The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014

Agreements with street authorities

17.—(1) The undertaker may enter into agreements with a street authority or (in the case of a city walkway) the city walkway authority with respect to—

(a) the construction of any new street or city walkway including any structure carrying the street or city walkway whether or not over or under any part of the authorised project;

(b) the strengthening, improvement, repair or reconstruction of any street or city walkway under the powers conferred by this Order;

(c) any stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street or city walkway authorised by this Order;

(d) the carrying out in the street of any of the works referred to in article 10(1) (street works) or their maintenance;

(e) the alteration of any street further to article 11(1) or (2) (power to alter the layout etc of streets); or

(f) such other works as the parties may agree.

(2) Such an agreement may, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1)—

(a) make provision for the street authority or the city walkway authority to carry out any function under this Order which relates to the street in question;

(b) include an agreement between the undertaker and street authority or the city walkway authority specifying a reasonable time for completion of the works;

(c) provide for the dedication of any new street as public highway further to section 38 of the 1980 Act;

(d) provide for any new way to be declared as city walkway in accordance with the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1967;

(e) contain such terms as to payment as the parties consider appropriate; and

(f) contain such other terms as the parties may agree between them.