# Highways Act 1980, Section 68: Refuges.

Extent: E+W

(1) A highway authority may, in relation to a highway maintainable at the public expense by them which consists of or comprises a made-up carriageway, construct and maintain works in that carriageway for providing places of refuge for the protection of pedestrians crossing the carriageway.
(2) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 64 above apply in relation to works mentioned in subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to works mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/68 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-68
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