Part III Street works in England and Wales
Charges, fees and contributions payable by undertakers
77 Liability for cost of use of alternative route.
(1)
Where by reason of street works the use of a highway is restricted or prohibited and the diverted traffic uses as an alternative route a highway of a lower classification, the undertaker shall indemnify the highway authority for the latter highway in respect of costs reasonably incurred by them—
(a)
in strengthening the highway, so far as that is done with a view to and is necessary for the purposes of its use by the diverted traffic; or
(b)
in making good any damage to the highway occurring in consequence of the use by it of the diverted traffic.
(2)
For this purpose the order of classification of highways, from higher to lower, is as follows:
1 | Trunk roads. |
2 | Principal roads. |
3 | Other classified roads. |
4 | Other highways. |
As to principal and other classified roads, see sections 12 and 13 of the M1Highways Act 1980.