Thread: Unformed legal road/ Paper Road access

Originally Posted by JellyBean

The road has been maintained as it is metaled. I don't believe it's the land owners doing as it continues onto the doc land and I don't think anyone would be willing to pay for and complete work on land that isn't theirs (especially considering it's about 2km from the road to the reserve plus however long into the reserve is metaled). But yeah, like you have mentioned. I can't be certain that the physical road is along the correct pathing

If its formed and maintained by the council then its not just a paper road so bit of a different situation - in that case its not really your problem to make sure you're within the legal road boundaries, it gets a sort of defacto legal status from public acceptance and if someone wants to dispute the position of the formed road they can take it up with the council who maintains it rather than citizens using it.

If that is the case then the farmer is way out of line trying to stop people using a council maintained road because he wants to keep it to himself.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

If its formed and maintained by the council then its not just a paper road so bit of a different situation - in that case its not really your problem to make sure you're within the legal road boundaries, it gets a sort of defacto legal status from public acceptance and if someone wants to dispute the position of the formed road they can take it up with the council who maintains it rather than citizens using it.

If that is the case then the farmer is way out of line trying to stop people using a council maintained road because he wants to keep it to himself.

Have you tried a Google Earth overlay of the topo with boundary info? Should be able to see if the metal road is in fact within the confines of the paper road..
Like others have said have another yarn to him... Try figure out his actual motives (surely it's not just H+S) and how you can help comply. If he is just gonna be a tool for no apparent reason (yes even the odd farmer can be) then I'd clarify your legal stand point and just use the road.. Obviously only once you've exhausted your communication skills with said farmer.

We are all human. If he doesn't hunt himself a few back steaks normally go down well too.


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