Proclamation under the Roads and Jetties Act 1935

Proclamation under the Roads and Jetties Act 1935

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under section 52A of the Roads and Jetties Act 1935 –

(a) declare the part of the Midland Highway specified in Schedule 1 to this proclamation to be a limited access road; and

(b) declare the parts of the Midland Highway specified in Schedule 2 to this proclamation as ceasing to be a limited access road; and

(c) amend the proclamation notified in the Gazette as Statutory Rules 1990, No. 88 by omitting item 6 from Schedule 1 to that proclamation and substituting the following item:

6.	Campbell Town to Conara –
	(a) That part of the Midland Highway from the northern town boundary of Campbell Town to a point 0.99 kilometres south of its intersection with the Esk Main Road/Conara Road as shown bounded by heavy black lines on Plan No. CPR1855 in the Central Plan Register	8.36
	(b) That part of the Midland Highway from 0.99 kilometres south of its intersection with the Esk Main Road/Conara Road to a point 1.87 kilometres north of that junction	1.87

(d) amend the proclamation notified in the Gazette as Statutory Rules 1990, No. 88 by omitting item 7 from Schedule 1 to that proclamation and substituting the following item:

7.	Perth to Launceston –
	(a) That part of the Midland Highway from a point 2.20 kilometres north of its junction with the Leighlands Secondary Road to the roundabout at the southern entrance to Perth	1.24
	(b) That part of the Midland Highway from, and including, the roundabout at the southern entrance to Perth to a point 1.85 kilometres north of the centre of the overpass structure at Breadalbane, as shown on Plan No. CPR11424, Sheets 1 to 6, in the Central Plan Register	10.12
	(c) That part of the Midland Highway from a point 1.85 kilometres north of the centre of the overpass structure at Breadalbane to its termination at a point 0.23 kilometres north of Howick Street, Launceston, as shown bounded by heavy black lines on Plan Nos. 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861 and 1862 in the Central Plan Register	8.65

(e) amend the proclamation notified in the Gazette as Statutory Rules 1990, No. 88 by omitting item 3 of Schedule 2 to that proclamation and substituting the following item:

3.	Perth to Launceston	Distance in kms from the eastern boundary of Eskleigh Road
	Eskleigh Road – South	0.01
	Main Road – North	0.026
	Midland Highway on-ramp – South	4.16
	Midland Highway off-ramp  – West	4.20
	Midland Highway off-ramp – South	4.32
	Midland Highway on-ramp – West	4.68
	Midland Highway on-ramp – East	5.94
	Midland Highway off-ramp – West	6.28
	Midland Highway on-ramp – West	8.45
	Evandale Main Road – East	9.41
	Midland Highway on-ramp – South	9.58
		Distance in kms from the centre of the Breadalbane Overpass
	Glen Dhu Link Road – south side (on and off ramps)	9.89
	Howick Street – both sides	10.43

(f) revoke the proclamations set out in Schedule 3 to this proclamation; and

(g) declare that this proclamation takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

13 February 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

SCHEDULE 1 - Portion of road declared to be a limited access road

SCHEDULE 2 - Portions of roads ceasing to be a limited access road

SCHEDULE 3 - Proclamations revoked

1.   Statutory Rules 1970, No. 73

2.   Statutory Rules 1996, No. 134

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 21 February 2024

This proclamation is administered in the Department of State Growth.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the proclamation)

This proclamation, for the purposes of section 52A of the Roads and Jetties Act 1935 –

(a) declares a certain portion of the Midland Highway to be a limited access road; and

(b) declares certain portions of the Midland Highway as ceasing to be limited access roads; and

(c) amends Statutory Rules 1990, No. 88 to set out the places of access to the limited access road; and

(d) revokes certain proclamations.