Part 2Roads
I114Stopping up of roads
1
Ministers may, when carrying out the Forth Crossing works, stop up each road identified in schedule 7.
2
A road identified in Part 2 of schedule 7 must not be stopped up unless—
a
the substitute for the road identified in column (5) of Part 2 of schedule 7 has been completed and is available for use, or
b
a temporary alternative road is provided and is available for use.
3
Ministers may, without making any payment, appropriate and use for the purposes of the Forth Crossing works so much of a stopped up road as is bounded on both sides by land within the limits of deviation.
4
Ministers must, before stopping up any road, take such steps as they consider reasonable to bring the closure date, and any alternative road, to the attention of the public.
5
Where Ministers open a substitute road identified in column (5) of Part 2 of schedule 7, they must—
a
notify the local authority for each area through which the road runs, and
b
take such steps as they consider reasonable to bring the opening, and the date from which it takes effect, to the attention of the public.