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(1)The Corporation during and for the purpose of the execution of the works may temporarily stop up and divert and interfere with any road, bridleway or footpath (including any walkway created by agreement under section 35 of the [1980 c. 66.] Highways Act 1980) and may for any reasonable time divert the traffic therefrom and prevent all persons other than those bona fide going to or from any land, house or building abutting on the road, bridleway or footpath from passing along and using the same.
(2)The Corporation shall provide reasonable access for persons on foot, with or without animals, bona fide going to or from any such land, house or building.
(3)The Corporation shall not exercise the powers of this section without the consent of the highway authority whose consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and any question as to whether such consent has been unreasonably withheld shall be referred to and settled by arbitration.
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