sec.66Control of roads

### sec.66 Control of roads The council has control of all roads in Brisbane. This control includes being able to— survey and resurvey roads; and construct, maintain and improve roads; and approve the naming and numbering of private roads; and name and number other roads; and make a local law to regulate the use of roads, including— the movement of traffic on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 ; and the parking of vehicles on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (including the maximum time that a vehicle may be parked in a designated rest area that adjoins a road, for example); and by imposing obligations on the owner of land that adjoins a road (including an obligation to fence the land to prevent animals going on the road, for example); and make a local law to regulate the construction, maintenance and use of— public utilities along, in, over or under roads; and ancillary works and encroachments along, in, over or under roads; and realign a road in order to widen the road; and acquire land for use as a road. Nothing in subsection (1) makes the council liable for the construction, maintenance or improvement of a private road. A private road is a road over land that is owned by a person who may lawfully exclude other persons from using the road. s 66 amd 2012 No. 33 s 23 (sec.66-ssec.1) The council has control of all roads in Brisbane. (sec.66-ssec.2) This control includes being able to— survey and resurvey roads; and construct, maintain and improve roads; and approve the naming and numbering of private roads; and name and number other roads; and make a local law to regulate the use of roads, including— the movement of traffic on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 ; and the parking of vehicles on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (including the maximum time that a vehicle may be parked in a designated rest area that adjoins a road, for example); and by imposing obligations on the owner of land that adjoins a road (including an obligation to fence the land to prevent animals going on the road, for example); and make a local law to regulate the construction, maintenance and use of— public utilities along, in, over or under roads; and ancillary works and encroachments along, in, over or under roads; and realign a road in order to widen the road; and acquire land for use as a road. (sec.66-ssec.3) Nothing in subsection (1) makes the council liable for the construction, maintenance or improvement of a private road. (sec.66-ssec.4) A private road is a road over land that is owned by a person who may lawfully exclude other persons from using the road. - (a) survey and resurvey roads; and - (b) construct, maintain and improve roads; and - (c) approve the naming and numbering of private roads; and - (d) name and number other roads; and - (e) make a local law to regulate the use of roads, including— (i) the movement of traffic on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 ; and (ii) the parking of vehicles on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (including the maximum time that a vehicle may be parked in a designated rest area that adjoins a road, for example); and (iii) by imposing obligations on the owner of land that adjoins a road (including an obligation to fence the land to prevent animals going on the road, for example); and - (i) the movement of traffic on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 ; and - (ii) the parking of vehicles on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (including the maximum time that a vehicle may be parked in a designated rest area that adjoins a road, for example); and - (iii) by imposing obligations on the owner of land that adjoins a road (including an obligation to fence the land to prevent animals going on the road, for example); and - (f) make a local law to regulate the construction, maintenance and use of— (i) public utilities along, in, over or under roads; and (ii) ancillary works and encroachments along, in, over or under roads; and - (i) public utilities along, in, over or under roads; and - (ii) ancillary works and encroachments along, in, over or under roads; and - (g) realign a road in order to widen the road; and - (h) acquire land for use as a road. - (i) the movement of traffic on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 ; and - (ii) the parking of vehicles on roads, subject to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (including the maximum time that a vehicle may be parked in a designated rest area that adjoins a road, for example); and - (iii) by imposing obligations on the owner of land that adjoins a road (including an obligation to fence the land to prevent animals going on the road, for example); and - (i) public utilities along, in, over or under roads; and - (ii) ancillary works and encroachments along, in, over or under roads; and