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4.—(1) The undertaker must prior to commencement of each phase of the trunk road works give Highways England 28 days' notice in writing of the date on which that phase will start unless otherwise agreed by Highways England.
(2) The undertaker must comply with Highways England's usual road space booking procedures prior to and during the carrying out of each phase of the trunk road works and no trunk road works for which a road space booking is required is to commence without a road space booking having first been secured such road space booking not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(3) Each phase of the trunk road works must be carried out to the satisfaction of Highways England in accordance with—
(a)the relevant detailed design information and a programme of works approved pursuant to paragraph 3(1) of this Part of this Schedule or as subsequently varied by agreement between the undertaker and Highways England;
(b)the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, the Specification for Highway Works (contained within the Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works), all relevant interim advice notes, the Traffic Signs Manual and Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 M1 and any amendment to or replacement thereof for the time being in force save to the extent that they are inconsistent with the general arrangement of the trunk road works as shown on the highways general arrangement plans or a departure from such standards has been approved by Highways England;
(c)such approvals or requirements of Highways England that are required by the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Part of this Schedule to be in place prior to the relevant phase of the trunk road works being undertaken; and
(d)all aspects of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 M2 and in particular the undertaker, as client, must ensure that all client duties (as defined in those regulations) are undertaken to the satisfaction of Highways England.
(4) The undertaker must permit and require the contractor to permit at all reasonable times persons authorised by Highways England (whose identity must be previously notified to the undertaker by Highways England) to gain access to the trunk road works and county highway works for the purposes of inspection and supervision and the undertaker must provide to Highways England contact details of the nominated persons with whom Highways England should liaise during the carrying out of the trunk road works.
(5) At any time during the carrying out of the trunk road works the nominated persons must act upon any reasonable request made by Highways England in relation to the carrying out of the trunk road works as soon as practicable following such request being made to the nominated persons save to the extent that the contents of such request are inconsistent with or fall outside the contractor's obligations under its contract with the undertaker or the undertaker's obligations in this Order.
(6) If at any time the undertaker does not comply with any of the terms of this Part of this Schedule in respect of any phase of the trunk road works having been given notice of an alleged breach and an adequate opportunity to remedy it by Highways England then Highways England on giving the undertaker 14 days' notice in writing to that effect be entitled to—
(a)(carry out and complete that phase of the trunk road works and any maintenance works which the undertaker would have been responsible for on the undertaker's behalf; or
(b)carry out such necessary works of reinstatement of the highway and other land and premises of Highways England,
and in either case the undertaker must within 28 days of receipt of the itemised costs pay to Highways England the costs so incurred by Highways England.
(7) If at any time the undertaker in carrying out the authorised development causes any damage or disruption to the strategic road network not hereby authorised then Highways England is to give notice of such damage or disruption and allow the undertaker 14 days to remedy the problem. Should the undertaker fail to adequately remedy the problem to the satisfaction of Highways England. Highways England, on giving to the undertaker 7 days' notice in writing to that effect, is entitled to carry out such necessary works as Highways England acting reasonably deem appropriate to remedy the damage or disruption, and the undertaker must within 28 days of receipt of the itemised costs pay to Highways England the costs so incurred by Highways England.
(8) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule prevents Highways England from carrying out any work or taking such action as deemed appropriate, without prior notice to the undertaker, in the event of an emergency or danger to the public. The cost to Highways England of such work or action being chargeable to and recoverable from the undertaker if the need for such action arises from the carrying out of the authorised development. This provision applies to all areas of the authorised development including any area of traffic management deployed under the traffic management plan approved pursuant to paragraph 3(7) of this Part of this Schedule to facilitate delivery of the authorised development.
(9) The undertaker in carrying out each phase of the trunk road works must at its own expense divert or protect all utilities as may be necessary to enable the trunk road works to be properly carried out and all agreed alterations to existing services must be carried out to the reasonable satisfaction of Highways England.
(10) During the construction of each phase of the trunk road works the undertaker is responsible for all routine maintenance at its cost within that phase (including winter maintenance when required to be undertaken by the undertaker in accordance with paragraph 3(12) of this Part of this Schedule). All routine maintenance must be carried out in accordance with the scope of routine maintenance operations agreed by Highways England in accordance with paragraph 3(12).
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