Public Works
Public works are any works carried out by or on behalf of a government or public authority in order to create or maintain public infrastructure.
Victorian Subdivision Act 1988
The Victorian Subdivision Act 1988 defines a public works as:
- (a) the provision of roads, reserves, open spaces or services within a subdivision; or
- (b) fencing, landscaping, and road works outside the subdivision for roads, reserves or public open space related to the subdivision; or
- (c) works for sewerage, drainage, water supply, power, gas or telephone to connect the subdivision to the system serving properties outside it, excluding works to connect any particular property to the system for the subdivision; or
- (d) prescribed works;