Victoria Government Gazette No. S 250 Thursday 19 July 2012 By Authority of Victorian Government Printer Road Safety Act 1986 ROAD SAFETY (VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2009 Variation to Route Specifications for B-Doubles and Certain Class 2 Combinations Fitted With Road Friendly Suspension 1. Purpose The purpose of this notice is to vary the route specifications for B-Doubles and for certain class 2 combinations fitted with road friendly suspension. 2. Authorising provisions This notice is made under – (a) section 27 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984; (b) regulation 188 of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009 (in this notice referred to as the ‘Vehicles Regulations’); and (c) clause 11 of Schedule 8 to the Vehicles Regulations. Section 27 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 provides that the power to make a subordinate instrument should be construed as including the power to amend, alter or vary the instrument. Regulation 188(1) of the Vehicles Regulations provides that the Roads Corporation may exempt a category of class 2 vehicles from certain mass or dimensions limits set out in Schedule 8. Regulation 188(2) provides that a class 2 notice may contain any conditions the Corporation thinks fit. Clause 11 of Schedule 8 to the Vehicle Regulations provides that a B-double may only be used on a highway that is in an area, or on a route, specified by the Roads Corporation by notice published in the Government Gazette or by a class 2 permit. 3. Commencement This notice comes into operation on the date it is published in the Government Gazette. 4. Definitions In this notice – Mel means the latest edition of the ‘Greater Melbourne Street Directory’ as published by Melway Publishing Pty Ltd; Notice S 428 means the notice published in Government Gazette No. S 428 Thursday 22 December 2011 entitled ‘Declaration of Routes for B-doubles and Exemption of Longer B-doubles from Length Limit’; Notice S 440 means the notice published in Government Gazette No. S 440 Friday 30 December 2011 entitled ‘Mass limit exemptions and route specifications for certain class 2 combinations fitted with road friendly suspension’; and VCSD means the latest edition of the ‘VicRoads Country Street Directory of Victoria’ as published by RACV Tourism & Travel, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) Ltd. 5. Variation to routes Notice S 428 and Notice S 440 are varied as set out in the Attachment to this notice. 6. Amendment to Notice S 428 For clause 8, paragraph (d) of Notice S 428 substitute – ‘(d) the prime mover does not have a load carrying area; and (e) the overall length of the B-double does not exceed 26 metres.’. SPECIAL 2 S 250 19 July 2012 Victoria Government Gazette 7. Expiry This notice expires on 23 December 2016. Note: A vehicle may rely on an exemption in a notice only if it is in full compliance with all conditions of the exemption contained in the relevant notice. Dated 10 July 2012 DON HOGBEN Director, Vehicle Management and Safety Roads Corporation ATTACHMENT 1. Table B of Notice S 440 is amended by the removal of the section of road formerly prohibited to Higher Mass Limits vehicles described in Table A below. TABLE A – Formerly prohibited arterial road (including roads with prohibited bridges) in Notice S 440 Column 1 Column 2 ROAD LOCALITY Wattletree Road, between Dandenong Road and Glenferrie Road Malvern 2. Table B of Notice S 428 and Table C of Notice S 440 are each amended by the removal of the bridge formerly prohibited to Higher Mass Limits vehicles described in Table B below. TABLE B – Formerly prohibited bridges, culverts and other structures in Notice S 428 and Notice S 440 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 ROAD LOCALITY MAP Ref. FEATURE CROSSED Wattletree Road Malvern Mel 59 B9 Gippsland Rail 3. Table D of Notice S 428 and Table E of Notice S 440 are each amended by the removal of the municipal roads formerly approved for B-double and Higher Mass Limits vehicles described in Table C below. TABLE C – Formerly approved municipal roads listed in Notice S 428 and Notice S 440 now prohibited PROHIBITED SECTION LOCALITY MUNICIPALITY REFERENCE ROADS Alsop Drive Winchelsea Surf Coast VCSD Map 525 L3 Bell Street Between Surf Coast Torquay Surf Coast VCSD Map 527 Highway and The Q7 Esplanade Browning Street Between Garden Street Portland Glenelg VCSD Map 503 and Kennedy Street N1 Cape Otway Road ^ Between Hendy Main Winchelsea Surf Coast VCSD Map 93 B6 Road and Winchelsea– Deans Marsh Road Kennedy Street Between Browning Street Portland Glenelg VCSD Map 503 and Blair Street N1 Larcombes Road Between Hendy Main Modewarre Surf Coast VCSD Map 93 D6 Road and Church Road Layard Road Between Cape Otway Gherang Surf Coast VCSD Map 93 C6 Road and Nobles Road Victoria Government Gazette S 250 19 July 2012 3 PROHIBITED SECTION LOCALITY MUNICIPALITY REFERENCE ROADS Mt Duneed Road Between Anglesea Road Mt Duneed Surf Coast VCSD Map 93 E5 and Pettavel Road Nobles Road Between Larcombes Modewarre Surf Coast VCSD Map 93 D6 Road and Layard Road Palmer Street Winchelsea Surf Coast VCSD Map 525 O3 Pettavel Road ^ Between Princes Highway Mt Moriac Surf Coast VCSD Map 93 E6 and Mount Duneed Road The Esplanade Between Bell Street and Torquay Surf Coast VCSD Map 527 Horseshoe Bend Road R7 4. Table D of Notice S 428 and Table E of Notice S 440 are each amended by the addition of the municipal roads described in Table D below. TABLE D – Additional approved municipal B-double and Higher Mass Limits routes for inclusion in Notice S 428 and Notice S 440 APPROVED SECTION LOCALITY MUNICIPALITY REFERENCE ROADS Aerodrome Road Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 56 H6 Albion Road Between O’Regan Street Stawell Northern VCSD Map 550 J9 and Jubilee Road Grampians Alfred Street ^ Between Grano Street and Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 J7 High Street Allanvale Road Between Western Great Western Northern VCSD Map 56 G4 Highway and Tuckers Hill Grampians Road Allingham Street Between Oak Street and Golden Square Greater Bendigo VCSD Map 607 Ham Street N12 Andrews Lane Between Sandhills Road Willaura Ararat VCSD Map 56 D8 and Mortlake–Ararat North Road Back Bolac Road Between Willaura– Willaura Ararat VCSD Map 74 E4 Wickliffe Road and Mortlake–Ararat Road Baird Street Between Fay Street and Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 Pyrenees Highway G7 Baldwin Plains Gre Gre Northern VCSD Map 41 H4 Road Grampians Bartons Road For 1100 metres north of Nullawarre Moyne VCSD Map 90 E9 Rowans Road Bellellen Road Pomonal Ararat VCSD Map 56 D4 Bellellen Road Bellellen Northern VCSD Map 56 D4 Grampians Better Route Road Moyston Ararat VCSD Map 56 E6 4 S 250 19 July 2012 Victoria Government Gazette APPROVED SECTION LOCALITY MUNICIPALITY REFERENCE ROADS Blackgate Road Between Surf Coast Torquay Surf Coast VCSD Map 93 96 Highway and Horseshoe Bend Road Blake Street Between Fay Street and Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 Pyrenees Highway G6 Boggy Creek Road Between Great Ocean Curdie Vale Moyne VCSD Map 90 F10 Road and Curdies River Bolangum Inn Road For 600 metres north-west Navarre Northern VCSD Map 42 C8 of Stawell–Avoca Road Grampians Bolangum Inn Road Between Donald–Stawell Wallaloo Northern VCSD Map 41 G5 Road and Wallaloo East Grampians Road Bryant Road Between Port Fairy Road Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 and Tatyoon Road E11 Buangor–Ben Nevis Between Western Warrak Ararat VCSD Map 57 D6 Road Highway and Iron Pot Creek Road Buchans Lane Between Rossbridge– Mininera Ararat VCSD Map 74 G3 Streatham Road and Baley Road Burdett Lane Wickliffe Ararat VCSD Map 74 D4 Burn Street ^ Between Nott Road and Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 J5 Pyrenees Highway Burnett Road Between Rossbridge– Tatyoon Ararat VCSD Map 74 G2 Streatham Road and Tatyoon North Road Burrumbeep Road Between Mortlake–Ararat Maroona Ararat VCSD Map 56 F8 Road and Moyston– Willaura Road Campbell Street Streatham Ararat VCSD Map 75 B4 Carrolls Bridge Gre Gre Northern VCSD Map 42 B4 Road Grampians Cemetery Road Between Willaura– Wickliffe Ararat VCSD Map 74 D4 Wickliffe Road and Burdett Lane Chalambar Road For 800 metres east from Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 56 G6 Mortlake–Ararat Road Challicum Road ^ Buangor Ararat VCSD Map 57 D8 Chatsworth–Lake Lake Bolac Ararat VCSD Map 74 E6 Bolac Road Chatsworth– Wickliffe Ararat VCSD Map 74 C7 Wickliffe Road Victoria Government Gazette S 250 19 July 2012 5 APPROVED SECTION LOCALITY MUNICIPALITY REFERENCE ROADS Clarkes Road Between Loy Yang– Traralgon Latrobe VCSD 98 A6 Morwell Road and Hazelwood Road Coburn Road Yalla Y Poora Ararat VCSD Map 75 B3 Darlington– Pura Pura Ararat VCSD Map 75 D5 Carranballac Road ^ Delacombe Way ^ Between Willaura– Willaura Ararat VCSD Map 74 E2 Wickliffe Road and Rossbridge–Streatham Road Elizabeth Street Between Mortlake–Ararat Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 Road and Gordon Street F10 Eurambeen– Streatham Ararat VCSD Map 75 C4 Streatham Road ^ Flattely Street Between Tuson Street and Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 King Street G9 Geelong Road Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 56 H6 Gordon Street Between High Street and Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 54 H9 Elizabeth Street Grano Street Between Alfred Street and Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 Nott Road K6 Greens Creek Road Greens Creek Northern VCSD Map 41 F9 Grampians Hammond Road Ballyrogan Ararat VCSD Map 57 C9 Helendoite Road ^ Between Mortlake–Ararat Maroona Ararat VCSD Map 56 G9 Road and Tatyoon North Road Jubilee Road For 100 metres south of Stawell Northern VCSD Map 550 J9 Albion Road Grampians Kofoed Street Ararat Ararat VCSD Map 554 F7 Leviathan Road Concongella Northern VCSD Map 550 Grampians K8 Lock Road St Arnaud Northern VCSD Map 42 E4 Grampians