Article 10 Street worksI1

England and Wales

(1)

The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 3 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—

(a)

break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel within or under it;

(b)

tunnel or bore under the street;

(c)

remove or use all earth and materials in on or under the street;

(d)

place and keep apparatus within or under the street;

(e)

maintain apparatus within or under the street or change its position; and

(f)

execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).

(2)

The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the 1991 Act^f1.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 10 in force at 28.7.2025, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Section 48 is amended by sections 124 and 134 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), and section 51 was amended by sections 40 and 99 and Schedule 1 to the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18).