PART 3STREETS

Temporary stopping up of streets

article 15 + 15.—(1) The undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out and maintaining the authorised development, may temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street and may for any reasonable time—

article 15 1 a + (a)divert the traffic or a class of traffic from the street; and

article 15 1 b + (b)subject to paragraph (2), prevent all persons from passing along the street.

(2) 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.

(3) The undertaker may not temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street without the consent of the street authority, and the street authority may attach reasonable conditions to any such consent.

(4) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation from the undertaker to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.