Roads Act (Cap. 201). Country/Territory Bahamas Document type Legislation Date 1968 (1974) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provision for the establishment of public roads, for the control and maintenance of public roads and for other purposes incidental thereto. Subject Land & soil Keyword Subdivision of land Land-use planning Coastal zone management Expropriation Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act concerns the classification, declaration, construction, maintenance and control of public roads and some related matters such as the restriction on the discharge of water and other liquids from private lands onto public roads, the duty of owners of adjoining land in relation with vegetation, restriction on the removal of sand from coastal areas in the vicinity of public roads and the (compulsory) acquisition of land by the Minister and exchange of land for purposes of this Act. Full text English Website laws.bahamas.gov.bs