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The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Trafford Park Extension) Order 2016

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Temporary stopping up of streets

14.—(1) The undertaker, during and for the purposes of the execution of the authorised works, may temporarily stop up, alter or divert 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 stopped up under the powers conferred by this article as a temporary working site.

(3) The undertaker must provide at all times reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting on a street affected by the exercise of the powers conferred by this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(4) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph (1), the undertaker may exercise the powers conferred by this article in relation to the streets specified in column (1) of Schedule 4 (streets to be temporarily stopped up) to the extent specified in column (2) of that Schedule.

(5) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by this article—

(a)in relation to any street specified as mentioned in paragraph (4), without first consulting the street authority; and

(b)in relation to any other street, without the consent of the street authority which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent, but such consent must not be unreasonably withheld.

(6) 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, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

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