# Highways Act 1980, Section 226: Power to vary width of carriageway and footway on making up a private street.

Extent: E+W

(1) A street works authority may include in street works done in relation to a street under the private street works code a variation of the relative widths of the carriageway and of the footway or footways of the street.
(2) No greater charge shall be imposed on a person by reason of any such variation than could have been imposed in respect of a carriageway or footway of the width prescribed for a new street of the same class by a byelaw or enactment with respect to the width of new streets which applied to the street when it was laid out; and any sum in excess of that charge shall be borne by the authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/226 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-226
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