# The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport (Sunderland) Order 1998, Article 12: Construction and maintenance of streets


(1) Any street to be constructed under this Order shall be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority and shall, unless otherwise agreed, be maintained by and at the expense of the undertaker for a period of 12 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the street authority.
(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 the undertaker for a period of 12 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) above do not apply in relation to the structure of any bridge or tunnel carrying a street over or under any part of the authorised works.
(4) Nothing in this article shall prejudice the operation of section 87 of the 1991 Act (prospectively maintainable highways); and the undertaker 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 1991 Act apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3269/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-sunderland-order-1998/article-12
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