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Roads Act (Cap. 201).

Country/Territory
Bahamas
Document type
Legislation
Date
1968 (1974)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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