7Stock wandering on a SCR#
Type of stock activity: Livestock from unfenced properties adjacent to SCRs.
Sign types and display times: The following sign options are available.
- Where there is likely to be wandering stock on an unfenced road, for example, on outback pastoral lease or near watering holes, TMR will install a W5-Q10_2 sign or the warning sign "STOCK" (W5-38) with supplementary plate "…km UNFENCED ROAD" (TC2315) to inform motorists about the possible hazard of stock on the road.
- Where identification of a property/station is required use W5-Q10_1 sign.
- Where stock grids are installed, the GRID sign (W5-16) shall be used to warn of a stock grid on the road. Width markers D4-3 shall be installed both sides of the grid. Where the grid width is less than the road formation width, the Road Narrows sign (W4-3) should be used in conjunction with the ONE LANE supplementary plate (W8-16) in addition to the GRID warning sign. For information on grids, refer to Part 2 of the Manual Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) on the TMR website.
W5-16 D4-3(L) D4-3(R) W4-3 W4-3 R6-1 W8-16
- Sign placement: The placement of signs for unfenced roads and grids is as follows.
- The W5-Q10_2 or the W5-38 with the TC2315 signs shall be placed at the beginning of the unfenced section of road. Whichever sign is used, the same sign is to be repeated every 5 km.
- Grid warning signs are to be located 100 to 150 m from the grid (see Figure 6 page 17). If the grid is less than 5 m wide the sign NO OVERTAKING OR PASSING (R6-1) shall be erected 80 m to 250 m in advance of the grid and warning signs GRID (W5-16) and the Road Narrows sign (W4-3) with the supplement plate ONE LANE (W8-16) placed in advance of the sign R6-1.
- Costs: TMR bears all costs of signing unfenced roads. For privately owned grids, the RCP applicant is responsible for the installation and maintenance of their grids. For TMR owned grids, TMR is responsible for the installation and maintenance of these grids.
