PART 2WORKS PROVISIONS

Streets

Stopping up of street9

1

Subject to the provisions of this article, Network Rail may, in connection with the construction of the authorised works, stop up the street specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 4 (street to be stopped up for which a substitute is to be provided) to the extent specified, by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the deposited plans, in column (3) of that Schedule.

2

The street specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 4 is not to be wholly or partly stopped up under this article unless—

a

the new street to be substituted for it, which is specified in column (4) of Schedule 4, has been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority and is open for use; or

b

a temporary alternative route for the passage of such traffic as could have used the street to be stopped up is first provided and afterwards maintained by Network Rail, to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority, between the commencement and termination points for the stopping up of the street until the completion and opening of the new street in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).

3

Where a street has been stopped up under this article—

a

all rights of way over or along the street stopped up are extinguished; and

b

Network Rail may appropriate and use for the purposes of its railway undertaking so much of the site of the street as is bounded on both sides by land owned by Network Rail.

4

Any person who suffers loss by the suspension or extinguishment 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.

5

This article is subject to paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 (provisions relating to statutory undertakers etc.) and paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (for the protection of specified undertakers).