PART 3STREETS

Power to alter layout, etc., of streets

11.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the undertaker may, for the purposes of constructing, operating or maintaining the authorised development alter the layout of any street within the Order limits and, without limiting the scope of this paragraph, the undertaker may—

(a)increase the width of the carriageway of the street by reducing the width of any footpath, footway, cycle track or verge within the street;

(b)alter the level or increase the width of such footpath, footway, cycle track or verge;

(c)reduce the width of the carriageway of the street; and

(d)make and maintain crossovers, and passing places.

(2) The undertaker must restore any street that has been temporarily altered under this article to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority.

(3) The powers conferred by paragraph (1) must not be exercised without the written consent of the street authority.

(4) If a street authority which receives an application for consent under paragraph (3) fails to notify the undertaker of its decision before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the application was made, it is deemed to have granted consent.

(5) Any application for consent under paragraph (3) must include a written statement that the provisions of paragraphs (4) and (7) apply to that application.

(6) Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply where the undertaker is the street authority for a street in which the works are being carried out.

(7) An application for consent under paragraph (3) is deemed advance notice under section 54(1) (advance notice of certain works) of the 1991 Act where advance notice is required.