Assignment 02

Module Code: CE 5004

Module Title: Highway and Traffic Engineering
Name of the Lecturer: Eng. H.N. Prasanga
Date of Submission: 30/07/2017

Traffic Impact Assessment

(TIA)

Name: O.V. Attygalle

Student ID No.: 2013 118 CL1
Graduate Diploma Level

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1. INTRODUCTION
Colombo city is the business capital in Sri lanka. The growth of business in the city is
increasing day by day. Because of this situation, many urban dwellers those living outside the
capital are attracted to the city. The traffic conditions, environmental pollution around
Colombo district is getting higher due to these unavoidable movements of vehicles.
Purchasing an apartment is an ideal alternative especially to private sector executives who
travel to Colombo daily.
As a solution for this the Luxury Housing Development Company (Pvt) Ltd has proposed to
develop a multi-storey residential apartment building at No. 121/5, Buthgamuwa Road,
Rajagiriya.
The proposed development is a 30 story building with two basement floors and 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
and 6th floors are allocated for parking. The details of the floor area usage are as follows.

Floor No Type of floor area No of units Area (m2)

Basement level 1& 2 Allocated for parking - 1850
Ground floor Guest Visiting are, Toddler Area - 1500
1 Gymnasium, Pool (internal use only) 1300
2,3,4,5,6 Allocated for parking - 6750
7,8,9,10,11 Apartment units of 210 m2 each 20 -
12,13,14,15,16,17,18 Apartment units of 105 m2 each 35 -
19,20,21,22,23,24,25 Apartment units of 65 m2 each 42
26,27,28,29 Apartment units of 210 m2 each 15
Swimming Pool & Roof top garden
30 - 950
(internal use only)

Table 1- Floor Area Usage

As the proposed area of the development is a highly-crowded. So, a perfect and a practical
TIA is needed to minimize the traffic. Therefore, the following existing conditions should be
tested.
• Locational details
• Proposed site overview
• Land Use
• Road Network
• Traffic Flows
• Traffic Management
• Public Transport

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2. EXISTING CONDITIONS

2.1 Locational Details

The proposed development is located in between Rjagiriya Junction and Buthgamuwa Cross
rd junction on Buthgamuwa Road, and the development is getting entry/exit from the
Buthgamuwa road. The Google map of the location is shown below. The development is in
the residential development zone of the Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Council area.
There is bus halt 55m from the proposed development and pedestrian crossing 26m from the
entry/exit location of the development.

2.2 Proposed Development Site Overview

Proposed
Development

Figure 1-Site Location

2.3 Land Use

Land area around the site can be considered as a residential area. The surrounding area is
highly concentrated with apartments such as fair mount residencies and sky garden.

2.4 Road network

The development is getting their exit/entry from the Buthgamuwa Road. The Rajagiriya
Juction, Kotta Road, Baththaramulla Road, all is highly traffic prevailing areas. The Proposed
Development is also Connects to those roads. This development is located between the
Buthgamuwa Road and Rajagiriya Junction. Develoment has access from Rajagiriya junction
and also from Buthgamuwa Cross Road.

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As this is a B grade road (B469), this road connects the access to Kelaniya Area. So most use
this as an alternative to Kelaniya,rather than using Baseline Road.

2.5 Traffic Flows

The Average daily traffic of the Buthgamuwa Road is 23400 vehicles/day.
According to the above figure 1, the pattern of transportation two way. Buthgamuwa Road
(B469) is a two-way road. Both in and out from the Rajagiriya junctions travel from here.
And also across this road there is passenger services (Buses). As this road is not that much
wider, mostly we can’t see a smooth flow of traffic. Obstructions can be seen due to the
passenger services.
High traffic can be seen in Buthgamuwa road in school hours. According to the previous
surveys reports, the peak hour is for Buthgamuwa road is 7.00 am – 8.00 am.

2.6 Traffic Management

Buthgamuwa road is two way with average width of 4m and there are no centre medians and
no proper road signs. So, the traffic flow of this area is not smooth. Therefore, turning
restricted areas (U-turns, right turn restrictions) should be at the entry/exit to avoid
unnecessary traffic creating at those exits.

2.7 Public Transport

This road is the road where Kelaniya – Seemamalakaya (150) busses are travelling. Therfore
the pedestrians are in the road in order to get the bus. Therefore the distances from the
development exit/entry are satisfactory.
And also a fence or a raised walkway in front of the building premises should be to separate
the road users and the building. Avoiding the illegal Parking is also should consider in front of
the development. Walkways for the pedestrians should be built as the standards.

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 3. PARKING REQUIREMENT

3.1. Estimation of Parking Requirement

Floor no Type of floor area No of Area Parking Parking Disabled Motor Total
units (m2) Req (s) Req (c) parking cyclists
Basement Allocated for parking 1850
level 1 & 2
Ground floor Guest visiting area, Toddler 1500
area
1 Gymnasium, Pool (internal 3000
use only)
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Allocated for parking 6750
7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Apartment units of 210m2 20 30 0
12, 13, 14, 15, Apartment units of 105m2 35 35 0
16, 17, 18
19, 20, 21, 22, Apartment units of 65m2 42 21 0
23, 24, 25
26, 27, 28, 29 Apartment units of 210m2 15 24 0
30 Swimming pool & Roof top 950
garden (internal use only)
Parking requirements 110 0 5 37 152
Table 2- Estimation of Parking Requirement

3.2. Dimensions of parking

• Standard dimensions: 2.4m x 4.8m

• For disables: 2.4m x 6.2m
• Minimum entry/ exit width: 7.2m
• Turning radius: inner 7.3m, outer 4.7m
• Clearance height for basement parking: 1.6m

4. TRIP GENERATION

Type of Floor area Units of measurements Trips per unit

Shopping centre/supermarket area 100 m2 10

Office area (internal use only) 100 m2 1.5
Apartment units of 210 m2 each Apartment Unit 1.1
Apartment units of 105 m2 each Apartment Unit 0.9
Apartment units of 65 m2 each Apartment Unit 0.7
Table 3- Trips Generation Rates

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 No of Trips
Floor no Type of floor area Area(m2) Total
units per unit
Basement level 1 & 2 Allocated for parking 1850
Ground floor Guest visiting area, Toddler area 1500
1 Gymnasium, Pool (internal use) 3000
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Allocated for parking 6750
7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Apartment units of 210m2 20 1.1 22
12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
Apartment units of 105m2 35 0.9 31.5
17, 18
19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
Apartment units of 65m2 42 0.7 29.4
24, 25
26, 27, 28, 29 Apartment units of 210m2 15 1.1 16.5
Swimming pool & Roof top
30 950
garden (internal use only)

Total trips generated 99.4 = 100

Table 4- Total Trips Generated

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