Roads authority may recover cost of paving, kerbing and guttering footways
217 Roads authority may recover cost of paving, kerbing and guttering footways
The owner of land adjoining a public road is liable to contribute to the cost incurred by a roads authority in constructing or paving any kerb, gutter or footway along the side of the public road adjacent to the land.
The amount of the contribution is to be such amount (not more than half of the cost) as the roads authority may determine.
The owner of land the subject of such a determination becomes liable to pay the amount determined on receiving notice of that amount.
This section does not apply to the renewal or repair of any paving, kerb or gutter in respect of which contributions have previously been paid and does not apply to the Crown as regards public open space.
In this section, a reference to a gutter includes, in the case of a roadway that is laid to the kerb in a permanent manner, a reference to such part of the roadway as is within 450 millimetres of the kerb.
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