186Works powers in relation to roads

186 Works powers in relation to roads

S. 186(1) substituted by No. 48/2024 s. 26.

(1) Despite anything to the contrary in the Road Management Act 2004, a project authority or a person authorised in writing by a project authority may, for the purposes of an approved project or any purpose connected with an approved project—

(a) enter, occupy and use a road; and

(b) carry out works to, on, over or under, or in relation to, a road.

works includes—

(a) the carrying out of improvements to, or maintenance or construction of—

(i) road infrastructure; or

(ii) non-road infrastructure; and

(b) the causing of fences, posts or other structures to be erected—

(i) along a road; or

(ii) along a roadway; or

(ii) along or across any entrance, approach or means of access to a road or a roadway.

S. 186A inserted by No. 43/2021 s. 203.