{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-media-city-extension-order-2009/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-media-city-extension-order-2009/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1100",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Media City Extension) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-media-city-extension-order-2009",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Restoration of streets if tramway discontinued",
  "text": "If the undertaker abandons the construction of or permanently ceases to operate any authorised street tramway, it shall as soon as reasonably practicable and unless otherwise agreed with the street authority—\n(a) remove from the street in which the tramway is laid the rails and any other works, equipment and apparatus which have become redundant; and\n(b) restore, to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority, the portion of street along which the tramway was laid, or redundant works, equipment and apparatus were laid, regard being had to—\n(i) the condition of the street before the tramway was laid; and\n(ii) the nature of the traffic using the street at the time of the discontinuance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1100/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:39.740693+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."
}