Road Transport Act 1987 · Updated to 15 Oct 2023 · Part III · Roads
83. Power to erect refuges, subways and footbridges
Feedback & supportThe appropriate authority, with the approval of the Minister charged with the responsibility for works, in relation to a Federal road, may—
for the purposes of protecting traffic along a road from danger, or of making the crossing of any road less dangerous to pedestrians, erect, light, maintain, alter and remove places of refuge in the road, construct, maintain, alter and remove road humps on the road and construct, light, maintain, alter, remove and temporarily close subways under the road or footbridges for the use of pedestrians;
traffic
“traffic” includes micromobility vehicles, motor vehicles, tram cars, vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, bodies of police or troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
whenever it considers necessary or desirable for the safety or accommodation of pedestrians, provide proper and sufficient footpaths by the side of roads under its control; and
whenever it considers necessary or desirable for the safety or accommodation of ridden horses and driven livestock, provide adequate grass or other margins by the side of the roads under its control.