# How to close a road?
**URL:** https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280
**Category:** Queensland
**Created:** [April 10, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280 "2015-04-10T12:37:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@GarvinGray](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/GarvinGray)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/1 "2015-04-10T12:37:22Z")
Have been looking through the editing manual, but can not work out how to do this. I am a level 2 editor.
I am trying to work out how to temporarily close a road, not a turn or time restriction. Which means I am trying to close a whole road, meaning multiple segments. I have read through wiki editing information, but either I come across dead links, or no information at all. Perhaps level 2’s can not do this.
Assistance would be appreciated. There are a couple of temporary road closures I would like to add, but not sure how to do this.
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### Author:  [@ispyisail](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ispyisail)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/2 "2015-04-10T20:46:06Z")
There are a few methods
I assume you require “Real time closures”?
[https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Real\_time\_closures](https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Real_time_closures)
From my understanding…
WazeHQ decided that only level 5 users could do this method.
Some communities complained about this so WazeHQ gave communities a choice/preference. Options were level 2 -5
From my understanding CM’s and GC in Australia made the choice.
I think Australia applied for level 4 but Im not sure
I applied for level 2 for New Zealand but i suspect that my have been over ridden
key point, wazehq have deamed this feature dangerous
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### Author:  [@ispyisail](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ispyisail)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/3 "2015-04-10T21:43:17Z")
you could however use turn restrictions to do the same job at a level 2
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### Author:  [@GarvinGray](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/GarvinGray)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/4 "2015-04-11T03:01:14Z")
> [@ispyisail](#):
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> you could however use turn restrictions to do the same job at a level 2
I would use time based restrictions, rather than turn restrictions, so that they expire when the closure finishes. Rather than being permanent.
I can understand why this feature is ‘dangerous’ and that is because, unlike a lot of changes to the waze map, real time closures are made to map immediately, rather than having to wait for the next tile update, which is usually 12 to 24 hours away. So with having to wait 12 hours or so, any errors can be quickly picked up and changed, with no effect to drivers.
But time based restrictions for quite a few segments are time consuming, when using the real time closure method is faster and is supposed to be the correct method for dealing with road closures. Also I know how to do time based restrictions, so that teaches me nothing new, it is real time closure method that I need to learn to learn something new and progress my knowledge. The more I learn, the less the other editors have to do.
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### Author:  [@theclem54](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/theclem54)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/5 "2015-04-11T04:53:44Z")
The closures are available to Level 4’s, though not for Level 5 and 6 locked roads.
This means that I can implement most road and ramp closures as I become aware of them (or them upcoming), but not the freeway closures.
Closures do not need to be manually deleted after their relevance, whereas the time based restrictions will be there until removed.
The closures are also displayed in the app as closures, whereas the time based restrictions are not displayed, only affecting routes.
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### Author:  [@ispyisail](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ispyisail)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/6 "2015-04-11T05:50:04Z")
> [@](#):
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> I would use time based restrictions, rather than turn restrictions, so that they expire when the closure finishes. Rather than being permanent.
yep, this was my intended option but choose poor wording.
Note: “WME Tools” has a tool for mass removal of expired time restrictions
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### Author:  [@GarvinGray](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/GarvinGray)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/7 "2015-04-11T06:41:06Z")
> [@theclem54](#):
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> The closures are available to Level 4’s, though not for Level 5 and 6 locked roads.
> This means that I can implement most road and ramp closures as I become aware of them (or them upcoming), but not the freeway closures.
> Closures do not need to be manually deleted after their relevance, whereas the time based restrictions will be there until removed.
> The closures are also displayed in the app as closures, whereas the time based restrictions are not displayed, only affecting routes.
So on streets and roads that I can edit, all I can do is use time based restrictions and then have to wait for the tile updates?
Oh well, a long time before I learn something new.
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### Author:  [@Traveling\_Gav](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Traveling_Gav)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/8 "2015-04-11T09:56:38Z")
Or of course post a request for the closure to be implemented immediately.
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### Author:  [@ispyisail](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ispyisail)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2015, 10:14am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/9 "2015-04-11T10:14:03Z")
> [@Traveling\_Gav](#):
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> Or of course post a request for the closure to be implemented immediately.
maybe
NZ (estimated)
Level 6 = 1
Level 5 = 0
Level 4 = 3
Level 3 = 5
Active editors = 3 total (all levels) est
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### Author:  [@ispyisail](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ispyisail)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/10 "2015-04-11T10:15:08Z")
I don’t know why they did use the current lock level system?
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### Author:  [@Traveling\_Gav](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Traveling_Gav)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/11 "2015-04-11T13:13:05Z")
Yeah I must say the lack of higher level active editors is an issue. Fortunately, we aren’t quite as thin on the ground as you ( but close :-(. ) Thread drift I know but it is surely an issue for waze’s business model if all the editors just quit…?
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### Author:  [@ps\_au](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ps_au)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 10:37am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/12 "2015-04-14T10:37:01Z")
That would cause a few problems for them if that happened.
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### Author:  [@ps\_au](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ps_au)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/13 "2015-04-14T10:46:52Z")
> [@ispyisail](#):
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> Some communities complained about this so WazeHQ gave communities a choice/preference. Options were level 2 -5 From my understanding CM’s and GC in Australia made the choice. I think Australia applied for level 4 but I’m not sure. I applied for level 2 for New Zealand but i suspect that my have been over ridden key point, wazehq have deamed this feature dangerous
Australia and NZ were applied as Level 4. Weather or not this was approved, I don’t know. I don’t have access to the spreadsheet and behind the scenes on that. This was the general direction of what Waze staff want. The feature is indeed dangerous in the wrong hands (like some GC restricted features).
Regarding Lvl2 for New Zealand, Waze HQ would never have permitted that level to be set, so I didn’t suggest that level (not the cause of being over ridden, but being sensible on the reply).
The question was originally put to the GC’s of the community, I chose to discuss it with the relevant CM’s of each country. At least you knew what was going to be happening.
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### Author:  [@GarvinGray](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/GarvinGray)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/14 "2015-04-16T14:54:08Z")
> [@Traveling\_Gav](#):
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> Or of course post a request for the closure to be implemented immediately.
To be honest, I lost a bit of interest in this whole thread after seeing that this seemed to be the only way to do this. It means I have to keep asking others to do things and this is a slow and cumbersome way to get things done. The amount of things I would be asking for would be exhausting if I had to do it this way.
It means that I notice that a road needs to be closed for roadworks (for instance) at say 5pm on Friday night and instead of just getting it done myself and learning, or doing the work myself and then having it approved before it becomes official if the editor is under a certain rank, I need to wait for a higher level editor to close the road themselves. Which based on past experiences could mean that action is taken after the roadworks have finished.
This is what occurred with this question. I noticed two sets of roadworks on Friday night and wanted to close two sets of roads, but could not work out how. They went unclosed.
So I basically just gave up. I have sent an email to Waze HQ asking for a level upgrade a few days ago, for still no reply.
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### Author:  [@ispyisail](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ispyisail)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/15 "2015-04-16T19:00:04Z")
> [@](#):
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> So I basically just gave up. I have sent an email to Waze HQ asking for a level upgrade a few days ago, for still no reply.
Just for interest, what is your current edit points, current rank and what rank did you ask for?
as a guide
[https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Editing\_rank](https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Editing_rank)
I asked for CM at 15k edit and got rejected ☹
At the time I thought it was heaps, now i’m up to 810k edit
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### Author:  [@GarvinGray](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/GarvinGray)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/16 "2015-04-16T22:23:35Z")
> [@ispyisail](#):
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> Just for interest, what is your current edit points, current rank and what rank did you ask for?
It would be about 1100 now. I asked for level 3 ‘only’ and explained the situation of being in Brisbane and the locking situation in Brisbane.
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### Author:  [@ispyisail](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ispyisail)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/17 "2015-04-16T22:49:11Z")
> [@](#):
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> It would be about 1100 now. I asked for level 3 ‘only’ and explained the situation of being in Brisbane and the locking situation in Brisbane.
Back when I started all AM’s got an automatic promotion to level 3
I asked for a AM in my first week and was approved (maybe 100 edit)
Getting to level 4 was a different story, hard graft
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### Author:  [@GarvinGray](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/GarvinGray)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/18 "2015-04-17T15:54:57Z")
> [@ispyisail](#):
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> Getting to level 4 was a different story, hard graft
If I can get upgraded to level 3 here in Brisbane, then my ability to start earning editing points, making changes and helping out increases enormously.
There are so many minor roads that are locked to level 3, quite often for no real apparent reason. And all I am attempting to do is change a green arrow to a red arrow. But to do that, I need to ask a level 3 editor to unlock an intersection, which sometimes takes two days to get done.
As a guide, what is a reasonable response time before chasing the matter up again if they have not replied at all?
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### Author:  [@ispyisail](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ispyisail)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/19 "2015-04-17T17:55:31Z")
> [@](#):
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> As a guide, what is a reasonable response time before chasing the matter up again if they have not replied at all?
We are all volunteers so there is no hard and fast rule that I know of?
I’d be surprised if it took longer that 24 hours
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### Author:  [@GarvinGray](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/GarvinGray)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/how-to-close-a-road/254280/20 "2015-04-18T02:52:09Z")
> [@ispyisail](#):
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> We are all volunteers so there is no hard and fast rule that I know of?
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> I’d be surprised if it took longer that 24 hours
I made my request on 10th April.
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