NATIONAL HIGHWAY BYPASS OF A PROVINCIAL TOWN

This paper was presented at session 29-Transport Planning Case Studies. Community demands for the removal of highway traffic from the main street of the provincial town of nambour (population 9000) led to an investigation of alternative locations for a deviation incorporating a highway bypass of the town. A number of sensitive and contentious issues were raised, including some based on environmental grounds. An environmental impact study was carried out. The paper is based on one of the first relatively major highway deviations in a rural area investigated by the Queensland Main Roads Department after the introduction of Queensland's environmental control legislation. The environmental impact study was carried out as an integral part of the route location process by one of the department's decentralised district office organisations (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings from the Ninth Australian Road Research Board Conference, Brisbane, 21-25 August 1978.
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  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Gray, P J
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 191-197
• Serial:
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Beltways; Bypasses; Case studies; Central business districts; Conferences; Costs; Environment; Environmental protection; Foreign; Highway planning; Highways; Laws; Location; Public participation; Rural areas; Small towns; Traffic surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway location; Selection
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 2709: Bypass (loop road); 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 2455: Environment; 2755: Highway; 142: Public participation; 328: Rural area; 9072: Selection; 311: Town centre; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Finance; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310126
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 22 1980 12:00AM