Temporary stopping up of streets
10.—(1) The Company, during and for the purposes of the execution of the authorised works, may temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street and may for any reasonable time—
(a)divert the traffic from the street; and
(b)subject to paragraph (3), prevent all persons from passing along the street.
(2) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph (1), the Company may use any street stopped up under the powers conferred by this article as a temporary working site.
(3) The Company must provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the exercise of the powers conferred by this article if there would otherwise be no such access.
(4) Without limiting the scope of paragraph (1), the Company may exercise the powers conferred by this article in relation to the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 5 (streets to be temporarily stopped up) to the extent specified in column (3) of that Schedule.
(5) The Company must not exercise the powers conferred by this article—
(a)in relation to any street specified as mentioned in paragraph (4), without first consulting the street authority; and
(b)in relation to any other street, without the consent of the street authority which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent, but such consent must not be unreasonably withheld.
(6) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.
(7) If a street authority fails to notify the Company of its decision within 28 days of receiving an application for consent under paragraph (5)(b), that street authority is deemed to have granted consent.