Part 3 – Road Works

3.12    Vehicle Crossings

3.12.2    Vehicle Crossings in Urban Areas

Vehicle crossings shall be provided where an entrance requires that vehicles are crossing the kerb and berm.

Vehicle crossings shall be provided as part of the subdivision or development for private ways and to lots with road frontage less than 5 m in width.

Crossings shall be designed so that the footpath is continuous through the site.  In particular:

• Vehicle crossings shall not interfere with the profile of the footpath or the berm except that minor filling may be permitted between the property boundary and the footpath.  No retaining walls or structures are permitted to encroach onto the berm and no lowering of the berm is permitted.
• Vehicle crossings shall be constructed with the same material as the adjacent footpath except that for chipsealed or slurry sealed footpaths, the crossing shall be surfaced with asphaltic concrete.  Where there is no existing footpath the crossing may be surfaced with concrete or asphalt.
• The vehicle crossing standards apply to the full width of the berm between the kerb and road boundary.
• When constructing a new vehicle crossing, if an existing footpath exists, the footpath is to be cut out and reconstructed to the vehicle crossing standard.
• Where the existing kerb and channel is cracked, the kerb and channel is to be removed and incorporated into the vehicle crossing construction works.
• Chip seal surface applies only in rural environments.
• Sub-grade and sub-base preparation is to extend 100 mm beyond the edges of the crossing.
• Industrial vehicle crossings shall be designed with consideration given to their rate of usage, loading, and the type of activity undertaken on the site.

For properties at intersections, the vehicle crossing should be off the minor road rather than the major road.

Residential crossings shall possess the following dimensions:

• Single width entrances shall use a crossing width and cut down length of 2.5 m.
• Double width entrances shall use a crossing width and cut down length of 5.4 m.

Business and Industrial crossings shall possess the following dimensions:

• Single width entrances shall use a crossing width and cut down length of 3.5 m.
• Double width entrances shall use a crossing width and cut down length of 6.0 m.

All urban crossings shall be:

• Located to comply with:
• Minimum sight distance standards at vehicle crossings – Table 3-A;
  • Minimum vehicle crossing separation standards – Table 3-B; and:
  • Standards for minimum separation between vehicle crossings and intersections – Table 3–C; and:
• Designed and constructed in accordance with Drawing DG 308.

Note:  The MPDC Infrastructure Code of Practice provides details for the construction of crossings.