{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a122-lower-thames-crossing-development-consent-order-2025/schedule-14/paragraph-154",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a122-lower-thames-crossing-development-consent-order-2025/schedule-14/paragraph-154.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/462",
  "legislation_title": "The A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a122-lower-thames-crossing-development-consent-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/14/paragraph/154",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "154",
  "heading": "Design input and commencement",
  "text": "(1) Before commencing the construction of, or the carrying out of any work authorised by this Order which involves works to a local highway the undertaker must use reasonable endeavours to agree with the relevant local highway authority a local operating agreement covering the following as relevant to the works in question—\n(a) communications and customer care arrangements for communication with stakeholders and the local community including—\n(i) the identity of the party responsible for each activity;\n(ii) the identity of the contractor responsible for stakeholder engagement and communication; and\n(iii) defined timescales for contractor responses to responses to communications;\n(b) where the undertaker takes responsibility for the local highway in which the works are proposed, definition of the extents for the works areas between the highway boundary, the traffic management lead in tapers, the longitudinal coning and the end of the lead out tapers, zone of influence (being the area which is reasonably affected by those work areas), traffic management and diversion requirements and free recovery areas (as appropriate);\n(c) arrangements for the submission to the relevant local highway authority of digital copies of all as-built drawings for the relevant work area including identification of any new limits of highway maintainable by the relevant local highway authority in accordance with paragraph 161 (final certificate) of this Schedule;\n(d) winter maintenance including anticipated winter treatments and severe weather arrangements to apply during the construction period and the maintenance period;\n(e) repair arrangements in relation to local highways directly affected by the construction of the authorised development;\n(f) continuity of technology arrangements to apply during the construction period and the maintenance period;\n(g) arrangements for dealing with and recording incidents during the construction period and the maintenance period including appropriate provision of recovery vehicles; and\n(h) traffic management during relevant works.\n(2) Any agreement completed under sub-paragraph (1) must be complied with by the undertaker and continue in force until such time as a final certificate has been issued in respect of the relevant works.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 para. 154 in force at 15.4.2025, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/462/schedule/14/paragraph/154",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:17:22.632908+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}