The London Overground (Barking Riverside Extension) Order 2017

Stopping up of streets

9.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article TfL may, in connection with the construction of the authorised works, stop up each of the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part 1 (streets to be stopped up for which a substitute is to be provided) of Schedule 2 (streets to be stopped up) to the extent specified, by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the traffic regulation plans, in column (3) of Part 1 of that Schedule.

(2) No street specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (being a street to be stopped up for which a substitute is to be provided) may 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 by reference to one of the scheduled works mentioned 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) a temporary alternative route is first provided and then maintained by TfL to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority until completion of the new street in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).

(3) Where a street has been stopped up under this article—

(a) all rights of way over or along it are extinguished; and

(b) TfL may appropriate and use for the purposes of its undertaking so much of the site of the street as is bounded on both sides by land owned by TfL.

(4) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or 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.

(5) This article is subject to paragraphs 37 and 38 of Part 3 (protection for electricity, gas, water and sewerage undertakers) of Schedule 8 (protective provisions).