❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses liability concerns regarding an emergency on-road landing area on the Great Central Road, which is currently Unallocated Crown Land. The response clarifies the area's intended use and outlines safety measures and ongoing legal assessments.
AnsweredQoN 1296Legislative Assembly
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(b) advise if the airstrip has been formally vested in or with the agency, organisation or person so named; and (c) provide an assurance, if there is no such formal vesting in or with the agency, organisation or person so named, having regard for the fact that the airstrip is located within the corridor of the Great Central Road, which is a road not yet dedicated for public use, and therefore for all intents and purposes Vacant Crown Land, that there will be no liability to the State for any damage to persons or property as a result of usage of the airstrip, through either the Department of Land Administration, the State Agency responsible for all Vacant Crown Land, the Department of Transport, the State Agency providing funding for the construction of the airstrip, or Main Roads WA, the State Agency which allegedly constructed the airstrip?
(c) provide an assurance, if there is no such formal vesting in or with the agency, organisation or person so named, having regard for the fact that the airstrip is located within the corridor of the Great Central Road, which is a road not yet dedicated for public use, and therefore for all intents and purposes Vacant Crown Land, that there will be no liability to the State for any damage to persons or property as a result of usage of the airstrip, through either the Department of Land Administration, the State Agency responsible for all Vacant Crown Land, the Department of Transport, the State Agency providing funding for the construction of the airstrip, or Main Roads WA, the State Agency which allegedly constructed the airstrip?
The Shire of Laverton has responsibility for maintenance of this section of the Great Central Road and as such is responsible for the maintenance of the sealed emergency on - road landing areas. The Tjukaryirla Roadhouse proprietors have been provided with an emergency response trailer containing all necessary signage, communication devices and lights and have been trained in the correct procedure and use of these items in an emergency situation. In co - operation with the Shire of Laverton, they have provided a commitment to install signs and lights, where necessary, to facilitate emergency aircraft landings at the on - road landings areas. Shortly after the opening of the emergency landing area, the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority (CASA) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) restricting the landing area to emergency use only. CASA has also pursued two local air charter companies who are understood to have made illegal landings on the road in the first few weeks of operation to warn them against further illegal landings. The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state. Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
The Tjukaryirla Roadhouse proprietors have been provided with an emergency response trailer containing all necessary signage, communication devices and lights and have been trained in the correct procedure and use of these items in an emergency situation. In co - operation with the Shire of Laverton, they have provided a commitment to install signs and lights, where necessary, to facilitate emergency aircraft landings at the on - road landings areas. Shortly after the opening of the emergency landing area, the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority (CASA) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) restricting the landing area to emergency use only. CASA has also pursued two local air charter companies who are understood to have made illegal landings on the road in the first few weeks of operation to warn them against further illegal landings. The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state. Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
Shortly after the opening of the emergency landing area, the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority (CASA) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) restricting the landing area to emergency use only. CASA has also pursued two local air charter companies who are understood to have made illegal landings on the road in the first few weeks of operation to warn them against further illegal landings. The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state. Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state. Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
(c) provide an assurance, if there is no such formal vesting in or with the agency, organisation or person so named, having regard for the fact that the airstrip is located within the corridor of the Great Central Road, which is a road not yet dedicated for public use, and therefore for all intents and purposes Vacant Crown Land, that there will be no liability to the State for any damage to persons or property as a result of usage of the airstrip, through either the Department of Land Administration, the State Agency responsible for all Vacant Crown Land, the Department of Transport, the State Agency providing funding for the construction of the airstrip, or Main Roads WA, the State Agency which allegedly constructed the airstrip?
The Shire of Laverton has responsibility for maintenance of this section of the Great Central Road and as such is responsible for the maintenance of the sealed emergency on - road landing areas. The Tjukaryirla Roadhouse proprietors have been provided with an emergency response trailer containing all necessary signage, communication devices and lights and have been trained in the correct procedure and use of these items in an emergency situation. In co - operation with the Shire of Laverton, they have provided a commitment to install signs and lights, where necessary, to facilitate emergency aircraft landings at the on - road landings areas. Shortly after the opening of the emergency landing area, the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority (CASA) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) restricting the landing area to emergency use only. CASA has also pursued two local air charter companies who are understood to have made illegal landings on the road in the first few weeks of operation to warn them against further illegal landings. The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state. Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
The Tjukaryirla Roadhouse proprietors have been provided with an emergency response trailer containing all necessary signage, communication devices and lights and have been trained in the correct procedure and use of these items in an emergency situation. In co - operation with the Shire of Laverton, they have provided a commitment to install signs and lights, where necessary, to facilitate emergency aircraft landings at the on - road landings areas. Shortly after the opening of the emergency landing area, the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority (CASA) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) restricting the landing area to emergency use only. CASA has also pursued two local air charter companies who are understood to have made illegal landings on the road in the first few weeks of operation to warn them against further illegal landings. The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state. Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
Shortly after the opening of the emergency landing area, the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority (CASA) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) restricting the landing area to emergency use only. CASA has also pursued two local air charter companies who are understood to have made illegal landings on the road in the first few weeks of operation to warn them against further illegal landings. The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state. Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state. Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
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Answered
19 February 2002
Responded by
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
84 days
(a) - (c)
A point of clarification needs to be made in regards to the Member's question. The infrastructure referred to as a "non private airstrip is not an airstrip at all, but in fact a sealed section of road with markings to assist the Royal Flying Doctor Services to land there in a declared mercy flight emergency. Only the RFDS is authorised to land on roadways on a declared mercy flight and it is illegal for a private aircraft to land on a road unless the aircraft suffers an emergency engine failure and there are no other options.
The Shire of Laverton has responsibility for maintenance of this section of the Great Central Road and as such is responsible for the maintenance of the sealed emergency on - road landing areas.
The Tjukaryirla Roadhouse proprietors have been provided with an emergency response trailer containing all necessary signage, communication devices and lights and have been trained in the correct procedure and use of these items in an emergency situation. In co - operation with the Shire of Laverton, they have provided a commitment to install signs and lights, where necessary, to facilitate emergency aircraft landings at the on - road landings areas.
Shortly after the opening of the emergency landing area, the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority (CASA) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) restricting the landing area to emergency use only. CASA has also pursued two local air charter companies who are understood to have made illegal landings on the road in the first few weeks of operation to warn them against further illegal landings.
The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state.
Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
A point of clarification needs to be made in regards to the Member's question. The infrastructure referred to as a "non private airstrip is not an airstrip at all, but in fact a sealed section of road with markings to assist the Royal Flying Doctor Services to land there in a declared mercy flight emergency. Only the RFDS is authorised to land on roadways on a declared mercy flight and it is illegal for a private aircraft to land on a road unless the aircraft suffers an emergency engine failure and there are no other options.
The Shire of Laverton has responsibility for maintenance of this section of the Great Central Road and as such is responsible for the maintenance of the sealed emergency on - road landing areas.
The Tjukaryirla Roadhouse proprietors have been provided with an emergency response trailer containing all necessary signage, communication devices and lights and have been trained in the correct procedure and use of these items in an emergency situation. In co - operation with the Shire of Laverton, they have provided a commitment to install signs and lights, where necessary, to facilitate emergency aircraft landings at the on - road landings areas.
Shortly after the opening of the emergency landing area, the Civil Aviation Saftey Authority (CASA) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) restricting the landing area to emergency use only. CASA has also pursued two local air charter companies who are understood to have made illegal landings on the road in the first few weeks of operation to warn them against further illegal landings.
The Western Australian Police Service is currently assessing the legalities of aircraft landing on roads as parts of a review of these facilities across the state.
Action to dedicate this road is progressing. Until such time as the road is formally dedicated, the land on which the road and landing area are located is Unallocated Crown Land.
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