# Roads Committee

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In [Jersey](/source/Jersey), the **Roads Committee** (French: *Comité des Chemins*) is the highway authority for Parish roads in each [Parish](/source/Parishes_of_Jersey).[1]

In accordance with the *Loi (1914) sur la Voirie*, the Roads Committee:

- superintends the repair and maintenance of by-roads in the Parish
- establishes [boundary stones](/source/Boundary_stone)
- issues *Choses Publiques* licenses
- examines planning applications that fall within its responsibilities
- supervises refuse collection
- adjudicates fines during the Visite du Branchage
- proposes new road names, as may be necessary, for approval by the Parish Assembly.

The [Connétable](/source/Constable) presides over the Roads Committee which also includes the Rector and three Principals of the Parish (or five Principals, for St Helier) elected for a term of three years by the Parish Assembly. Instructions are passed to [Roads Inspectors](/source/Roads_Inspector) whose duty it is to ensure that the repairs are carried out.

[St. Helier](/source/St._Helier) has a larger Roads Committee which also undertakes additional non-statutory responsibilities with regard to parks and other matters. It acts, in the absence of a municipal council, as an advisory body to the Connétable. By convention, the two [Procureurs du Bien Public](/source/Procureur_du_Bien_Public) of St. Helier attend meetings of the Roads Committee, but cannot vote.

## References

1. ["Roads"](https://stjohn.je/roads/). *Parish of St John*. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

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