# The Rother Valley Railway (Bodiam to Robertsbridge Junction) Order 2023, Paragraph 35: Completion


(1) Following any closure or partial closure of the trunk road for the purposes of carrying out the NH works, the Company must give National Highways the opportunity to carry out a site inspection in order for National Highways to satisfy itself that the trunk road is, in its reasonable opinion, safe for traffic and the Company must comply with any reasonable requirements of National Highways prior to opening the trunk road.
(2) As soon as the Company considers that the provisional certificate may be properly issued it must apply to National Highways for the provisional certificate.
(3) Following an application for a provisional certificate, National Highways must as soon as reasonably practicable—
(a) inspect the NH works; and
(b) provide the Company with a written list of works that NH, acting reasonably, considers are required for the provisional certificate to be issued or confirmation that no further works are required for this purpose.
(4) When—
(a) a stage 3 road safety audit process for the NH works has been completed in full accordance with the road safety audit standard;
(b) the NH works incorporating the RSA actions have been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of National Highways;
(c) any further works notified to the Company by National Highways pursuant to sub-paragraph 7(3)(b) have been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of National Highways;
(d) the as built information has been provided to National Highways; and
(e) the Company has paid the commuted sum to National Highways,
National Highways must issue the provisional certificate.
(5) The Company must at its own expense remedy any defects in the NH Works as are reasonably required by National Highways to be remedied during the defects period and must continue to comply with the requirements of the DLOA. All identified defects must be remedied in accordance with the following timescales—
(a) in respect of matters of urgency, within 24 hours of receiving notification for the same (urgency to be determined at the absolute discretion of National Highways);
(b) in respect of matters which National Highways considers, acting reasonably, to be serious defects or faults, within 14 days of receiving notification of the same; and
(c) in respect of all other defects notified to the Company, within 4 weeks of receiving notification of the same.
(6) Following the issue of the provisional certificate National Highways has responsibility for routine maintenance of the highway save for any soft landscaping works which must be established and which must thereafter be maintained for a period of 3 years by and at the expense of the Company.
(7) The Company must submit stage 4 road safety audits as required by and in line with the timescales stipulated in the road safety audit standard. The Company must comply with the findings of the stage 4 road safety audits and must pay all costs of and incidental to such audits and provide updated as-built information to National Highways.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/815/schedule/8/paragraph/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rother-valley-railway-bodiam-to-robertsbridge-junction-order-2023/schedule-8/paragraph-35
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