A road is a narrow strip of land cleared of vegetation and often improved by the importation and compaction of rock and/or other material. Roads are constructed primarily to allow vehicles to easily travel from one point to another.
Queensland Local Government Act 2009
Section 59(2) of the Queensland Local Government Act 2009 defines a road as -
- an area of land that is dedicated to public use as a road; or
- an area of land that is developed for, has as one of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles; and is open to, or used by, the public; or
- a footpath or bicycle path; or
- a bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, punt, tunnel or viaduct.
Victorian Road Management Act 2004
Section 3 of the Victorian Road Management Act 2004 defines a road as –
- any public highway;
- any ancillary area;
- any land declared to be a road under section 11 of Road Management Act 2004 or forming part of a public highway or ancillary area.
Schedule 10 of the Act lists Councils' powers over roads. These powers are listed below:
- Power to construct and maintain roads
- Power to deviate roads
- Power to discontinue roads
- Power to take road making materials
- Power to name roads, erect signs and require premises to be numbered
- Power to establish survey marks
- Power to fix road alignment
- Power to narrow or widen roads
- Power to provide for temporary roads
- Powers concerning fences, gates and by-passes
- Power concerning holes and other dangers
- Powers concerning crossings over footpaths and channels
Austroads
Austroads defines a road as a "link in the network which exists to carry traffic reasonably efficiently. on which severe traffic restraint is inappropriate (included 'arterials', 'main roads' and other traffic routes).
Road Classifications
Collaborators
The following people have indicated (via the Local Government Collaboration Topics Survey) that they have an interest and/or expertise in the topic of 'roads' and are willing to collaborate with their peers at other councils to identify challenges and resources relating to the topic and to look for ways to work together to overcome any challenges that are identified.
- Bill Scott (Central Goldfields Shire)
- Brent Heitbaum (Gannawarra Shire)
- Charles Taveira (City of Greater Dandenong)
- Chris Saunders (Glenelg Shire)
- Damien Hense (C.I.C.A)
- Darren Dumesny (Moyne Shire)
- David Bobbermen (Austroads)
- David Gyford (West Wimmera Shire)
- Indivar Dhakal (Loddon Shire)
- Johnathon Roach (Open Spatial) EL
- Kamal Ranaweera (City of Logan)
- Kanishka Gunasekara (Ararat Rural City Council)
- Kylie Sergi (Rural City of Mildura)
- Lucille Yu (City of Hume)
- Michael Constantinou (Banyule City Council) EL
- Mohammad Rashid (City of Banyule)
- Quenten Graham (Swan Hill Rural City Council)
- Sanket Kargathra (City of Maribyrnong)
- Sean Cahir (City of Ballarat)
- Will Repic (City of Maribyrnong)
Related Pages
- Asphalt Overlay
- Asset & Component Types
- Carriageway
- Land Under Roads
- Road Hierarchy
- Transport Infrastructure