43.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Department may carry out any work for the improvement of a road where it appears to the Department expedient to do so for the purposes of facilitating road traffic.
(2) In this Article “improvement” (without prejudice to the generality of that expression) includes—
(a)the widening, re-aligning and re-shaping of roads; and
(b)the laying out, planting, maintenance and protection of trees, shrubs and grass margins in and beside roads.