Permit to Occupy a Road to Undertake Works - Burnie City Council - Tasmania

You will need this permit if you intend to occupy or barrier a road or highway to undertake works. Works can include:

• carry out works on or under a road or highway for any purpose
• place any object on a road for the purpose of preventing or inhibiting parking
• deposit or drop any material or allow any material to flow, fall, be dropped or in any other way be deposited
• lay underground services
• make or reinstate a hole or excavation
• remove, damage or interfere with a temporary traffic signal, sign, or erect a barrier or other structure to protect pedestrians or regulate traffic
• erect scaffolding or hoardings
• place freight containers or rubbish skips on the road
• use any part of a road or highway as a holding yard
• use a mobile crane or travel tower for building work.

In relation to this permit, roads and highways include:

• a local highway
• a road reservation
• any approved and constructed crossing, kerb, footpath, walkway, guttering, pavement or earth surface drain
• a mall.