Part X Highways

Conversion of highway into footpath or bridleway

202 Provision of amenity for highway reserved to pedestrians.

1

Where in relation to a F1road an order has been made under section 201(2) of this Act, a competent authority may carry out and maintain any such works on or in the F1road, or place on or in it any such objects or structures, as appear to them to be expedient for the purposes of giving effect to the order or of enhancing the amenity of the F1road and its immediate surroundings or to be otherwise desirable for a purpose beneficial to the public.

2

The powers exercisable by a competent authority under this section shall extend to laying out any part of the F1road with lawns, trees, shrubs and flower-beds and to providing facilities for recreation or refreshment.

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A competent authority may so exercise their powers under this section as to restrict the access of the public to any part of the F1road, but shall not so exercise them as—

a

to prevent persons from entering the F1road at any place where they could enter it before the order under section 201 of this Act was made; or

b

to prevent the passage of the public along the F1road; or

c

to prevent normal access by pedestrians to premises adjoining the F1road; or

d

to prevent any use of vehicles which is permitted by an order made under the said section 201 and applying to the F1road; or

e

to prevent statutory undertakers from having access to any works of theirs under, in, on, over, along or across the F1road; F2or

f

to prevent the operator of any telecommunications code system from having access to any works of his under, in, on, over, along or across the F1road.

4

An order under section 201(8) of this Act may make provision requiring the removal of any obstruction of the F1road resulting from the exercise by a competent authority of their powers under this section.

5

The competent authorities for the purposes of this section are F3regional, islands and district councils, but such an authority shall not exercise any powers conferred by this section unless they have obtained the consent of the F4 planning authority F5exercising district planning functions and the F6roads authority (in a case where they are themselves not that authority).