37Types of crossings allowed

37 Types of crossings allowed

37 Types of crossings allowed

(1) Crossings over drainage features (other than wetlands) may only be made using bridges, culverts or causeways, or any combination of these.

Note—

Wetlands must not be crossed under any circumstances.

(2) Despite subclause (1), machinery may cross through any drainage depression or drainage line if—

(a) the part of the drainage depression or drainage line where the crossing is to occur is shallow and dry, and

(b) the soil in the area surrounding the drainage depression or drainage line is dry, and

(c) measures are taken to prevent water from the approaches used by the machinery from running into the drainage depression or drainage line in the event of wet weather, and

(d) no earthworks are required to enable the machinery to cross through the drainage depression or drainage line.

(3) Despite subclause (1), harvesting machinery may cross drainage lines or drainage depressions by using slash crossings, but only if there is no water flowing in the channel or depression.

(4) Any temporary crossing over a drainage feature must be removed within 5 days of the completion of the plantation operation in respect of which it was erected.

(5) The removal of any temporary crossing must be done in a manner that prevents, as much as is reasonably practicable, disturbance to the bed and banks of the drainage feature.

(6) If the bed and banks of a drainage feature are in an unstable condition after the removal of a temporary crossing, the bed and banks must be reshaped to provide for a stable cross section where water flow is not impeded.

(7) In this clause—

slash crossing means a temporary crossing formed by the placement of logging slash in the drainage line or drainage depression (generally to prevent damage to the banks of the drainage line or rutting within the depression).

temporary crossing means a crossing constructed to provide machinery access for only short term plantation operations such as harvesting.