{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/luton-dunstable-translink-order-2006/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/luton-dunstable-translink-order-2006/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3118",
  "legislation_title": "The Luton Dunstable Translink Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/luton-dunstable-translink-order-2006",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Construction and maintenance of new or altered streets",
  "text": "(1) Any street to be constructed under this Order shall be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the highway authority and shall, unless otherwise agreed, be maintained by and at the expense of the Council for a period of 24 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the highway authority.\n(2) Where a street is altered or diverted under this Order, the altered or diverted part of the street shall when completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority, unless otherwise agreed, be maintained by and at the expense of the Council for a period of 24 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the street authority.\n(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to the structure of any bridge or tunnel carrying a street over or under an authorised busway.\n(4) Any footpath to be provided under this Order shall be provided in accordance with the reasonable requirements of the highway authority and once open for use shall be maintained by and at the expense of the highway authority.\n(5) Nothing in this article shall prejudice the operation of section 87 of the 1991 Act (prospectively maintainable highways); and the Council shall not by reason of any duty under this article to maintain a street be taken to be the street authority in relation to that street for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act.\n(6) Nothing in this article shall have effect in relation to street works as respects which the provisions of Part 3 of the 1991 Act apply.\n(7) Paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) shall not apply in relation to the construction and maintenance of Work Nos. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1E, 1K and 1L.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3118/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:15:33.341872+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."
}