VicRoads Register of Public Roads contains information about the freeways, arterial roads and other roads throughout Victoria, for which VicRoads has responsibilities under the Road Management Act 2004.
Visit the Victorian Law Today website to view the Road Management Act 2004.
Follow these steps - select Victorian Law Today - under Search tick Acts and in the search field type Road Management Act 2004
VicRoads - Register of Public Roads
1. Introduction
2. Who should I contact about roads in VicRoads Register?
3. What roads are in VicRoads Register? -detailed records (Part A)
4. What other details are in VicRoads Register? -detailed records (Part B)
5. Further Information
5.1 Contact Details
5.2 Road management and maintenance (Road Management Plan)
5.3 Terminology
Other information
6. Maps of Declared Roads
7. Other roads for which VicRoads has responsibilities.
8. Links to Road Management Documents
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Published date: 30 January 2008
The Road Management Act 2004 (RMA) requires that a road authority, such as VicRoads, keep a Register of Public Roads showing the roads for which it is the Coordinating Road Authority (CRA). VicRoads, Councils and other road authorities each have separate Registers of Public Roads. The VicRoads Register only includes details of the roads for which VicRoads has responsibilities.
VicRoads is generally responsible for the overall management and development of the major arterial component of Victoria’s road network (ie the declared roads being Freeways and Arterial Roads), which make up around 15% of the roads in the State. Responsibilities for maintenance of specified areas within declared road reserves are allocated under the RMA to the relevant Responsible Road Authority (RRA). In the case of arterial roads, VicRoads and the municipal Councils are generally the relevant RRAs (see next section for further explanations)
Generally, a person searching the VicRoads Register can establish if a particular road is included and thereby conclude that VicRoads is the initial point of contact. If a road is not included, it will be the responsibility of another road authority such as the municipal Council, which could be determined by checking in the relevant Council’s Register of Public Roads.
VicRoads Register of Public Roads comprises the information in sections 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 of this document, including the attached files Part A & Part B, which contain the detailed records for the roads. Other information on this web page is not part of the VicRoads Register.
The Register will be updated every few months on this web site, however the information (as applicable) is only current to:
- the "Published date" shown above, (applies to text on this web page)
- the "Date of publication" shown in Part A, (applies to Part A only)
- the "Date of Publication" shown in Part B. (applies to Part B only)
If more up to date information is required, a request marked attention "Road System Management", should be submitted through Contact Us on VicRoads Homepage.
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As a general guide, for any matter relating to:
- Freeways (excluding Melbourne City Link & Exhibition Street Extension) contact VicRoads
- Melbourne City Link or Exhibition Street Extension (Batman Ave) contact CityLink (See More Information and Services below).
- Non-Arterial State Roads in VicRoads Register, contact VicRoads.
- Arterial Roads, in regard to:
- Coordination matters including works and infrastructure or development and use of any part of the road reserve, contact VicRoads, or
- Operational matters including traffic management, maintenance, hazards and repairs refer to the following table:
|
Part of the road |
Urban area |
Rural area |
|
Roadway |
VicRoads |
VicRoads |
|
Local service roads |
Council |
Council |
|
Roadside |
Council |
VicRoads |
|
Footpaths and Pathways |
Council |
Council |
For contact details please see Section 5.
For more details about responsibilities refer to:
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See Part A [PDF.2.2MB. 959 Pages] of the detailed records of VicRoads Register of Public Roads, for viewing and searching in Acrobat Reader.
Part A contains the following elements:
- Introduction (includes details of Designated Road Projects- Section 16 Road Management Act)
- Roads where VicRoads currently has responsibilities as the Coordinating Road Authority, such as Freeways and Arterial Roads (but not Melbourne CityLink and Exhibition Street Extension)
- Roads where VicRoads formerly had responsibilities as the Coordinating Road Authority
- Other roads for which VicRoads currently has accepted some responsibility
- Other roads for which VicRoads previously accepted some responsibility
Schedule 1, clause 2(f) of the Road Management Act 2004 allows a road authority to include other matters in its Register. Some of these matters are included in Part A.
See Part B [PDF, 97KB, 5pp} f the detailed records of the VicRoads Register of Public Roads, contains the following elements:
- Melbourne City Link (Western and Southern Links) and Exhibition Street Extension (Batman Avenue) tollways. Note: VicRoads is not the road authority for these roads and the details are provided for general information purposes only.
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Government Gazette notices referenced in the VicRoads Register may be viewed at some public libraries or online (not part of VicRoads Register).
In relation to the roads included in the VicRoads Register of Public Roads, for assistance and more information about:
- Emergency road conditions and traffic signal faults within Victoria, phone 13 11 70 (24 hour service)
- Road maintenance, phone 13 11 71 (Monday to Friday 8.30 am - 5.30 pm)
- Who is responsible for managing the roads, phone VicRoads regional offices on 13 11 71
- Road classifications, road alignments or boundaries and any plans or gazetted notices referenced in the Register, contact lis@roads.vic.gov.au or phone (03) 9854 2106. Prior bookings must be made to view, at 60 Denmark Street Kew any VicRoads plans referenced in the Register.
- Archived copies of the Register, contact lis@roads.vic.gov.au
- General enquiries should be submitted through Contact Us on VicRoads Home Page
- Matters concerning the operation or maintenance of Melbourne City Link (Western and Southern Links) and Exhibition Street Extension (Batman Avenue) tollways, such as reporting a road hazard, should be directed to City Link by phone on 13 26 29.
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VicRoads manages the roads (including ancillary areas) for which it has responsibilities under the Road Management Act 2004, in accordance with VicRoads Road Management Plan (not part of the VicRoads Register). These roads include the freeways, arterial roads and any other roads specified in the Plan.
The Road Management Plan comprises the following documents:
- VicRoads Road Infrastructure Management System (Schedule A), which sets out details of the management system to be implemented by VicRoads in the discharge of its duty to inspect, maintain and repair roads.
- VicRoads Road Maintenance Standards (Schedule B), which are the standards and policies in accordance with which VicRoads performs its road management functions. Schedule B, Part 6, Table 4 in the Plan indicates the Road Maintenance Category for each road or section of road and these categories are also shown in the Register of Public Roads (Part A), however the Register is not an “incorporated document” in the Plan.
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Some of the terms relevant to understanding the information in VicRoads Register include:
- Coordinating Road Authority (CRA) - has coordination functions and powers in relation to works and infrastructure and responsibility for overall management of the roads. This role includes coordination of development and use of road reserves such as for transport purposes, utility infrastructure and leasing or licensing but also includes maintaining a Register of Public Roads, naming of roads and declaring controlled access roads.
- Responsible Road Authority (RRA) - has operational functions and powers and responsibility for construction, inspection, maintenance and repair of the road infrastructure as assigned by the legislation or accepted by transfer arrangement.
- Code of Practice - a document made by the relevant Minister, which provides practical guidance to the implementation of the RMA (eg Code of Practice for Operational Responsibility for Public Roads).
- Urban area - is defined in the RMA and in general terms means areas with speed limits less than or equal to 60 kph or buildings on the land next to the road at specified intervals or street lighting at specified intervals. The demarcation between VicRoads and Council responsibilities for operational matters differs between urban areas and non-urban areas.
- Roadway - the area of land in the road reserve developed for driving or riding of motor vehicles.
- Roadside - part of the area of land between the roadway and the road reserve boundary (property line).
See the Road Management Act at Victorian Law Today website for comprehensive descriptions of the above and other relevant terms.
Follow these steps - select Victorian Law Today - under Search tick Acts and in the search field type Road Management Act 2004
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Maps of Declared Roads is an interactive internet application to view, search and print electronic maps of roads in Victoria and identify Freeways and Arterial Roads referred to in VicRoads Register of Public Roads.
Note that Maps of Declared Roads is:
- not part of VicRoads Register,
- provided as supporting information only, to assist enquirers with a map view of the roads referred to in VicRoads Register.
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The following are other road [PDF, 4KB, 2pp] which are not included in VicRoads Register of Public Roads but where VicRoads has some responsibilities in the nature of a road authority arising from arrangements that predate 1 July 2004.
- Some roads on French Island , and
- The main alpine resort access roads at Falls Creek, Mt Buller, Lake Mountain, Mt Baw Baw.
The following link provides internet links to the 'Registers of Public Roads' and 'Road Management Plans' of other road authorities, and links to other Road Management Act related information and documents.
Links to road management documents [Word, 971KB, 29pp]
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