Road classification
Roads have been classified into four categories as follow:
| Road Classification |
| Link Road |
- A Link Road provides primarily for collecting and distributing traffic from local areas to the wider Arterial Road Network.
- It provides connectivity to significant town and rural industries, including farm produce, quarries, forestry and tourist activities.
- Link Roads cater generally for higher traffic volumes (>150ADT), heavy vehicles and higher travel speeds
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| Collector Road |
- A Collector Road provides primarily a feeder service to Link Roads.
- It provides access to local properties in both rural and town areas and access to moderate local rural industries, including farm produce, quarry, forestry and tourist activities.
- Collector Roads generally cater for moderate traffic volumes (50 - 150 ADT), and travel speeds.
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| Access Road |
- An Access Road provides primarily direct access to properties and industries in urban and rural areas.
- It provides access to limited local rural industries, including farm produce, quarry, forestry and tourist activities.
- Access Roads cater generally for lower traffic volumes (20 - 100 ADT), and travel speeds.
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| Limited Access Road/Track |
- A Limited Access Road/Track provides primarily access to undeveloped properties in rural areas.
- It is not required to provide daily access to residences or industries, and may be used for fire protection purposes and management access.
- Limited Access Road/Tracks cater for very low speeds, low traffic volumes (<5 ADT), and may be seasonally closed.
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In developing the road classification system the following guiding principles have been used:
- classification system is linked with, and consistent to the Austroads National Functional Road Classification system;
- classification system is function based;
- traffic volumes, vehicle type, existing road structure, abutting property use, future demand etc, assist in determining appropriate classification; and
- width of a road or whether it is sealed is not necessarily criteria that influence a classification.
Monitoring System and Response
Inspection
Type
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Inspection Frequency by Classification
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Footpaths (all)
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Link road
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Collector Road
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Access Road
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Limited Access/Track
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Day Time
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Yearly |
Four per year
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Three per year
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Twice per year
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Yearly |
Night Time
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Not inspected
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Yearly |
Once every 2 years
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Once every 3 years
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No inspected
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