47AWarning gantries for bridges with overhead members

47A Warning gantries for bridges with overhead members

[Section 47A Inserted by No. 35 of 1985, s. 21 ]

(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , a road authority may erect on a part of a road under its control that forms an approach to a bridge with overhead members such warning gantries and crash-beam gantries as the authority considers necessary for the protection of that bridge.

(2)  A road authority other than the Minister shall not erect a gantry pursuant to subsection (1) without the prior approval of the Minister.

(3)  A road authority shall cause a gantry erected by it pursuant to subsection (1) to be marked clearly with the maximum clearance height for vehicles on the bridge in respect of which the gantry is erected.