CE4912 - COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN PROJECT

TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT

MAGISTRATE COURT COMPLEX

ALUTHKADE

Group 12

Supervisors:

Prof. Saman Bandara

Dr. Pasindu Weerasinghe
Dr. E.R.K. Chandrathilaka

Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA – SRI LANKA
GROUP MEMBERS

Name Index Number

WEERASEKARA W.M.H.G.L.C.B. 190669P
WEERASINGHE D.N. 190670K
WEERASINGHE W.G.S.D.T. 190675F
WELIKALA T.D. 190679V
WICKRAMASINGHE D.P.H.K. 190687T
WIJAYARATHNA Y.A.D.K.H. 190693H
WIJAYASEKERA D.P.N. 190694L
WIJESIRI D.W.G.T.R. 190710K
WITHANA W.P.S.P. 190717M
WIJESOORIYA C.D. 180710C
TABLE OF CONTENT

1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1
2 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................. 1
2.1 SITE LOCATION ................................................................................................................... 1
2.2 ROAD NETWORK ................................................................................................................. 2
2.3 ACCESS POINTS ................................................................................................................... 4
2.4 LAND USE ............................................................................................................................. 5
2.5 TRAFFIC FLOWS .................................................................................................................. 6
3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................. 6
3.1 TYPE OF PRPJECT ................................................................................................................ 6
3.2 ESTIMATED POPULATION ................................................................................................ 7
3.2.1 Ministry of Justice ........................................................................................................... 7
3.2.2 Law College .................................................................................................................... 7
3.2.3 Lawyers’ Office Complex ............................................................................................... 8
3.2.4 Magistrate Courthouse .................................................................................................... 8
3.3 PARKING REQUIREMENT .................................................................................................. 9
1 INTRODUCTION
The designated site for the proposed construction is in Colombo 12, Adhikarana Mawatha. This
parcel of land is currently owned by the Ministry of Justice and falls within the category of
urban land use. The total area of this land spans approximately 6 acres. The land earmarked for
development is bounded by the Sebastian Canal on the left side, with the existing Law
Commission building along the front boundary. On the right side, it is bordered by St. Sebastian
Muslim Maha Vidyalaya, Belmont Street Public Library, and Belmont Preschool.

2 EXISTING CONDITIONS

2.1 SITE LOCATION

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 Figure 1: Location of the site

2.2 ROAD NETWORK

• The site is surrounded by a well-connected road network;

o Meeraniya Street – No lane marking
o Hulftsdorp Street – Two lane (one lane per each direction)
o San Sebastian Hill Road – Two lane (one lane per each direction)
o Sanchi Arachchi Gardens Road – Two lane (one lane per each direction)
o Adhikarana Mawatha – Two lane (one lane per each direction)
o Sri Sangaraja Mawatha (AC29) – Four lane one way and four lane two way

• Key junctions and roundabouts, including;

o Hulftsdorp Roundabout
o San Sebastian Hill Roundabout
o Hennadige Circle
o Panchikawaththa Junctions

• Local roads like Mill Street and Belmont Street provide additional access points.

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 About 5m

Accesses
Main roads
Local roads
Site boundary
Junctions

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2.3 ACCESS POINTS

Figure 2: Location 1 (L1)

Figure 3: Road Network

Figure 5: Access Point 1 Figure 4: Access Point 2

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 Figure 6: Access Point 3

2.4 LAND USE

• This land falls within the category of urban land use.

• Currently, lawyers practicing their work in congested, inaccessible spaces

Figure 7: Current locations of lawyers’ offices near the proposed land

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2.5 TRAFFIC FLOWS

3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 TYPE OF PRPJECT

Following are the buildings that are proposed.

Magistrate Lawyer/registrar Law College Ministry of Car park

Courthouse office complex and training justice complex
institute complex
No of 14 floors 9 floors 11 floors 12 floors 9 floors
floors
Floor 1600 m2 784 m2 614 m2 2133 m2 1754 m2
area

Figure 8: Layout of the proposed project

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3.2 ESTIMATED POPULATION

3.2.1 Ministry of Justice

Usable floor area = 1582 m2 per floor

Area allocated per person is 12 m2

Population per floor = 1582/12 = 132

Total population = 1848
Assume 90% of Daytime employees and 10% of overnight employees
Assume extra 15 % of the total population as visitors per day.

Daytime employees = 0.90 x 1848 = 1663

Overnight employees = 0.10 x 1848 = 185
Customers / Visitors = 0.15 x 1848 = 277

3.2.2 Law College

Component Population

Museum 50
Library 120
Conference Hall 150
Law College 300
Research Centre 50
Judges Training Institute 40
Non judicial Training Institute 60

Total population – 770

Assume 95% of daytime and 5% of residents
Daytime = 0.95 ×770 = 732
Residents = 0.05 × 770 = 38

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3.2.3 Lawyers’ Office Complex

Usable floor area = 588 m2 per floor

The area allocated for a person = 10 m2
Number of people per floor = 588/10 = 59 persons per floor
Total population = 531
Assume 90% of Daytime employees and 10% of overnight employees
Assume 15 % of the total population as customers/visitors per day.
Daytime employees = 0.90 ×531 = 478
Overnight employees = 0.10 ×531 = 53
Customers / Visitors = 0.15 x 531 = 80

3.2.4 Magistrate Courthouse

Usable floor area = 1196 m2 per floor

The area allocated for a person = 10 m2
Number of people per floor = 1196/10 = 120 persons per floor
Total population = 1680
Assume 85% of Daytime employees and 15% of overnight employees
Assume 35 % of the total population as customers/visitors per day.
Daytime employees = 0.85 × 1680 = 1428
Overnight employees = 0.15 ×1680 = 252
Customers / Visitors = 0.35 x 1680 = 588

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3.3 PARKING REQUIREMENT

Daytime
Community that occupying Parking Number of
parking
employee requirement parking slots
population
Top management of Ministry 1663 7% 114
of Justice / Admin
Lawyers of Lawyers Office 478 24% 114
Complex

Public - - 342

• In the vicinity, designated parking spaces are scarce. Consequently, the expectation is
to generate revenue by offering public parking slots.

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