Part 1Works

Principal works powers

5Power to execute road works

1

The authorised undertaker may, for the purposes of exercising the powers conferred by section 4 (Power to keep apparatus in roads) and the other provisions of this Act, enter upon so much of any road in which tramways are or are to be laid and any road having a junction with such a road and may—

a

break up or open the road, or any sewer drain or tunnel under it, or tunnel or bore under the road;

b

remove and use the soil or other materials in or under the road;

c

place apparatus in the road;

d

maintain or change the position of apparatus in the road; and

e

execute any works required for or incidental to the exercise of those powers.

2

This section is subject to paragraph 3 of schedule 9.