WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION …

1 WOLLONGONG city COUNCIL . INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION (STRATEGY & PLANNING). traffic , TRANSPORT AND. ROAD SAFETY SECTION. MINUTES. city OF WOLLONGONG traffic COMMITTEE. WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2010. RECOMMENDATION. In accordance with the powers delegated to COUNCIL by the Road Transport (Safety and traffic Management) Act 1999 and the Roads Act 1993, as outlined in the RTA document A guide to the Delegation to Councils for the Regulation of traffic including the operation of traffic committees : 1 The remaining Recommendations of the city of WOLLONGONG traffic Committee (excluding all Temporary Road Closures which require adoption by full COUNCIL ), be adopted.

2 2 Appropriate persons and Departments be advised of COUNCIL 's decisions. MINUTES REVIEWED BY. Author's Name Author's Title Date Lindsay Dunstan traffic Engineer 21 October 2010. MINUTES ENDORSED BY. Name Title Date David Farmer General Manager 29 October 2010. WOLLONGONG city COUNCIL . INFRASTRUCTURE DIVISION (STRATEGY & PLANNING). traffic , TRANSPORT AND. ROAD SAFETY SECTION. MINUTES. city OF WOLLONGONG traffic COMMITTEE. WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2010. The city of WOLLONGONG traffic Committee is not a Committee of WOLLONGONG city COUNCIL but a Technical Committee of the Roads and traffic Authority.

3 The Committee operates under the authority conferred to COUNCIL by the RTA under the Transport Administration Act 1988. COUNCIL has been delegated certain powers, from the RTA, with regard to traffic matters upon its local roads. A condition of this delegation is that COUNCIL must take into account the traffic Committee recommendations. There are four permanent members of the traffic Committee, each of whom has a single vote only. The members are representatives of the NSW Police Force, the Roads and traffic Authority, the Local State Member of Parliament (for the location of the issue to be voted upon), and a representative of WOLLONGONG city COUNCIL .

4 If the RTA or NSW Police Force disagree with any traffic Committee recommendation, or COUNCIL 's resolution on any traffic Committee recommendation, that member may lodge an appeal with the Regional traffic Committee for determination. The appeal must be lodged in writing within 14 days of COUNCIL 's resolution. Any action relative to any issue under appeal must cease until the matter is determined. The Regional traffic Committee is chaired by an independent chairperson and submissions and representations are welcomed from all interested parties.

5 IMPORTANT NOTE: The COUNCIL can only recommend that: 1 The traffic Committee recommendation be adopted. 2 The traffic Committee recommendation not be adopted. 3 The traffic Committee reconsider this issue. CWTC Meeting Level 10 Committee Rooms 2 & 3. Commencing am city of WOLLONGONG traffic Committee 29 September 2010. 2. city OF WOLLONGONG traffic COMMITTEE. MINUTES. FORMAL ITEMS. (UNDER RTA DELEGATED AUTHORITY). GENERAL BUSINESS. 1 HELENSBURGH Walker Street & Lawrence Hargrave Brahmotsavam Festival at Sri Drive Venkateswara Temple 9-18.

6 October 2010 parking and traffic directional signage 2 SCARBOROUGH Railway Terrace Parking concerns 3 FAIRY MEADOW Cowper Street Parking adjacent Campus East 4 GWYNNEVILLE University Avenue Parking concerns 5 WOLLONGONG Crown Street Extend the existing No Stopping . 6 WOLLONGONG WIN Entertainment Centre Disabled Parking 7 UNANDERRA 38 Doyle Avenue B Double REGULATION OF traffic . 8 OTFORD TO NORTH Lady Wakehurst Drive, Lawrence MS Sydney to the Gong Bike WOLLONGONG Hargrave Drive, The Esplanade, Ride Sunday 7 November 2010.

7 Cycleway, Trinity Row, Carrington Street, Beach Drive, Railway Parade, Pioneer Road and Carters Lane, Cycleway. 9 NORTH WOLLONGONG Cliff Road, Harbour Street, New Years Eve Celebrations. Robertson, Hinton, and Hector Streets DESIGN MATTERS. 10 BALGOWNIE Foothills Road traffic calming 11 WOLLONGONG Keira Street Keira Street Transit Mall 12 DAPTO Marshall Street and Cleveland Road Signalised intersection INFORMAL ITEMS. ( traffic ADVICE ONLY). 13 BULLI Bulli Pass Project BMD Constructions update city of WOLLONGONG traffic Committee 29 September 2010.

8 3. MINUTES. city OF WOLLONGONG traffic COMMITTEE. WEDNESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2010. Present: Lindsay Dunstan (Chairman) WOLLONGONG city COUNCIL Andy Gaudiosi Roads & traffic Authority Snr Const Rob Ham NSW Police Force Ian Hunt Representing David Campbell MP. Sunny Brailey Bus & Coach Association Stuart Blair Bus & Coach Association Apology: Alf Whiddett Representing Noreen Hay MP, Paul McLeay MP and Lylea McMahon MP. Les Dion Bus & Coach Association In attendance: Mitchell Hugo Representing BMD Constructions GENERAL BUSINESS.

9 HELENSBURGH. 1 Brahmotsavam Festival at Sri Venkateswara Temple 9-18 October 2010. Parking and traffic direction for Festival Background: The above festival will be held 9-18 October 2010 and the organisers have requested approval of parking and traffic directional signs on Walker Street and Lawrence Hargrave Drive for the duration of the festival. Preamble: The Temple Association had requested a speed limit reduction on Lawrence Hargrave Drive from 80km/h to 60 km/h. This request has been referred to the RTA traffic Operations Unit for consideration.

10 Proposal: traffic Committee is requested to consider the Temple Association installing temporary traffic and parking directional signs in Walker Street. PROPOSAL SUPPORTED (UNANIMOUSLY): a) Temple Car Park signage be placed in Walker Street immediately north of Temple Road in Lawrence Hargrave Drive at similar locations; one to the east and one to the west of the intersection of Lawrence Hargrave Drive and Temple Road. b) In Lawrence Hargrave Drive, to the east of Walker Street, a sign be installed directing traffic further west to the Temple Road/Lawrence Hargrave Drive intersection.