# Highways Act 1980, Section 77: Alteration of levels.

Extent: E+W

(1) Without prejudice to section 76 above, a highway authority may raise or lower or otherwise alter, as they think fit, the level of a highway maintainable at the public expense by them.
(2) A highway authority shall pay compensation to any person who sustains damage by reason of the execution by them of works under this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/77 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-77
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