Roads
- Local law
- Subordinate local laws
- Purpose
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This local law covers construction, maintenance and improvement of roads, management powers, control of local government roads, enforcement, internal review and administrative provisions.
The purpose of this law is to:
- ensure that the local government has the necessary powers to construct, maintain and improve roads within its local government area
- provide for the naming of roads and the numbering of adjoining premises
- ensure that roads and associated structures and vegetation are in harmony with their natural and built environment
- regulate the use of roads to prevent
- harm to human health or safety or personal injury
- property damage or a loss of amenity
- environmental harm or environmental nuisance
- a nuisance
- interference with the safe movement of traffic or the safe use of a footpath
- damage to roads.
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