The Riverside Energy Park Order 2020

Temporary prohibition or restriction of use of streets and public rights of way E+W

13.—(1) The undertaker may, during and for the purposes of constructing the authorised development, temporarily alter, divert, prohibit the use of or restrict the use of any street or public right of way F1 ... and may for any reasonable time—

(a) divert the traffic from the street or public right of way; and

(b) subject to paragraph (3), prevent all persons from passing along the street or public right of way.

(2) Without prejudice to the scope of paragraph (1), the undertaker may use any street or public right of way where the use has been prohibited or restricted under the powers conferred by this article and within the Order limits as a temporary working site.

(3) The undertaker must provide reasonable access for non-motorised users (including pedestrians) and vehicles going to or from premises abutting a street or public right of way affected by the temporary alteration, diversion, prohibition or restriction of a street or public right of way under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the undertaker may temporarily alter, divert, prohibit the use of or restrict the use of the streets or public rights of way specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 5 (temporary prohibition or restriction of the use of streets or public rights of way) to the extent specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

(5) The undertaker must not temporarily alter, divert, prohibit the use of or restrict the use of—

(a) any street specified in paragraph (4) without first consulting the street authority; and

(b) any other street without the consent of the street authority, which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent.

(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 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 13(1) omitted (10.3.2021) by virtue of The Riverside Energy Park (Correction) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/273), art. 1(2), Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 13 in force at 1.5.2020, see art. 1