SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

PART 6FOR THE PROTECTION OF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES

Road safety audits

schedule 8 paragraph 57 + 57.—(1) Road safety audits required to be carried out by the undertaker under the provisions of this Part of this Schedule must be carried out in accordance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges standard GG119 or any replacement or modification of it.

(2) No stage of any road safety audit that is required to be carried out by the undertaker under this Part of this Schedule in relation to any specified works is to begin until the relevant highway authority has approved in writing for that stage of road safety audit of those specified works—

schedule 8 paragraph 57 2 a + (a)the curriculum vitae of the persons carrying out the road safety audit; and

schedule 8 paragraph 57 2 b + (b)the road safety audit brief.

(3) The specified works must not commence until a stage 1 and stage 2 road safety audit has been carried out and all recommendations raised in the audit or any exceptions are approved by the relevant highway authority.

(4) Where the report of the stage 3 and 4 road safety audit identifies any recommended measures in respect of a local highway, the undertaker must carry out, at its own expense and to the reasonable satisfaction of the relevant highway authority, those measures identified as part of the stage 3 and 4 road safety audit provided that—

schedule 8 paragraph 57 4 a + (a)the undertaker has the powers to deliver the measures under this Order; and

schedule 8 paragraph 57 4 b + (b)the measures do not give rise to any new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those identified in the environmental statement.

(5) If by the operation of sub-paragraphs (4)(a) or (4)(b) the undertaker is not required to carry out the recommendations of a stage 3 or stage 4 road safety audit the relevant highway authority may instead carry out those recommendations and recover the reasonable costs of so doing from the undertaker.