The following definitions are included in the Road Management (Works and Infrastructure) Regulations 2015.
Minor works:
Minor works are any of the following kinds of works undertaken by a utility, a provider of public transport, a responsible road authority or an agent of any of these bodies—
(a) the installation, repair or maintenance of aerial cables or other overhead non-road infrastructure;
(b) works undertaken so as to enable a person to be provided a service by a utility;
(c) the repair or maintenance of -
- street lighting; or
- bus stop infrastructure, tram stop infrastructure or other public transport related non-road infrastructure located on the roadside; or
- tram tracks, including the roadway area between and on the outside of the tram tracks for which the relevant provider of public transport is responsible;
(d) the excavation of -
- any part of a road other than a roadway, pathway or shoulder; or
- an area of a roadway, pathway or shoulder
Note: Regulation 6(2)(b) provides that if works under (d) above also exceed 8.5 square metres, then those works are not minor works.
(e) the use of an access hole for the purpose of accessing, repairing or maintaining infrastructure under a road;
(f) the installation, repair or maintenance of traffic control devices carried out in accordance with the Road Safety Act 1986 or any regulations made under that Act;
(g) the repair or maintenance of poles;
(h) the replacement or relocation of a single pole in an urban area (unless those works are part of works to replace or relocate 2 or more consecutive poles);
(i) the replacement or relocation of not more than 3 poles in an area other than an urban area (unless those works are part of works to replace or relocate more than 3 consecutive poles);
(j) the pruning of a tree or other vegetation;
(k) the removal of a tree or other vegetation in accordance with any Act other than the Road Management Act 2004;
(l) any other works conducted for the purpose of repairing, inspecting, operating or testing an asset or for the purpose of a survey.
If any of the works listed in (a) to (l) above also consist of, or include any of the following works, then those works are not minor works -
(a) service extension works;
(b) the excavation of an area of a roadway, pathway or shoulder exceeding 8.5 square metres;
(c) works undertaken by a utility to decommission or remove, by excavating or filling any part of a road, non-road infrastructure (other than poles, aerial cables or other overhead non-road infrastructure) -
1. that is located longitudinally within a road reserve -
(A) over a distance exceeding 100 metres in an urban area; or
(B) over a distance exceeding 300 metres in any other area; or
2. that is located under a roadway, pathway or shoulder and the works require the excavation of more than 8.5 square metres of that roadway, pathway or shoulder; or
3. that affects road-related infrastructure.
Traffic impact works:
Traffic impact works means -
(a) works conducted—
(i) on a freeway; or
(ii) on an arterial road that require the deviation of vehicular traffic into an on-coming traffic lane; or
(iii) in a clearway when it is in operation; or
(iv) in a bus lane when it is in operation; or
(v) on, or partly on, or that affect, a bridge or other structure; or
(vi) on a roadway within 20 metres either side of a children's crossing when that crossing is in operation, unless parking is permitted within 20 metres either side of the crossing and the works are conducted on that parking area; or
(vii) within a road reserve on, or in the vicinity of, a level crossing within the meaning of section 221U of the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983; or
(b) peak hour traffic works; or
(c) works that require a part of a roadway, other than a part on which parking is permitted, to be closed to vehicular traffic for—
(i) a continuous period of more than 12 hours; or
(ii) for a period of more than 24 hours in 7 days; or
(d) works that require the cancellation, deviation to a different road or replacement, of a tram or bus operated by a provider of public transport; or
(e) works conducted on a road in an urban area within metropolitan Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat or Bendigo—
(i) that are likely to have a duration of more than 15 minutes; and
(ii) that are likely to cause a delay to a bus or tram for more than 2 minutes between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. or 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on a weekday; or
(f) works conducted on a road in an urban area within metropolitan Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat or Bendigo—
(i) that are likely to have a duration of more than 2 hours; and
(ii) that are likely to cause a delay to a bus or tram for more than 5 minutes between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on a weekday; or
(g) works that cause the temporary closure or relocation of a bus stop or tram stop or prevent access to a bus stop or tram stop in an urban area for more than 15 minutes; or
(h) works conducted in an urban area, between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., on the roadway of an arterial road, within 100 metres of an intersection with traffic signals, which require the closure to vehicular traffic of one or more lanes on that roadway that are available to through traffic; or
(i) works conducted in circumstances to which a declaration under regulation 9 applies.
Peak hour traffic works
Works conducted on a roadway are peak hour traffic works if the works are conducted between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. or between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on a weekday on a roadway of an arterial road in an urban area (other than a roadway that is a service road) and any of the following paragraphs apply—
(a) the roadway has one lane for vehicular traffic to travel in each direction and the works are conducted in any lane and result in vehicular traffic in that lane during that time being continuously stopped for more than 5 minutes;
(b) the roadway has more than one lane for vehicular traffic to travel in each direction and the works are conducted in one or more (but not all) of the lanes that are for travel in one direction and result in vehicular traffic in those lanes during that time being continuously stopped for more than 15 minutes;
(c) the roadway has more than one lane for vehicular traffic to travel in each direction and the works are conducted in all of the lanes that are for travel in one direction and result in vehicular traffic in those lanes during that time being stopped for any period of time.