Paragraph 77 Public roads in Lake Zone
No work in the Lake Zone may be occupied unless the criterion specified in sub-paragraph (2) or the criteria specified in sub-paragraph (3) are satisfied.
The criterion is that—
Public Road B, Segment 2 as identified on the access and roadways plan, and
a shared footway and cycleway along Ampthill Road to the Interchange Retail Park, Ampthill Road, Bedford,
have been completed and are operating in accordance with a masterplan or detailed design endorsed by the Secretary of State.
The criteria are that—
the site controller has submitted details of an alternative temporary access arrangement to the Secretary of State for approval;
the Secretary of State, having regard to the progress made towards meeting the criterion specified in sub-paragraph (2), considers that the proposed arrangement is capable of providing an appropriate temporary substitute for infrastructure referred to in sub-paragraph (2);
the Secretary of State has endorsed the details subject to an endorsement condition specifying the date by which occupation of authorised works in the Lake Zone must cease if the criterion specified in sub-paragraph (2) has not been satisfied by that date;
the temporary access arrangement has been implemented and is operating in accordance with the endorsed details.
The Secretary of State must not decide to endorse details submitted under sub-paragraph (3)(a), or a modification of such details after they have been endorsed, unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that that decision meets the condition specified in article 7(7) (modification of reference documents, controlling documents and endorsement conditions).
Any alternative arrangement implemented under sub-paragraph (3) must be retained in operation until the criterion specified in sub-paragraph (2) is satisfied.