Management of road areas.
Surface within road boundaries.
It is the plane formed by the roadway and the relevant strips, i.e. quays, sidewalks and slopes;
it may include different types of pedestrian, road or other road, such as tramway.
By CODE OF THE STRADA (Legislative Decree No 285 of 30.04.92):
‘the roadside includes the roadway, the pavements, the quays and the slopes.
All that is placed outside of these areas is not road (e.g. grassy eyelash, water drains, pavements adjacent to the road, etc.).' Objects such as traffic sharing artifacts, flower beds etc. are not part of the road area.