# The Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019, Article 20: Agreements with highway authorities

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A relevant highway authority and the undertaker may enter into agreements related to the authorised development with respect to—
(a) the construction and/or maintenance of any new highway, including any structure carrying the highway over an existing railway or any railway authorised by this Order;
(b) the strengthening, improvement, repair or reconstruction of any highway under the powers conferred by this Order;
(c) the maintenance of landscaping within a highway constructed as part of the highway works;
(d) the maintenance of highway related assets which fall outside of the extent of highway maintained by a relevant highway authority;
(e) any stopping up, alteration or diversion of a highway as part of or to facilitate the authorised development; or
(f) the carrying out in the highway of any of the works referred to in article 8 (street works).
(2) Such an agreement may, without limitation on the scope of paragraph (1)—
(a) make provision for the relevant highway authority to carry out any function under this Order which relates to the highway in question;
(b) include an agreement between the undertaker and relevant highway authority specifying a reasonable time for the completion of the works; and
(c) contain such terms as to payment and otherwise as the parties consider appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1358/article/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-gateway-rail-freight-interchange-order-2019/article-20
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