7(1)The County Council may, for the purposes of or in connection with their scheduled works, do any of the following things within the limits of deviation for those works, that is to say—U.K.
(a)make, provide and maintain all such approaches, bridges, subways, roundabouts, ramps, passages and means of access as may be necessary or convenient;
(b)make junctions and communications (including the provision of steps or ramps for the use of persons on foot) with any existing highway or access way intersected or interfered with by, or contiguous to, any of those works, and widen or alter the line or level of any existing highway or access way for the purpose of connecting it with any of those works or another highway, or of crossing under or over the existing highway or access way;
(c)construct, provide and maintain all such embankments, aprons, abutments, retaining walls, wing walls, culverts and other works as may be necessary or convenient;
(d)carry out any works, and do any things necessary, for the protection of any adjoining land;
(e)alter or remove any structure erected upon any highway or adjoining land and plant trees, shrubs or other vegetation; and
(f)raise, sink or otherwise alter the position of any of the steps, areas, cellars, boundary-walls, railings, fences, windows, sewers, drains, watercourses, pipes, spouts or wires of, or connected with, any building, and remove any other obstruction.
(2)The County Council shall pay compensation for any damage done in exercise of the powers conferred by this paragraph.
(3)Any question of disputed compensation payable under the provisions of this paragraph shall be determined under and in accordance with Part I of the M1Land Compensation Act 1961.
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