Temporary stopping up of streetsE+W+S
12.—(1) The undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out the authorised project, may temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street and may for any reasonable time—
(a)divert the traffic or a class of traffic from the street; and
(b)subject to paragraph (3), prevent all persons from passing along the street.
(2) Without limiting paragraph (1), the undertaker may use any street temporarily stopped up under the powers conferred by this article within the Order limits as a temporary working site.
(3) The undertaker must provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.
(4) Without limiting paragraph (1), the undertaker may temporarily stop up, alter or divert the streets set out in column (2) of Schedule 5 (streets to be temporarily stopped up) to the extent specified, by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the works plans, in column (3) of that Schedule.
(5) The undertaker must not temporarily stop up, alter, divert or use as a temporary working site—
(a)any street referred to in paragraph (4) without first consulting the street authority;
(b)any street referred to in Schedule 3 (public rights of way to be temporarily stopped up) without first consulting the local highway authority; and
(c)any other street without the consent of the street authority, which may attach reasonable conditions to the consent.
(6) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.
(7) If a street authority fails to notify the undertaker of its decision within 28 days of receiving an application for consent under paragraph (5)(c) that street authority is deemed to have granted consent.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 12 in force at 22.4.2022, see art. 1(2)