# The Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2003, Article 15: Construction and maintenance of new or altered streets


(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 Network Rail for a period of 24 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period—
(a) in the case of a highway, by and at the expense of the highway authority; and
(b) in the case of a new private access, by and at the expense of the owners and occupiers.
(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 Network Rail 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.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to the structure of any bridge or tunnel carrying a street over or under any railway of Network Rail.
(4) Nothing in this article shall prejudice the operation of section 87 of the Street Works Act (prospectively maintainable highways); and Network Rail 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 III of that Act.
(5) Nothing in this article shall have effect in relation to street works as respects which the provisions of Part III of the Street Works Act apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1075/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-west-coast-main-line-order-2003/article-15
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