22Cost of certain works

22 Cost of certain works

[Section 22 Substituted by No. 87 of 1993, s. 6 ]

(1)  The Governor, by proclamation, may declare that the cost of certain works to a highway is to be paid by the State and the corporation in the proportion specified in the proclamation.

(2)  A payment by the State is on such conditions as the Minister for State Highways may determine.

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , certain works to a highway means work for the purposes of reconstructing or making good the whole or part of the carriageway of a local highway that –

(a) is within a city area; and

(b) is maintainable by a corporation; and

(c) in the absence of a State highway, forms the primary traffic link between State highways.

(4)  This section does not apply to work undertaken on a regular basis to maintain the operational effectiveness of a highway.