S.L. 499.57 Art. 12CRoad safety audits for infrastructure projects.

(1) A road safety auditor shall be appointed to carry out road safety audits on all infrastructure projects on the RISM Road

System.

(2) The appointed road safety auditor shall carry out an audit of the design characteristics of an infrastructure project and shall endeavour to meet the criteria set in Annex II to Directive 2008/96/ EC.

(3) Road safety audits shall form an integral part of the design process of an infrastructure project which shall be carried out at the following different stages of a project:

(a) the preliminary design phase,

(b) the detailed design stage and during construction of the project,

(c) prior to opening to traffic, and

(d) approximately a year after opening to traffic.

(4) Road safety audits shall conform to standards produced by the Authority which shall as much as possible meet the criteria set out in Annex II to Directive 2008/96/EC.

(5) Road safety audits shall take into account the needs of vulnerable road users.

(6) The appointed road safety auditor shall set out safety critical design elements in an audit report for each stage of the infrastructure project. Where unsafe features are identified in the course of the audit, but the design is not rectified before the end of the appropriate stage as referred to in Annex II to Directive 2008/ 96/EC, the competent entity shall state the reasons thereof in an annex to that report.

(7) The audit report referred to in sub-regulation (6) shall result in relevant recommendations from a safety point of view.