City of Stirling FUNCTIONAL ROAD HIERARCHY Road Types and Criteria Road Types No Criteria Primary Distributor District Distributor (A) District Distributor (B) Local Distributor Local Access Primary Criteria (1) 1 Responsibility Main Roads WA Local Government Local Government Local Government Local Government Medium. Minor network role. High. Connects to other Primary High. Connects to Primary and/or High. Connects to Primary and/or Low. Provides mainly for property 2 Degree of Connectivity Connects to Distributors and and Distributor roads. Distributor roads. Distributor roads. access. Access roads. Major network. Movement of inter Important network. High capacity Less important network. Reduced Minor distribution network. Forms part of local distribution regional and/or cross town/city traffic movements between capacity, but high traffic volumes Movement of traffic within local 3 Predominant Purpose network. Provision of vehicle traffic, e.g. freeways, highways industrial, commercial and travelling between industrial, areas and connect access roads to access to abutting properties. and main roads. residential areas. commercial and residential areas. higher order Distributors. Secondary Criteria (2) Indicative Traffic Volume (WAPC Liveable Maximum desirable volume 3,000 4 Over 35,000 vehicles per day. 20,000 to 35,000 vehicles per day. 7,000 to 20,000 vehicles per day. 3,000 to 7,000 vehicles per day. Neighbourhoods vehicles per day. Guidelines ) Recommended Operating 60-110 km/h (depending on design 5 60-80 km/h 60-70 km/h 50-60km/h (desired speed) 40-50km/h (desirable speed) Speed characteristics) Yes, but preferably to only to 6 Heavy Vehicles Permitted Yes Yes Yes Only to service properties. service properties. 7 Truck Route Yes Yes Yes Discouraged No Controlled with appropriate Controlled with minor Local Area measures, e.g. high-speed traffic Controlled with appropriate Controlled with appropriate Local Self-controlling with minor 8 Intersection Treatments Traffic Management or management measures, signing, measures, e.g. traffic signals. Area Traffic Management. measures. measurements such as Signing. line marking, grade separation. None on Controlled Access Residential and commercial Yes, for property and commercial Highways. On other routes, Prefer not to have residential access due to its historic status. access due to its historic status. 9 Frontage Access Allowed preferably none, but limited access access. Limited commercial, Yes Prefer to limit when and where Prefer to limit whenevr possible. os acceptable to service individual generally via service roads. possible. Side entry is preferred. properties. Preferably none at grade. With appropriate measures for With positive measures for control Yes, with minor safety measures 10 Pedestrians Allowed Crossing should be controlled control and safety, e.g. Yes and safety, e.g. pedestrian signals where necessary where possible. median/islands refuges. 11 Buses Allowed Yes Yes Yes Yes If required, e.g. school buses. No (emergency parking on Generally no. Clearways where Not preferred. Clearways where Yes, where sufficient width and Yes, where sufficient width and 12 On-Road Parking Allowed shoulders only) necessary. necessary. sight distance allow safe passing. sight distance allow safe passing. Centre lines, speed signs, guide Centre lines, speed signs, guide Centre lines, speed signs, guide 13 Signs & Line Marking and service signs to highway Speed and guide signs. Generally not applicable. and service signs. and service signs. standard. In accordance with MRWA’s 14 Rest Areas / Parking Bays Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Roadside Stopping Places Policy. 15 Road Closure No No No No Yes, if justified Notes: (1) Primary Criteria - A road, or road section, must meet all of these criteria to qualify for the category (2) Secondary Criteria - These criteria are provided as indicators of likely characteristics of a road designated under a particular road type. Ideally, a road should have all of these chacteristics, but it is recognised that it is may not always occur in a number of instances, particularly for traffic volumes..