112Right to recover for damage to road

112 Right to recover for damage to road (1) This section applies if a road authority incurs extraordinary expenses in repairing a road that has been damaged as a result of the passage of extraordinary traffic or excessive mass along the road. (2) The road authority may recover damages in any court of competent jurisdiction from any person who was responsible for causing the traffic or weight to pass along the road. (3) Nothing in this section enables a road authority to recover damages from— (a) the Link corporation in respect of damage to a road arising because of the operation or effect of the Link road; or (b) the Extension corporation in respect of damage to a road arising because of the operation or effect of the Extension road; or S. 112(3)(ba) inserted by No. 39/2004 s. 271, amended by No. 95/2005 s. 13(2)(c)(d). (ba) the EastLink Corporation in respect of damage to a road arising because of the operation or effect of EastLink; or S. 112(3)(bb) inserted by No. 70/2012 s. 10. (bb) the Peninsula Link Freeway Corporation in respect of damage to a road arising because of the operation or effect of the Peninsula Link Freeway; or S. 112(3)(bc) inserted by No. 8/2019 s. 138. (bc) the West Gate Tunnel Corporation in respect of damage to a road arising because of the operation or effect of the West Gate Tunnel tollway; or S. 112(3)(bd) inserted by No. 18/2020 s. 149. (bd) the North East Link State Tolling Corporation in respect of damage to a road arising because of the operation or effect of the North East Link road; or (c) another road authority in respect of damage to a road arising because of the operation or effect of a road for which the road authority is responsible.