Bay Shore Avenue - Griggs Creek Bridge - Jetty Road Development - Road Network and Traffic Management Plan

I found the Stage 1 - Jetty Road Development, Drysdale, Road Network and Traffic Management Plan tonight. Below is an extract regarding the extension from the Jetty Road development across Griggs Creek to Bay Shore Avenue.

The extract from the Report is in pdf format and available from the City of Greater Geelong website.

Section 5.6.2 Bay Shore Avenue 

The plan requires the extension to Bay Shore Avenue across Griggs Creek to be designed as a local connection. The objective is to achieve local permeability between the new and established residential areas as well as the foreshore area for all road users (vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians), whilst also recognising the environmental capacity of this local street. The plan states that construction traffic will not access the growth area via Bay Shore Avenue.

The western section of Bay Shore Avenue extends in an east-west direction from a dead end ad Griggs Creek in the west to Clifton Springs Road in the east. West of Jetty Road, Bay Shore Avenue is a local street with a pavement width of approximately 7.3m and a road reserve of approximately 20m. No footpaths are provided and the default urban speed limit of 50km/h applies to this road. 

It is suggested that Council may need to consider the construction of a footpath on one or both sides of this street to ensure Bay Shore Avenue satisfies the design requirements for an Access Street Level 1 under Clause 56 of the Planning Scheme. 

The staging of the development would also need to carefully manage the impacts on Bay Shore Avenue. It is suggested that not more than 150 lots would be contained within any catchment that is captive to using Bay Shore Avenue. 

As shown in the figure below, the local road network providing a connection between the Jetty Road Growth Area and Bay Shore Avenue has been designed to be sufficiently circuitous to discourage through traffic use of this link, whilst still maintaining local access.

Source: Stage 1 - Jetty Road Development, Drysdale, Road Network and Traffic Management Plan- in pdf format (9,302 kb) - 18 February 2011 - p26. The complete Jetty Road Development Plan Drysdale - Road Network and Traffic Management Plan report is also available - in pdf format (8908kb). (These documents requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader).