❓ Hon Murray Criddle asks about Main Roads taking responsibility for the Northampton-Port Gregory-Kalbarri road. Hon Ken Travers responds that reclassification will be considered in 2005 after a new agreement is implemented, outlining multiple criteria beyond traffic volume for road classification.
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(1) Bearing in mind the latest statistics that indicate that approximately 500 cars travel each day on the Northampton-Port Gregory-Kalbarri road, when will Main Roads take responsibility for this piece of infrastructure? (2) If it will not, will the minister indicate how many cars are required before a road becomes the responsibility of the State and will she table the guidelines? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
(2) If it will not, will the minister indicate how many cars are required before a road becomes the responsibility of the State and will she table the guidelines? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
(1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
(2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
(2) If it will not, will the minister indicate how many cars are required before a road becomes the responsibility of the State and will she table the guidelines? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
(1) The road will be considered for reclassification in 2005 after a new state road funds to local government agreement has been implemented. The new agreement will include an agreed process and funding arrangement for the transfer of local roads to state responsibility and vice versa. (2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
(2) When assessing the classification of rural roads, a traffic volume greater than 500 vehicles a day attains the highest score for that criterion. However, the number of cars using a road is only one of six criteria used in determining the appropriate classification for a rural road. The others are the role of the road in the overall road network; the types of heavy vehicles allowed to use the road and the number that do; the capacity of the road as opposed to the number of vehicles using the road; the connectivity of the road in the context of the adjacent road hierarchy; and the level of access allowed onto the road from adjoining properties. I seek leave to table a copy of the guidelines used by Main Roads to assist in determining the functional classification of rural roads. Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
Leave granted. [See paper No 1560.]
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