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Would an agreement under section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 be needed in order to undertake works to cross a ditch to create a new access, where the ditch unusually forms part of the dedicated highway?
Published on: 14 March 2022
Section 278(1) of the Highways Act 1980 (HiA 1980) provides that a ‘highway authority may, if they are satisfied it will be of benefit to the public, enter into an agreement with any person for the execution by the authority of any works which the authority are or may be authorised to execute, or for the execution by the authority of such works [etc]...on terms that person pays the whole or such part
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