277 Contribution towards maintenance of bridge where road ceases to be a trunk road.E+W
Where a trunk road carried by a bridge vested in the Minister[F1 or a strategic highways company ] by virtue of section 266 above ceases to be a trunk road, the Minister[F2or the company ] may contribute towards the expenses to be incurred in the maintenance of the bridge by the council who become the highway authority for the road.
In this section “bridge” includes the highway carried by the bridge and so much of the approaches thereto as supports or protects the surface of the trunk road.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 277 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 57(2); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
F2Words in s. 277 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 57(3); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)