The Northumberland County Council (A1 – South East Northumberland Link Road (Morpeth Northern Bypass)) Development Consent Order 2015

Agreements with street authorities

17.—(1) A street authority and the undertaker may enter into agreements (or other appropriate arrangements) with respect to—

(a) the construction of any new street including any structure carrying the street;

(b) the maintenance of the structure of any bridge or tunnel carrying a street;

(c) any stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street authorised by this Order;

(d) the carrying out in the street of any of the works referred to in article 9(1) (street works); or

(e) anything else relating to the construction or operation of the authorised development.

(2) Such an agreement (or other appropriate arrangement) may, without limitation on the scope of paragraph (1)—

(a) make provision for the street authority to carry out any function under this Order which relates to the street in question;

(b) specify a reasonable time for the completion of the works; and

(c) contain such terms as to payment and otherwise as the parties consider appropriate.