesses comply
              vehicle crossings shall be positioned and constructed in accordance with                with the requirement of Part 9.5.
              Part 9.5.
              Where a new or altered vehicle crossing is proposed to the state highway,
              the approval of the New Zealand Transport Agency is required.

            Error! Reference source not found. shows that the proposed development complies with all of the relevant
            transportation rules of the District Plan.
            In addition, Appendix 29A of the District Plan outlines the Business Zone (Pokeno) Design Assessment
            Criteria. Table 4-2 lists the relevant transport criteria from Appendix 29A.

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Table 4-2: District Plan Appendix 29A – Business Zone (Pokeno) Design Assessment Criteria

                                                       Criterion                                                         Comment
                                        Design Element 1: Site Planning
                                                                                                              Complies. The supermarket
              1.   On sites located between Market Street and Cambridge Street buildings
                                                                                                              parking and service areas are
                   should generally adopt a “perimeter block” layout, and parking and service
                                                                                                              proposed to be accessed
                   areas should be accessed from side roads and not Great South Road.
                                                                                                              from Wellington Street

              2.   If possible, two vehicle access points on different roads (other than Great                Complies. Two vehicle access
                   South Road between Market Square and Cambridge Street) should be                           points are proposed on
                   provided for car parking areas.                                                            Wellington Street

              3.   The principal pedestrian entries of all buildings and tenancies should face a              Complies
                   road and be conveniently located and clearly identifiable.
              4.   Outdoor storage should be avoided or concealed from view from public roads                 Complies
                   by internalisation within or by the configuration of the building, (preferred), or
                   by screen fencing.

                        Design Element 3: Open Spaces, Parking Areas and Landscaping
              1.   Open spaces (particularly those associated with streams), car parks, and their             Complies
                   landscaping should be well-designed and accessible.

              2.   Parking and movement layouts should be designed for safe and effective                     Complies
                   movement of vehicles through an easily understood layout with appropriate
                   surface markings and signs.
              3.   Where car parking is provided on a site which abuts land zoned Residential 2, it           Complies
                   should be screened by buildings, fencing and / or landscaping.

            As outlined above, the proposed site layout complies with the relevant transport criteria.

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5.          Traffic Effects
            5.1         Trip Generation
            5.1.1       Consented Proposal
            The consented proposal drew from the NZTA Research Report 453 Trips and Parking Relating to Land Use
            (RR453) to estimate the trip generation for the smaller Fresh Choice supermarket. The category selected
            for the analysis was the ‘Shopping Centre (small)’ category, relating to less than 4000m² GFA mixed retail
            developments.
            The design trip rates from RR453, which were reported for the consented proposal are provided below in
            Table 5-1 for the relevant PM peak hour.
            Table 5-1: Forecast Trip Generation – Consented Development

              Time Period                                 Trip Rate (vehicle movements)               Expected Trip Generation
                                                                                                      (vehicle movements)

              Peak Hour                                   18.9 per 100m² GFA                          243

            Upon review of the information, it is considered that this information referred to for the consented
            development is no longer relevant for the newly proposed scheme, and more recent supermarket-specific
            data is able to be relied on.

            5.1.2       Existing Trip Generation
            The site is currently undeveloped and for the purposes of this assessment is assumed to generate no traffic.

            5.1.3       Proposed Development
            More relevant data from surveys at various Countdown supermarkets in similar locations across New
            Zealand can be referred to in estimating the traffic generation of the fuller supe rmarket proposal. Four
            stores and six surveys can be referred to. The location of the store, the store size, the measured PM peak
            trip rate and the survey date of each is provided below at Table 5-2.
            Table 5-2: Surveyed Supermarket Trip Generation Rates

                            Store                  Store Size      Measured PM Peak Trip Rate               Survey Date

              Countdown Tawa                          4200             10.6 vph / 100 m² GFA                    2013
              Countdown Stratford                     2800              7.6 vph / 100 m² GFA                    2015
                                                                        7.4 vph / 100 m² GFA                    2016
              Countdown Petone                        4100             10.5 vph / 100 m² GFA                    2016
                                                                       10.2 vph / 100 m² GFA                   2016*
              Countdown Crofton Downs                 3600             10.8 vph / 100 m² GFA                    2016

            These examples have a calculated average PM peak trip rate of 9.5 vph/100 m² GFA. The Tawa store
            deserves particular comment. It is located adjacent State Highway 1 in Wellington, with convenient
            access for highway traffic, as well as serving the local Tawa catchment, not unlike the Pokeno proposal. Its
            PM peak trip rate of 10.6 vehicle movements per 100m² has been adopted here, giving total expected
            vehicle movements as summarised below in Table 5-3.
            It will otherwise be clear from this Countdown-specific data that the trip rates of RR453 are outdated and
            exaggerate the expected trip rates.

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Table 5-3: Forecast Trip Generation – Proposed Development

                                                                                                           Expected Trip Generation
                            Time Period                     Trip Rate (vehicle movements)
                                                                                                             (vehicle movements)

                          Peak Hour (PM)                             10.6 per 100m²                                      318

            Table 5-3 shows that the proposed development can be expected to generate around 300 vehicle
            movements (in and out) during the busiest hour of the day, being just 75 vehicle movements more than the
            consented situation, or around one additional vehicle movement a minute more than the approved
            position.
            Also from the available Countdown surveys, the likely daily profile for the proposed supermarket can be
            estimated, taking account of the proposed GFA. An example daily profile for the proposed Countdown
            Pokeno store is provided below at Figure 5-1.

            Figure 5-1: Forecast Weekday Traffic Profile
            Figure 5-1 demonstrates that the store is forecast to expect approximately 300 vehicle trips during the peak
            hour, and approximately 2200 vehicles per day.
            While the supermarket activity is likely to generate some new trips on the network (primary trips), many
            shoppers will be drawn from traffic already travelling on the immediate and adjacent roads.

            These may be pass-by trips (vehicles already passing the site or diverted trips (vehicles on an adjacent part
            of the network which make a diversion to visit the site).

            The only available comprehensive research of such trip making associated with a supermarket relates to
            an Auckland supermarket 5 which indicates the following rates for primary, pass-by and diverted trips:

            Table 5-4: New, Pass-by and Diverted Trips
                                           Primary               Pass-by              Diverted

                Thursday PM               35 – 40%              20 – 25%                 40%
                Saturday midday           40 – 50%              10 – 20%                 40%

            5   Harries et al: Trip Generation Characteristics of Large-Format Retail Development Sites in Auckland (2011)

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Table 5-4 indicates that up to 25% of trips to the site will be pass-by trips. As a small township, the
            catchment area for the Pokeno supermarket is expected to be significantly larger than that of a similar
            retail development in a more densely populated suburban area. Many of the customers will travel longer
            distances to the site, which will in turn lessen the proportion of primary trips.

            On this basis, it has been assessed that around one third (33%) of traffic will already be passing the site
            immediately on Great South Road and will therefore not add to network volumes. The remaining two-thirds
            (67%) is expected to be new traffic on the network. Therefore, during the busiest operational hour of the
            site, 213 of the 318 proposed vehicle movements will be experienced as new traffic.

            A further observation is that the traffic volumes assessed above may not eventuate for some time , given
            the significant growth plans for Pokeno. It is therefore assessed that the trip generation described above is
            conservatively high for the initial development of the site and more realistic for the 5-10 year planning
            horizon.

            5.2         Trip Distribution
            In the previously consented proposal, it was assessed that a higher proportion of vehicle trips would
            approach and exit the site to and from the north on Great South Road, with a lesser proportion travelling
            to and from the south. This assumption was based on the fact that the future residential growth is being
            provided primarily to the north of the main township.

            Therefore, a 70/30 split to and from the north / south, respectively, was assumed to provide a
            representative distribution on to the local road network. These same distributional characteristics are
            considered to be relevant to this assessment and have therefore been retained.

            5.3         Access Effects
            To assess the off-site transportation effects of the proposed development, it is appropriate to assess the
            relative performance at the new Great South Road / Wellington Street and Great South Road / Pokeno Road
            intersections. Beyond these intersections, and as reported on shortly, the traffic capacity and performance
            of the wider network can be informed by the Beca report.

            For this purpose, the industry-recognised ‘SIDRA’ traffic model has been used to assess the existing and post
            – development performances of these intersections, for the PM peak hour. SIDRA analyses intersection
            capacities, vehicle delays and vehicle queueing, giving an indication of expected intersection
            performance. It calculates a number of performance indicators, including the following which are reported
            here:

            •    level of service (LOS), based on the delay to motorists, graded from A (excellent performance) to F
                 (poor performance);

            •    average delay (seconds / vehicle), defining delay to the typical motorist; and

            •    average length of a formed queue (vehicles).

            Two assessment scenarios have been analysed using SIDRA, involving the opening year of the supermarket
            and a ten-year horizon.

            5.3.1       Great South Road / Wellington Street Intersection
            A summary of the SIDRA outputs for the opening year are provided below at Table 5-5. The full SIDRA
            outputs are provided at Appendix A.

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Table 5-5: Great South Road/ Wellington Intersection – Opening Year

                        Scenario                                                                                              95% Queue
                                                      Approach                    LOS             Delay (seconds)
                                                                                                                           Length (vehicles)

               Baseline + Development            Great South Road                                                                 1
                                                                                     A                     0.9
                Traffic (Opening Year)                 south

                                                 Wellington Street                   A                     7.7                    1

                                                 Great South Road                                                                 0
                                                                                     A                     1.6
                                                       north

            For this scenario, SIDRA indicates that the intersection will perform at a very good level of service for all
            movements.
            A summary of the SIDRA outputs for the future state relating to ten years post-opening are provided below
            at Table 5-6. The full SIDRA outputs are provided at Appendix A.
            Table 5-6: Great South Road / Wellington Intersection – 10 Year Horizon

                        Scenario                                                                                              95% Queue
                                                      Approach                    LOS             Delay (seconds)
                                                                                                                           Length (vehicles)

               Baseline + Development            Great South Road                                                                 1
                                                                                     A                     0.6
                      (Ten Years)                      south

                                                 Wellington Street                   B                    11.7                    2

                                                 Great South Road                                                                 0
                                                                                     A                     1.0
                                                       north
            As shown above in Table 5-6, the intersection continues to perform well at ten years. The level of service
            provided on the Wellington Street approach is reduced slightly but still achieves a very good level of
            service B.
            The primary reason for the change in intersection performance relates to the increase in background
            traffic flows that are forecast, being an approximate doubling of traffic in ten years. Even then, the
            increased background traffic and added supermarket traffic is shown to be well accommodated by the
            proposed T-intersection design.

            5.3.2       Great South Road / Pokeno Road Intersection
            A SIDRA model has also been completed for the Great South Road / Pokeno Road intersection. The same
            background traffic growth as identified by Beca was applied to the model. A summary of the SIDRA
            outputs from the opening year model are provided below at Table 5-7 and again the full SIDRA outputs
            are provided at Appendix B, first without and then with supermarket traffic added.

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Table 5-7: Great South Road / Wellington Intersection – 10 Year Horizon

                                                                                                                        95% Queue Length
                  Scenario                 Approach                      LOS                  Delay (seconds)
                                                                                                                            (vehicles)

                                       Great South Road
                                                                          A                            4.1                       0
                                          south (left)

                                       Great South Road
                                                                          A                            3.9                       0
                                         south (right)

                                       Great South Road
                 PM Peak                                                  A                            4.5                       0
                                          north (left)
              Opening Year –
                   No
               Development             Great South Road
                                                                          A                            6.8                       1
                                          north (right)

                                       Pokeno Road (left)                 A                            5.6                       1

                                         Pokeno Road
                                                                           B                          10.2                       2
                                            (right)

                                       Great South Road
                                                                          A                            4.1                       0
                                          south (left)

                                       Great South Road
                                                                          A                            3.9                       0
                                         south (right)

                                       Great South Road
                 PM Peak                                                  A                            4.5                       0
                                          north (left)
              Opening Year –
                   with
                                       Great South Road
               Development                                                A                            7.7                       1
                                          north (right)

                                       Pokeno Road (left)                 A                            5.4                       1

                                         Pokeno Road
                                                                           B                          14.3                       4
                                            (right)

            Great South Road / Wellington Intersection – 10 Year Horizon Table 5-7 shows that the intersection currently
            achieves a very good level of service (A) across all legs, with maximum delays of 10.2 seconds and
            maximum queue lengths of two vehicles. With the introduction of traffic associated with the proposed
            Countdown store, it is seen that the intersection still continues to operate with a high level of service, but
            with increased delays and queues to traffic turning right out of Pokeno Road.
            As with the Great South Road / Wellington Street intersection, background traffic growth has also been
            considered up to ten years after opening, involving a doubling of traffic flows. A summary of the results of
            the SIDRA model are provided below at Table 5-8 . The full SIDRA outputs are provided at Appendix C.

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Table 5-8: Great South Road / Pokeno Road – 10 Year Horizon

                                                                                                                                 95% Queue
                        Scenario                      Approach                    LOS              Delay (seconds)                  Length
                                                                                                                                  (vehicles)

                                                    Great South
                                                                                     A                     4.2                       0
                                                  Road south (left)

                                                   Great South
                                                                                     A                     4.0                       0
                                                 Road south (right)

                                                    Great South
                                                                                     A                     4.5                       0
                                                  Road north (left)
                PM Peak Ten Years – No
                    Development
                                                   Great South
                                                                                     B                     11.7                      2
                                                 Road north (right)

                                                   Pokeno Road
                                                                                     A                     6.8                       2
                                                       (left)

                                                   Pokeno Road
                                                                                     F                  in excess                 in excess
                                                      (right)

                                                    Great South
                                                                                     A                     4.2                       0
                                                  Road south (left)

                                                   Great South
                                                                                     A                     4.0                       0
                                                 Road south (right)

                                                    Great South
                                                                                     A                     6.5                       0
                                                  Road north (left)
                PM Peak Ten Years – with
                     Development
                                                   Great South
                                                                                     C                     15.0                      2
                                                 Road north (right)

                                                   Pokeno Road
                                                                                     A                     7.7                       2
                                                       (left)

                                                   Pokeno Road
                                                                                     F                  in excess                 in excess
                                                      (right)
            Table 5-8 shows that the Great South Road approaches experience minor decreases in service and remain
            operating well within the capacity of the intersection. However, the right turn out of Pokeno Road
            changes to a level of service F, with very high levels of queuing and long delays being experienced. The
            details also show that the intersection will experience a poor level of service irrespective of the addition of
            supermarket traffic and that needs resolving irrespective of the supermarket proposed.
            Indeed, Beca’s Pokeno Intersection Assessment shows that by 2022, the provision of a standard, single lane
            roundabout will be required. This is in line with the results shown within Table 5-8 above. With the
            introduction of the Countdown development traffic, due to the higher operational capacity of the single
            lane roundabout, the additional traffic relating to the Countdown store will be easily accommodated –
            the Beca report states that this intersection has ‘considerable capacity remaining for future demands.’
            By 2040, it is acknowledged within the Beca report that additional modifications will be required to the
            single lane roundabout intersection. These are described as including:

            •     Separate left turning by pass lane approaching from Pokeno Road west;

            •     Separate right turn lane approaching from Great South Road east; and

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