Part 5Highways and roads

Strategic roads in London

62London borough council exercising powers under Highways Act 1980 so as to affect strategic roads

(1)

Section 301A of the 1980 Act (London borough council exercising powers under that Act so as to affect certain roads) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

at the end of paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa)

a strategic road,”;

(b)

in paragraph (b), after “borough” there is inserted “ other than a GLA road or strategic road ”.

(3)

In subsection (3)(a), for the words from “by Transport for London” to the end there is substituted“—

(i)

in the case of a GLA road, by Transport for London;

(ii)

in the case of a strategic road, by Transport for London and, where the road concerned is in another London borough, the council for that borough;

(iii)

in the case of a road within subsection (1)(b), by the London borough council concerned; or”.

(4)

After subsection (3) there is inserted—

“(3A)

References in paragraphs (b) to (d) of subsection (3) to objections are to objections made by a person who, in the circumstances, has the power to give an approval under paragraph (a) of that subsection.”

(5)

In subsection (5)(a), for the words from “a GLA road” to the end there is substituted“—

(i)

a GLA road,

(ii)

a strategic road, or

(iii)

a road in another London borough other than a GLA road or strategic road, and”.

(6)

In subsection (10)—

(a)

in paragraph (b), at the end there is inserted “ or strategic roads ”;

(b)

in paragraph (c), for “neither GLA roads nor” there is substituted “ not GLA roads, strategic roads or ”.

(7)

After subsection (16) there is inserted—

“(17)

In this section “strategic road” has the meaning given by section 60 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.”