❓ Hon Robyn McSweeney asks about the process for local authorities to remove gazetted roads from town planning schemes. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich responds that the Local Government Act 1995 allows road closures but doesn't address removing them from planning schemes.
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GAZETTED ROADS — CLOSURE
I refer to gazetted roads being closed. (1) Can a local authority take an unmade gazetted road off the town planning scheme? (2) What process would a local authority have to undertake to do that? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
I refer to gazetted roads being closed. (1) Can a local authority take an unmade gazetted road off the town planning scheme? (2) What process would a local authority have to undertake to do that? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
(1) Can a local authority take an unmade gazetted road off the town planning scheme? (2) What process would a local authority have to undertake to do that? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
(2) What process would a local authority have to undertake to do that? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
(1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
(1) Can a local authority take an unmade gazetted road off the town planning scheme? (2) What process would a local authority have to undertake to do that? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
(2) What process would a local authority have to undertake to do that? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
(1)-(2) The Local Government Act 1995 empowers local governments to close public roads. The act has no specific powers relating to the removal of gazetted roads from a town planning scheme.
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