Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174:reg:10:p19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10 (pt 19/99)
Character Range: 397835–400881

setting is a cultural and historical reminder and recognises that the colour and scale of the landscape are important in creating an identifiable and memorable image. Views to the Gungahlin ranges and Black Mountain should be maintained and enhanced.

       * Open Parkland Realm: emphasises reflection of the rural landscape, (but with a designed park‑like landscape quality), and introduces the visitor to the planned 'garden city' image. Planting and development patterns are to allow filtered horizontal views.

Landscape Patterns
Driver experience should be modulated through a series of distinct landscape patterns which identifies a change in landscape character from an informal planting, open, rolling, rural landscape to a regular planted, closed, dense canopy pattern of the semi‑urban landscape. Landscape patterns apply as set out in Figure 131.

To assist the understanding of the landscape patterns and where they apply, the highway has been broken into sections starting at the ACT border.

       * Plantation Gateway (0.0–0.4 km): creates an introduction and announces the imminent arrival of the visitor in Canberra by establishing appropriately designed tree planting that relates to the rural landscape, but is distinct in character. Within the road reserve, the policy is to develop a formal plantation in the verge and median of the highway.
       * Savannah Woodland (0.4–0.8 km): reinforces the existing woodland character by maintaining and enhancing the indigenous eucalypts in small groups and individual specimens in the median and verges, and ensures the character is of an open canopy giving a parkland appearance.

       * Tussock Grassland (0.8–1.4 km): establishes a grassland community and complements the savannah woodland character of adjacent sections of the highway. It does this through broad scale planting of road verges with native grasses and herbaceous plants with low grasses in medians.

       * Savannah Woodland (1.4–2.8 km): reinforces the rural pastoral character by planting and protecting indigenous eucalypts in small groups and individual specimens in the median and verges, generally widely spaced, leaving an open canopy and giving a parkland appearance. Residential views are to be screened and views opened up along open space corridors.

       * Open Forest/Woodland (2.8–4.0 km): reinforces the open forest character of this part of the highway. The policy is to resolve secondary access to rural properties while maintaining continuity of the approach route, and to allow short, filtered horizontal views. Median planting is to be informal and should reinforce existing native planting as well as introducing grouped accent planting.

       * Filtered Semi‑Urban (4.0–5.4 km): creates a transition from woodland to the contrasting closed corridor section of Northbourne Avenue and develops a 'secondary' gateway with designed avenue planting to create a strong contrast with the rural landscape as the introduction to urban Canberra. Direct views should focus along the approach