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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/2/23 08:27, Mark Pulley wrote:<br>
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<div class="">Australian road tagging guidelines at
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<div class="">highway=track: "Service and access
roads that aren't part of the general road
network. Generally not paved, often not public
access for vehicles."... in rural "Fire trails,
forest drives, 4WD tracks, and similar roads.</div>
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<div class="">highway=unclassified is: "Minor roads
that are neither tertiary or residential roads.
Not generally through routes."</div>
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<div class="">Given that, I'd argue =track is the
right option.</div>
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When I surveyed the Bridle Track back in 2009 (I think this
was the year before the landslide) I picked highway=track as
it was very rough. I don’t remember if it was signposted
four-wheel-drive only, but I can still remember the look of
shock on the face of the tourist information lady at Hill End
when I mentioned I had arrived via the Bridle Track in my
two-wheel-drive vehicle!
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<div class="">The new section bypassing the landslide at
Monaghans Bluff looks good in the photos I’ve seen of the
construction, but whether it remains good is another
question. There was no work on the remainder of the track.</div>
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<p>I have a report Feb 6th halfway down the first hill from Hill
End, the council had dozers and graders on the road getting it
looking good... <br>
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<div class="">If the classification was changed to
highway=unclassified, it will definitely need the addition
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<div class="">highway=tertiary is wrong. I would not use the
DCS NSW Base Map as a source for the highway classification.
I’ve seen too many errors in this map to trust this. (As an
example, in Armidale NSW, Boorolong Road comes in from the
west as a tertiary road. As it enters Armidale, the main
road then follows Handel Street / Queen Elizabeth Drive, but
the Base Map takes the road classification across the train
line and along Shambrook Avenue, a minor and narrow road.)</div>
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<div class="">I’ll have a look at the new road when I can (if
not this weekend, then the weekend after), as I live close
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<p>Thanks, I think it will be busy, take care. <br>
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