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Division B ROAD

United Kingdom

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Road infrastructure consists of the following items:

  • land,

  • roadworks prior to paving:

    • cuttings, embankments, drainage works, etc.,

    • support and back filling,

  • pavement and ancillary works:

    pavement courses, including waterproofing, verges, central reserve, gullies and other drainage facilities, hard shoulders and other emergency stopping areas, lay-bys and parking places on the open road (roads for access and parking and traffic signs), car parks in built-up areas on publicly owned land, planting and landscaping, safety installations, etc.,

  • engineering structures:

    bridges, culverts, overpasses, tunnels, structures for protection against avalanches and falling stones, snowscreens, etc.,

  • level crossings,

  • traffic signs and signalling and telecommunications installations,

  • lighting installations,

  • toll collection installations, parking meters,

  • buildings used by the infrastructure department.