sec.161Power as to roads

### sec.161 Power as to roads This section applies if a rearrangement of roads is required to be made for the undertaking of works by the Coordinator-General or for the implementation of an approved development scheme. The Coordinator-General may, by gazette notice, do 1 or more of the following— permanently or temporarily close all or part of an existing road; open and construct new roads; increase the width of a road; divert a road. The Coordinator-General may also— make surveys for new roads; and raise or lower the soil of a road. Before the closure of all or part of a road takes effect, the Coordinator-General must publish, in a newspaper circulating in the relevant local government area, a notice about the closure. Failure to comply with subsection (4) does not invalidate the closure. The Coordinator-General may do everything necessary to stop traffic using a road or part of a road closed under subsection (2) (a) . If all or part of a road is permanently closed, the land comprising the road or part of the road may be— used for the works being undertaken by the Coordinator-General or for the implementation of the approved development scheme; or otherwise disposed of. To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section applies— whether or not a road is a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 ; and whether or not the Land Act 1994 applies to a road. s 161 amd 2001 No. 46 s 30 (2) sch 2 sub 2014 No. 40 s 65 (sec.161-ssec.1) This section applies if a rearrangement of roads is required to be made for the undertaking of works by the Coordinator-General or for the implementation of an approved development scheme. (sec.161-ssec.2) The Coordinator-General may, by gazette notice, do 1 or more of the following— permanently or temporarily close all or part of an existing road; open and construct new roads; increase the width of a road; divert a road. (sec.161-ssec.3) The Coordinator-General may also— make surveys for new roads; and raise or lower the soil of a road. (sec.161-ssec.4) Before the closure of all or part of a road takes effect, the Coordinator-General must publish, in a newspaper circulating in the relevant local government area, a notice about the closure. (sec.161-ssec.5) Failure to comply with subsection (4) does not invalidate the closure. (sec.161-ssec.6) The Coordinator-General may do everything necessary to stop traffic using a road or part of a road closed under subsection (2) (a) . (sec.161-ssec.7) If all or part of a road is permanently closed, the land comprising the road or part of the road may be— used for the works being undertaken by the Coordinator-General or for the implementation of the approved development scheme; or otherwise disposed of. (sec.161-ssec.8) To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section applies— whether or not a road is a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 ; and whether or not the Land Act 1994 applies to a road. - (a) permanently or temporarily close all or part of an existing road; - (b) open and construct new roads; - (c) increase the width of a road; - (d) divert a road. - (a) make surveys for new roads; and - (b) raise or lower the soil of a road. - (a) used for the works being undertaken by the Coordinator-General or for the implementation of the approved development scheme; or - (b) otherwise disposed of. - (a) whether or not a road is a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 ; and - (b) whether or not the Land Act 1994 applies to a road.