MAIN ROADS ACT 1930 - SECT 17

MAIN ROADS ACT 1930 - SECT 17

17 .         Powers as to surveys, investigations and purchase of land

                The Commissioner, so far as any moneys legally available for the purpose permit, may —

            (a)         carry out all such surveys and investigations as may be necessary or expedient to ascertain —

                  (i)         what roads should be highways and what roads should be main roads; and

                  (ii)         the nature and extent of the resources of the State in metals, minerals, and materials suitable for the purposes of main roads works, and the most effective and economical methods of dealing with the resources and applying them to, and using them for, the purposes in the whole or any part of the State; and

                  (iii)         the most effective methods of main roads works for the whole or any part of the State; and

                  (iv)         what deviation (if any) in existing roads or what new roads should in the Commissioner’s opinion be made so as to facilitate communication and improve conditions of traffic; and

                  (v)         what road service centres and other facilities (if any) are required for particular highways and main roads;

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            (b)         conduct or cause to be conducted experiments with different materials to test their relative durability and suitability for the construction of roads; and

            (c)         record, publish, and make available for general information the results of all such surveys and investigations; and

            (d)         purchase all land, machinery, tools, implements, and materials that may be needed for the purposes of this Act.

        [Section 17 amended: No. 96 of 1975 s. 16; No. 10 of 1996 s. 13; No. 19 of 2010 s. 63(5); No. 26 of 2023 s. 20 and 44.]

[ 18.         Deleted: No. 26 of 2023 s. 21.]