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Public Highway


A Public Highway is any area of land that is a highway for the purposes of the common law.


Victorian Local Government Act 1989

The Victorian Local Government Act 1989 stated that; a "public highway is a road which is open to the public for traffic as a right, irrespective of whether the road is in fact open to traffic, and includes a road—

  • declared to be a public highway under section 204(1) or under any other Act;
  • which becomes a public highway under section 24(2)(c) of the Subdivision Act 1988;
  • which is a public road under the Road Management Act 2004;


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