The Street Works (Register, Notices, Directions and Designations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Designation of protected streets

11.—(1) A street authority shall not designate a street as a protected street pursuant to Article 21 of the Order unless—

(a) the street fulfils a specific strategic traffic need; and

(b) the street is subject to such high and constant traffic flows that designation as a traffic-sensitive street would not be sufficient to avoid serious disruption to traffic caused by street works; and

(c) there exists a reasonable alternative for placing undertakers' apparatus which could lawfully be placed in the street.

(2) The procedure for making or withdrawing such a designation is specified in Schedule 1.

(3) The information to be made available by the street authority in respect of streets for the time being designated by them under Article 21 of the Order shall include the date of designation, details of the street and subject of designation in sufficient detail to enable it to be identified, and particulars of all consents to the placing of apparatus in the street.