The Board may—
(a)stop up and discontinue so much of Slate Lane at Guide Bridge in the metropolitan borough of Tameside as crosses the course of the former railway between Crowthorne and Stockport Junctions by means of a bridge and as lies between points A and B; and
(b)provide a new footpath between points C and D within the line marked “Limit of footpath” on the deposited plans.
(1)In this section—
“the definitive map and statement” has the same meaning as in section 53 of the [1981 c. 69.] Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and
“the footpath” means the footpath at Little Bridgeford in the borough of Stafford, parish of Seighford, Staffordshire, shown in the definitive map and statement as connecting the A.5013 road with Worston Lane.
(2)(a)The Board may stop up and discontinue so much of the footpath crossing the railway between Stafford and Norton Bridge stations by means of a footbridge 215 metres north-west of the bridge carrying Worston Lane over that railway as lies within the boundaries of their property at that footbridge.
(b)Upon the stopping up of the said footpath the Board may take down and remove the said footbridge.