Common use of Damage to roads Clause in Contracts

Damage to roads. (a) Subject to paragraph (b), in the event that for or in connection with the Company’s operations hereunder any use by the Company or any person engaged by the Company of any public road results in excessive damage to or deterioration of any such public road (other than fair wear and tear) the Company shall pay to the State or the local authority as the case may require the whole or an equitable part of the total cost of making good the damage or deterioration as may be reasonably required by the Commissioner of Main Roads in consultation with the relevant local authority having regard to the use of such public road by others.