Queensland Consolidated Acts

CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 2010 - SECT 75

75 Closing roads

(1) The council may close a road (permanently or temporarily) to all traffic, or traffic of a particular class, if there is another road or route reasonably available for use by the traffic.

(2) Also, the council may close a road to all traffic, or traffic of a particular class—

(a) during a temporary obstruction to traffic; or

(b) if it is in the interests of public safety; or

(c) if it is necessary or desirable to close the road for a temporary purpose (including a fair, for example).

(3) The council must publish notice of the closing of the road, in the way that the council considers appropriate (including on its website, for example).

(4) The council may do everything necessary to stop traffic using the road after it is closed.

(5) If a road is closed to traffic for a temporary purpose, the council may permit the use of any part of the road (including for the erection of any structure, for example) on the conditions the council considers appropriate.