10.—(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development, enter on so much of any of the streets as are within the Order limits and may—
(a)break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;
(b)tunnel or bore under the street;
(c)place apparatus in the street;
(d)maintain apparatus in the street or change its position; and
(e)execute any works required for, or incidental to, any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d).
(2) The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the 1991 Act.
(3) Subject to article 11 (application of the 1991 Act), the provisions of section 54 to 106 of the 1991 Act apply to any street works carried out under paragraph (1).
Commencement Information
I1Art. 10 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
11.—(1) Works executed under this Order in relation to a highway which consists of or includes a carriageway are to be treated for the purposes of Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act as major highway works if—
(a)they are of a description mentioned in any of paragraphs (a), (c) to (e), (g) and (h) of section 86(3) (which defines what highway authority works are major highway works) of that Act; or
(b)they are works which, had they been executed by the highway authority, might have been carried out in exercise of the powers conferred by section 64(1) (dual carriageways and roundabouts) of the 1980 Act or section 184(2) (vehicle crossings over footways and verges) of that Act.
(2) In Part 3 of the 1991 Act, references to the highway authority concerned are, in relation to works which are major highway works by virtue of paragraph (1), to be construed as references to the undertaker.
(3) The following provisions of Part 3 the 1991 Act do not apply in relation to any works executed under the powers conferred by this Order—
section 56(3) (power to give directions as to timing of street works);
section 56A(4) (power to give directions as to placing of apparatus);
section 58(5) (restriction on works following substantial road works);
section 58A(6) (restriction on works following substantial street works);
Schedule 3A(7) (restriction on works following substantial street works).
(4) The provisions of the 1991 Act referred to in paragraph (5) (which, together with other provisions of that Act, apply in relation to the execution of street works) and any regulations made, or code of practice issued or approved under those provisions apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to any stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street of a temporary nature by the undertaker under the powers conferred by article 14 (temporary alteration, diversion, prohibition and restriction of the use of streets), whether or not the alteration or diversion constitutes street works within the meaning of that Act.
(5) The provisions of the 1991 Act(8) referred to in paragraph (4) are—
section 54(9) (advance notice of certain works), subject to paragraph (6);
section 55(10) (notice of starting date of works), subject to paragraph (6);
section 57(11) (notice of emergency works);
section 59(12) (general duty of street authority to co-ordinate works);
section 60 (general duty of undertakers to co-operate);
section 68 (facilities to be afforded to street authority);
section 69 (works likely to affect other apparatus in the street);
section 75 (inspection fees);
section 76 (liability for cost of temporary traffic regulation); and
section 77 (liability for cost of use of alternative route),
and all such other provisions as apply for the purposes of the provisions mentioned above.
(6) Sections 54 and 55 of the 1991 Act as applied by paragraph (4) have effect as if references in section 57 of that Act to emergency works were a reference to a stopping up, alteration or diversion (as the case may be) required in a case of emergency.
(7) Nothing in article 12 (construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted streets)—
(a)affects the operation of section 87 (prospectively maintainable highways) of the 1991 Act, and the undertaker is not by reason of any duty under that article to maintain a street, to be taken to be the street authority in relation to that street for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act; or
(b)has effect in relation to maintenance works which are street works within the meaning of the 1991 Act, as respects which the provisions of Part 3 of the 1991 Act apply.
Commencement Information
I2Art. 11 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
12.—(1) Any highway (other than a trunk road or special road) to be constructed under this Order must be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the local highway authority in whose area the highway lies and, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local highway authority, the highway including any culverts or other structures laid under it must be maintained by and at the expense of the local highway authority from its completion.
(2) Where a highway (other than a trunk road or a special road) is altered or diverted under this Order, the altered or diverted part of the highway must, when completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the local highway authority in whose area the highway lies and, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the highway authority, that part of the highway including any culverts or other structures laid under it must be maintained by and at the expense of the highway authority from its completion.
(3) Where a street which is not and is not intended to be a public highway is constructed, altered or diverted under this Order, the street (or part of the street as the case may be) must, when completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority and unless otherwise agreed in writing with the street authority, be maintained by and at the expense of the undertaker for a period of 12 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the street authority.
(4) Where the highway described in Part 4 (road to be detrunked) of Schedule 3 (classification of roads, etc.) is detrunked under this Order—
(a)section 265(13) (transfer of property and liabilities upon a highway becoming or ceasing to be a trunk road) of the 1980 Act applies in respect of that highway; and
(b)any alterations to that highway undertaken under powers conferred by this Order prior to and in connection with that detrunking must, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local highway authority, be maintained by and at the expense of the local highway authority from the date of detrunking.
(5) In the case of—
(a)the Carrhouse Lane Underpass to be constructed pursuant to Work No. 34, and the River Etherow Bridge to be constructed pursuant to Work No. 35, must be maintained by and at the expense of the local highway authority, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local highway authority;
(b)the highways above the structure of the Mottram Underpass and Roe Cross Road Bridge to be constructed pursuant to Work Nos. 32 and 33 must be maintained by and at the expense of the local highway authority and the structure of the Mottram Underpass and Roe Cross Road Bridge together with the Mottram Moor Link Road to be constructed pursuant to Work Nos. 5 and 6 must be maintained by and at the expense of the undertaker, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local highway authority;
(6) In any action against the undertaker in respect of loss or damage resulting from any failure by it to maintain a street or other structure under this article, it is a defence (without prejudice to any other defence or the application of the law relating to contributory negligence) to prove that the undertaker had taken such care as in all the circumstances was reasonably required to secure that the part of the street or other structure to which the action relates was not dangerous to traffic.
(7) For the purposes of a defence under paragraph (6), the court must in particular have regard to the following matters—
(a)the character of the street or structure and the traffic which was reasonably to be expected to use it;
(b)the standard of maintenance appropriate for a street or structure of that character and used by such traffic;
(c)the state of repair in which a reasonable person would have expected to find the street or structure;
(d)whether the undertaker knew, or could reasonably have been expected to know, that the condition of the part of the street or structure to which the action relates was likely to cause danger to users of the street or other structure; and
(e)where the undertaker could not reasonably have been expected to repair that part of the street or structure before the cause of action arose, what warning notices of its condition had been displayed,
but for the purposes of such a defence it is not relevant to prove that the undertaker had arranged for a competent person to carry out or supervise the maintenance of the part of the street or structure to which the action relates unless it is also proved that the undertaker had given the competent person proper instructions with regard to the maintenance of the street or structure and that the competent person had carried out those instructions.
Commencement Information
I3Art. 12 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
13.—(1) The road described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 3 (classification of roads, etc.) is to be—
(a)classified as a special road for the purposes of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as special roads; and
(b)provided for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the 1980 Act.
(2) From the date on which the undertaker notifies the Secretary of State that the road described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 3 has been completed and is open for traffic—
(a)the undertaker is the highway authority for that road; and
(b)it is classified as a trunk road for the purposes of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as trunk roads.
(3) On the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic the roads described in Part 2 (trunk roads) of Schedule 3 are to become trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order under section 10(2)(14) (general provision as to trunk roads) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to become trunk roads.
(4) On the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic the roads described in Part 3 (classified roads) of Schedule 3 are to become classified roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as classified roads as if such classification had been made under section 12(3) (general provision as to principal and classified roads) of the 1980 Act.
(5) On a date to be determined by the undertaker, the road described in Part 4 (road to be detrunked) of Schedule 3 is to cease to be trunk road as if it had ceased to be a trunk road by virtue of an order made under section 10(2) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which it was to cease to be a trunk road.
(6) On or after the date on which the roads specified in Part 5 (speed limits) of Schedule 3 are open for traffic, no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the limit in miles per hour specified in column (3) of Part 5 of Schedule 3 along the lengths of road identified in the corresponding row of column (1) of that Part to the extent described in column (2) of that Part.
(7) Subject to article 17 (clearways), on or after a date determined by the undertaker, the prohibitions specified in column (3) of Part 6 (clearways and other prohibitions) of Schedule 3 are to apply to the length of road identified in column (2) of that Part and those prohibitions are to have effect as if contained in an order made under the 1984 Act.
(8) On a date to be determined by the undertaker, the order specified in column (3) of Part 7 (revocations and variations of existing traffic regulation order) of Schedule 3 is to be varied or revoked as specified in the corresponding row of column (4) of that Part in respect of the length of road specified in column (2) of that Part.
(9) The proposed public rights of way described in Part 8 (public rights of way) of Schedule 3 and identified in the streets, rights of way and access plans will, on or after the date that they are first open for use, be of the type described in column (1) of that Part to the extent described in column (2) and, unless otherwise agreed with the local highway authority, are to be constructed by the undertaker in the specified locations and open for use no later than the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic.
(10) An agreement may not be made with a local highway authority under paragraph (9) if it would include a provision that would result in any materially new or materially worse environmental effects than those reported in the environmental statement.
(11) Unless otherwise agreed with the relevant land owner, the private means of access specified in column (2) of Part 9 (private means of access) of Schedule 3 and as identified on the rights of way and access plans are to be constructed by the undertaker in the specified locations and open for use no later than the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic.
(12) The application of paragraphs (1) to (11) may be varied or revoked by any instrument made under any enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such matters, including by an instrument made under the 1984 Act where the matter in question could have been included in an order made under that Act.
Commencement Information
I4Art. 13 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
14.—(1) The undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out the authorised development, may temporarily alter, divert, prohibit or restrict the use of any street and may for any reasonable time—
(a)divert the traffic from the street; and
(b)subject to paragraph (3), prevent all persons from passing along the street.
(2) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph (1), the undertaker may use any street where the use has been temporarily prohibited or restricted under the powers conferred by this article, and which is within the Order limits, as a temporary working site.
(3) The undertaker must provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary alteration, diversion, prohibition or restriction of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.
(4) Save as to streets in respect of which the undertaker is the street authority, the undertaker must not temporarily alter, divert, prohibit or restrict the use of any street without the consent of the street authority, which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent but such consent must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(5) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, as if it were a dispute under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.
(6) Subject to the undertaker complying with paragraph (7), if a street authority which receives an application for consent under paragraph (4) fails to notify the undertaker of its decision before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the application was made, it is deemed to have granted consent.
(7) When making an application for consent under paragraph (4), the undertaker must notify the street authority of the effect of paragraph (6).
Commencement Information
I5Art. 14 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
15.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker may, in connection with the carrying out of the authorised development, stop up each of the [F1highways,] streets and private means of access specified in column (1) of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 (permanent stopping up and alteration of highways, streets and private means of access) to the extent specified and described in column (2) of that Schedule.
(2) No [F2highway,] street or private means of access specified in column (1) of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 is to be wholly or partly stopped up under this article unless—
(a)the new [F2highway,] street or private means of access to be constructed and substituted for it, which is specified in column (3) of those Parts of that Schedule, is open for use and, in the case of a street has been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority; or
(b)a temporary alternative route for the passage of such traffic as could have used the [F2highway,] street or private means of access to be stopped up is first provided, to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority, between the commencement and termination points for the stopping up of the [F2highway,] street or private means of access and subsequently maintained by the undertaker to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority, until the completion and opening of the new [F2highway,] street or private means of access in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).
(3) Where a [F3highway,] street or private means of access has been stopped up under this article—
(a)all rights of way over or along the [F3highway,] street or private means of access so stopped up are extinguished; and
(b)the undertaker may appropriate and use for the purposes of the authorised development so much of the site of the [F3highway,] street or private means of access as is bounded on both sides by land owned by the undertaker.
(4) The undertaker may, in connection with the carrying out of the authorised development alter the private means of access specified in column (1) of Part 3 (alterations to private means of access) of Schedule 4 to the extent specified in column (2) of that Part.
(5) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension or extinguishment of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, as if it were a dispute under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.
(6) This article is subject to article 34 (apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets).
Textual Amendments
F1Word in art. 15(1) inserted (2.2.2024) by The A57 Link Roads Development Consent (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/116), arts. 1, 2(3)
F2Word in art. 15(2) inserted (2.2.2024) by The A57 Link Roads Development Consent (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/116), arts. 1, 2(4)
F3Word in art. 15(3) inserted (2.2.2024) by The A57 Link Roads Development Consent (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/116), arts. 1, 2(4)
Commencement Information
I6Art. 15 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
16. The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development, form and lay out means of access, or improve existing means of access, at such locations within the Order limits as the undertaker reasonably requires for the purposes of the authorised development.
Commencement Information
I7Art. 16 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
17.—(1) On or after the date on which the roads described in Part 1 of Schedule 3 (classification of roads, etc.) and in Part 6 of Schedule 3 (clearway and other restrictions) are open to traffic, except as provided in paragraph (2), no person is to cause or permit any vehicle to wait on any part of those roads, other than a lay-by, except upon the direction of, or with the permission of, a uniformed constable or uniformed traffic officer.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) applies—
(a)to render it unlawful to cause or permit a vehicle to wait on any part of a road, for so long as may be necessary to enable that vehicle to be used in connection with—
(i)the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
(ii)the maintenance, improvement, reconstruction or operation of the road;
(iii)the laying, erection, inspection, maintenance, alteration, repair, renewal or removal in or near the road of any sewer, main pipe, conduit, wire, cable or other apparatus for the supply of gas, water, electricity or any electronic communications apparatus as defined in Schedule 3A (the electronic communications code) to the Communications Act 2003(15); or
(iv)any building operation or demolition;
(b)in relation to a vehicle being used—
(i)for police, ambulance, fire and rescue authority or traffic officer purposes;
(ii)in the service of a local authority, safety camera partnership or Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in pursuance of statutory powers or duties;
(iii)in the service of a water or sewerage undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991(16); or
(iv)by a universal service provider for the purposes of providing a universal postal service as defined by the Postal Services Act 2000(17); or
(c)in relation to a vehicle waiting when the person in control of it is—
(i)required by law to stop;
(ii)obliged to stop in order to avoid an accident; or
(iii)prevented from proceeding by circumstances outside the person’s control.
(3) No person is to cause or permit any vehicle to wait on any part of the roads described in paragraph (1) for the purposes of selling, or dispensing of, goods from that vehicle, unless the goods are immediately delivered at, or taken into, premises adjacent to the land on which the vehicle stood when the goods were sold or dispensed.
(4) Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) have effect as if made by order under the 1984 Act, and their application may be varied or revoked by an order made under that Act or any other enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such orders.
(5) In this article, “traffic officer” means an individual designated under section 2 (designation of traffic officers) of the 2004 Act.
Commencement Information
I8Art. 17 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
18.—(1) This article applies to roads in respect of which the undertaker is not the traffic authority.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this article, and the consent of the traffic authority in whose area the road concerned is situated, which consent must not be unreasonably withheld, the undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development—
(a)revoke, amend or suspend in whole or in part any order made, or having effect as if made, under the 1984 Act;
(b)permit, prohibit or restrict the stopping, waiting, loading or unloading of vehicles on any road;
(c)authorise the use as a parking place of any road;
(d)make provision as to the direction or priority of vehicular traffic on any road; and
(e)permit or prohibit vehicular access to any road,
either at all times or at times, on days or during such periods as may be specified by the undertaker.
(3) The power conferred by paragraph (2) may be exercised at any time prior to the expiry of 12 months from the opening of the authorised development for public use but subject to paragraph (7) any prohibition, restriction or other provision made under paragraph (2) may have effect both before and after the expiry of that period.
(4) The undertaker must consult the chief officer of police and the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated before complying with the provisions of paragraph (5).
(5) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by paragraph (2) unless it has—
(a)given not less than—
(i)12 weeks’ notice in writing of its intention so to do in the case of a prohibition, restriction or other provision intended to have effect permanently; or
(ii)4 weeks’ notice in writing of its intention so to do in the case of a prohibition, restriction or other provision intended to have effect temporarily,
to the chief officer of police and to the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated; and
(b)advertised its intention in such manner as the traffic authority may specify in writing within 28 days of its receipt of notice of the undertaker’s intention in the case of sub-paragraph (a)(i), or within 7 days of its receipt of notice of the undertaker’s intention in the case of sub-paragraph (a)(ii).
(6) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the undertaker under paragraph (2)—
(a)has effect as if duly made by, as the case may be—
(i)the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated, as a traffic regulation order under the 1984 Act; or
(ii)the local authority in whose area the road is situated, as an order under section 32 (power of local authorities to provide parking places) of the 1984 Act,
and the instrument by which it is effected may specify savings and exemptions to which the prohibition, restriction or other provision is subject; and
(b)is deemed to be a traffic order for the purposes of Schedule 7 (road traffic contraventions subject to civil enforcement) to the 2004 Act.
(7) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made under this article may be suspended, varied or revoked by the undertaker from time to time by subsequent exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (2) within a period of 24 months beginning with the date of the opening of the authorised development.
(8) Before exercising the powers conferred by paragraph (2) the undertaker must consult such persons as it considers necessary and appropriate and must take into consideration any representations made to it by any such person.
(9) Expressions used in this article and in the 1984 Act have the same meaning in this article as in that Act.
(10) The powers conferred on the undertaker by this article with respect to any road have effect subject to any agreement entered into by the undertaker with any person with an interest in (or who undertakes activities in relation to) premises served by the road.
(11) Subject to the undertaker complying with paragraph (12), if the traffic authority fails to notify the undertaker of its decision within 28 days of receiving an application for consent under paragraph (2) the traffic authority is deemed to have granted consent.
(12) When making an application for consent under paragraph (2) the undertaker must notify the traffic authority of the effect of paragraph (11).
Commencement Information
I9Art. 18 in force at 7.12.2022, see art. 1
Section 64 was amended by Section 102 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) and section 168(2) of, and Schedule 9 to, the 1991 Act.
Section 184 was amended by sections 35, 37, 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 4 of, and paragraph 45(11) of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11); and section 168 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 8 and Schedule 9 to, the 1991 Act.
Section 56 was amended by sections 40 and 43 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2004 Act (c. 18).
Section 56A was inserted by section 44 of the 2004 Act.
Section 58 was amended by sections 40 and 51 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2004 Act.
Section 58A was inserted by section 52(1) of the 2004 Act.
Schedule 3A was inserted by section 52(2) of, and Schedule 4 to, the 2004 Act.
Sections 54, 55, 57, 60, 68 and 69 were amended by sections 40(1) and (2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2004 Act.
Section 54 was also amended by section 49(1) of the 2004 Act.
Section 55 was also amended by sections 49(2) and 51(9) of the 2004 Act.
Section 57 was also amended by section 52(3) of the 2004 Act.
Section 59 was amended by section 42 of the 2004 Act.
Section 265 was amended by section 146 of, and paragraph 45 of Schedule 13 to, the 1984 Act and section 1(6) of, and paragraph 52 of Schedule 1 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015.
Section 10(2) was amended by section 22(2)(a) of the 1991 Act, and by section 1(6) of, and paragraphs 1 and 10(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015.
2003 c. 21. Schedule 3A was inserted by section 4(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30).