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Pedestrian Crossing - A pedestrian crossing is a section of road marked with white stripes designed to afford pedestrians a safe place to cross.
Pedestrian Tunnel - [[include pedestrian-underpass]]
Pedestrian Underpass - A Pedestrian Underpass or Pedestrian Tunnel is a a specially constructed underpass for pedestrians and/or cyclists beneath a road or railway, allowing them to reach the other side in safety.
Pothole - A pothole is a hole in a road pavement, frequently rounded in shape, resulting from the loss of pavement material under traffic.
Pram Crossing - A pram crossing (also kerb ramp) is a modified section of kerb & channel or a small bridge-like structure that allows prams, shopping trolleys, wheelchairs, and similar wheeled devices to transition smoothly from the footpath to the roadway.
Primerseal - A primerseal is a single stage sprayed seal treatment.
Principal Road - A Principal Road is a highway, regional and through road.
Private Road - A private road is a road that is not subject to use by the public as of right.
Public Road - A Public Road is a road, street, walkway, laneway, right of way or thoroughfare that is vested in a Local Council or Government Department.
Railway Crossing - A railway crossing is a level crossing or any area where a footpath or shared path crosses a railway or light rail track at substatially the same level.
Ravelling - Ravelling is the progressive disintegration of a (road) pavement surface through loss of both binder and aggregate. Water on the pavement is the primary cause for the loss of the binder, while vehicular traffic gradually ravels away the aggregate which has been loosened due to binder loss.
Regulatory Sign - A regulatory sign is a traffic sign indicating an obligation to comply with an instruction given under order, regulation, Act, ordinance or by-law.
Reseal - A reseal is a sprayed seal that is applied over the top of an existing road seal.
Resheeting - Resheeting is the process of applying a layer of rock or gravel (usually about 150mm) to a section of unsealed road.
Right-of-way - A right-of-way is a strip of land that is granted, through an easement or other mechanism, for transportation purposes, such as for a walking path, driveway, road.
Road - A road is a narrow strip of land cleared of vegetation and often improved by the importation and compaction of rock and/or other material. Roads are constructed primarily to allow vehicles to easily travel from one point to another.
Road Authority - A road authority is the body responsible for the care, control or management of roads within a given jurisdiction. Road authorities are typically local governments or state government departments or corporations.
Road Capacity - Road capacity is the maximum hourly rate at which vehicles can reasonably be expected to traverse a point (intersection) or section of a lane/roadway during a given period of time.
Road Floodway - A road floodway is a section of road designed to be overtopped by floodwater during relatively low average recurrence interval (ARI) floods.
Road Formation - The Road Formation is the surface of finished earthworks on which a road pavement is constructed. It includes the earthworks, the general shaping of the road and basic drainage, but excluding stormwater infrastructure.