Road hierarchy plans and cross-sections
The adopted road hierarchy for Mackay is based on the Eppell Olsen & Partners Four Level Road Hierarchy based on the purpose, function, management and design elements of each road in the network.
Mackay Regional Council’s road hierarchy is included in the Mackay Region Planning Scheme. The hierarchy is available:
For download – Road hierarchy overlay maps from the Mackay Region Planning Scheme
Interactive mapping – MiMaps (select Mackay Region Planning Scheme, Overlays, Road Hierarchy)
Road hierarchy documentation
Hierarchy tables (PDF 173.9 kb)
Road hierarchy acceptable cross-sections
Access place (Urban) (PDF 71.2 KB)
Access street (Urban) (PDF 80.4 KB)
Access street - sealed (Rural) 100-250 vpd (PDF 62.0 KB)
Access street - unsealed (Rural) under 100 vpd (PDF 51.7 KB)
Access/collector street (Industrial) (PDF 113.5 KB)
Arterial highway - four-lane divided (Rural) (PDF 51.0 KB)
Arterial highway - multi-lane divided (Urban) (PDF 83.4 KB)
Arterial highway - two-lane undivided (Rural) (PDF 50.2 KB)
Arterial road - four lanes divided (Urban) (PDF 65.8 KB)
Arterial road - two lanes undivided (Rural) (PDF 52.5 KB)
Arterial road - two lanes undivided (Urban) (PDF 65.3 KB)
Collector (Rural) (PDF 77.7 KB)
Major collector street - divided (Urban) (PDF 106.2 KB)
Major collector street - undivided (Urban) (PDF 107.7 KB)
Minor collector (Urban) (PDF 105.1 KB)
Subarterial (Industrial) (PDF 79.9 KB)
Subarterial controlled distributor - divided (Urban) (PDF 81.8 KB)
Subarterial controlled distributor - undivided (Urban) (PDF 78.5 KB)
Subarterial traffic distributor (Rural) (PDF 67.6 KB)
Subarterial traffic distributor - two lanes (Urban) (PDF 70.0 KB)