Paragraph 8 Final certificate – A5/A449 link road
The provisions of this paragraph apply only to the A5/A449 link road.
The undertaker must apply to the local highway authority for the issue of the final certificate in respect of the entirety of the A5/A449 link road at the expiration of the defects period of the last phase of the A5/A449 link road to be constructed or if later on the date on which any defects or damage arising from defects during the defects period of the last phase of the A5/A449 link road to be constructed have been made good to the satisfaction of the local highway authority acting reasonably, and when making such application the undertaker must—
submit to the local highway authority as built information of the relevant phase;
submit to the local highway authority a plan clearly identifying the extent of any land which is to be highway maintainable at public expense by the county highway authority which must be in accordance with the detailed design information but reflecting the as built outcome; and
pay to the local highway authority the commuted sum calculated in accordance with the versions of the ADEPT Commuted Sums Calculator and the ADEPT Bridge Sums Guidance in force at the date on which the commuted sum is calculated.
If the provisions of paragraph 9(2) of this Part of this Schedule are complied with to the satisfaction of the local highway authority, the local highway authority must immediately issue a final certificate for the entirety of the A5/A449 link road, such certificate not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.