S.L. 499.57 Art. 13Width of new roads in inhabited areas.

(1) Every new road in any inhabited area or any road made with a view that it may form part of an inhabited area which may hereafter be built up shall be at least eight metres wide:

Provided that the Planning Authority, in consultation with the Agency and the Authority, may require any such road to be of a stated width exceeding eight metres but not exceeding eighteen metres.

(2) Where an existing road in an inhabited area is extended, the minimum width of the road may, with the permission of the Planning Authority, in consultation with the Agency and the Authority, be reduced to six metres.