How to use this document#
The Department of Transport and Main Roads has agreed to adopt the standards published in Austroads Guides as part of national harmonisation. The department seeks to avoid duplicating information addressed in national guidance and has developed documents instead that provide Queensland-specific advice while following the structure established in Austroads Guides.
Queensland-specific advice includes practices which vary from national practice because of local environmental conditions (such as geography, soil types, climate); different funding practices; local research; local legislation requirements; and to expand instruction on particular issues.
As such, this Part of the Queensland Guide to Traffic Management (QGTM) takes precedence over the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations except where the Austroads Guide is accepted without changes.
This Part is designed to be read and applied together with Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations. Readers must have access to the Austroads Guide to understand its application in Queensland.
This document:
- sets out how the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations applies in Queensland
- has precedence over the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations when applied in Queensland
- has the same section numbering and headings as the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations.
The following table summarises the relationship between the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations and this document:
| Applicability | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Accepted | The Austroads Guide section is accepted. |
| Accepted, with amendments | Part or all of the Austroads Guide section has been accepted with additions, deletions, or differences. |
| New | There is no equivalent section in the Austroads Guide. |
| Not accepted | The Austroads Guide section is not accepted and does not apply in Queensland. |