The Act of 1993 is amended in section 13 -

(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7):

"(7A) Without prejudice to the generality of this section and save as otherwise provided by law, a road authority may carry out works to reduce, increase or modify -

(a) any lane, footpath, carriageway, pavement or footway, within an existing road,

(b) any median, island, pedestrian refuge, or verge, forming part of the road, and

(c) any structure forming part of the road, and

(d) any land or substratum of land on which any of the foregoing is situated.",

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (8):

"(8) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (7) and save as otherwise provided by law, a road authority may -

(a) provide any amenity, structure, infrastructure or thing on, in, under or over a road for the benefit, utility, safety or convenience of road users,

(b) undertake landscaping, planting or any similar activity on, in, under or over a road in the interests of amenity and the environment,

(c) provide artistic features,