Road network planning and functional road hierarchies

Road Network Planning in the Department of Main Roads is important to manage the road network to achieve desirable outcomes. Local Governments and Main Roads have responsibilities to manage their existing road networks and effectively plan for new urban and rural roads. Main Roads planning documents provide the strategies for successful results. Functional road hierarchies are effective classification systems that can be used to describe and classify roads by function for planning purposes. Links to Local Governments and implications of legislation are examined. The need for all Local Governments to adopt and implement a functional road hierarchy is advocated.