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Stopping up of streets and extinguishment of rights
6.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker may, in connection with the construction of the authorised works, stop up each of the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of each Part of Schedule 4 to this Order to the extent specified in column (3) of that Part.
(2) No street specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part I of Schedule 4 to this Order (being a street to be stopped up for which a substitute is to be provided) shall be wholly or partly stopped up under this article unless either—
(a)the new street to be substituted for it, and which is specified in relation to it in column (4) of that Part of that Schedule, has been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority and is open for use; or
(b)with the consent of the street authority, a temporary alternative route is provided between the commencement and termination points of the street to be stopped up until completion of the new street in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) above.
(3) Where a street has been stopped up under this article the undertaker may, without making any payment, appropriate and use for the purposes of the authorised works so much of the site of the street as is bounded on both sides by land owned by the undertaker.
(4) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part I of the Land Compensation Act 1961().
(5) This article is subject to paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to this Order.
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