Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00002:front:0:p140
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00002
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 403811–406545

and travel within the park by road. Visitors and residents are able to travel through the park on an extensive range of sealed and unsealed roads and tracks and marked walking tracks. The main roads into the park are the Arnhem Highway from Darwin and the Kakadu Highway from Pine Creek. The park can also be accessed via the Old Jim Jim and Oenpelli Roads. The Oenpelli Road provides dry-season access to Arnhem Land. This road becomes impassable at times during the wet season at the East Alligator River and Magela Creek crossings. Roads and tracks within the park will be maintained for as long as practicable into the wet season, and opened as soon as practicable after the wet season to provide residents and visitors access to the park.

All roads and tracks in the park are part of the park and subject to the EPBC Act and Regulations. Northern Territory laws also apply to the extent those laws can operate concurrently with the EPBC Act and Regulations. The EPBC Regulations (rr.12.41, 12.42 and 12.43) provide for roads and tracks to be designated as either available for public use or not. The Director may also place restrictions on the persons or types of vehicles that may use a particular road or track, and may impose certain other controls including speed limits.

From time to time the Northern Territory Government may also place controls on the major roads that it maintains, such as weight limits or seasonal closures to protect the road surface and provide for people's safety.

Road construction and maintenance works are actions covered by ss.354 and 354A of the EPBC Act and can only be carried on in accordance with this plan. Policies and actions relating to road maintenance activities undertaken by the Director are in Section 9.4 (Capital works and infrastructure). Section 10.11 sets out rules for these works by other persons.

Policies

     10.4.5          Public roads and tracks will be managed in accordance with a road management strategy for the park and will be maintained to a safe standard but may be closed from time to time to ensure public safety (including seasonal closures due to rain and flood damage) and environmental protection and for cultural and management purposes.

     10.4.6          Motor vehicles will be restricted to vehicle access roads and vehicle access tracks unless authorised by the Director.

     10.4.7          The Director may restrict or prohibit the use of vehicle access roads and vehicle access tracks by motor vehicles or a class of motor vehicles (e.g. vehicle weight and size). Such closures will be indicated by appropriate signage at a point or points where a vehicle would ordinarily enter the road or track.

Air access

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Bininj/Mungguy