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Highway authority definition

What does Highway authority mean? In legal practice, a highway authority is the public body responsible for maintaining and managing the public highway network. In England and Wales it is defined in legislation, chiefly the Highways Act 1980: county councils, metropolitan district and London borough councils are highway authorities for most roads; Transport for London is highway authority for certain London roads; the strategic highways company (National Highways), under the Infrastructure Act 2015, is highway authority for motorways and trunk roads in England, and the Welsh Ministers for trunk roads in Wales. Key features include the section 41 duty to maintain highways maintainable at public expense...

Highway Obstructions and Street Trading: Offences, Local Authority Powers, Walkway Consents and Pavement Licences

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Offences involving highway obstructions

Several provisions of the Highways Act 1980 (HiA 1980) set out particular kinds of highway obstruction or nuisance arising from placing objects on, or the use of, the highway—for instance, skips located on the carriageway and the oversailing of cranes or other projections. Each is linked to a specific offence, which can be avoided where a licence is applied for and granted by the Highway authority. See Practice Note: Highways obstructions—building works, scaffolding and skips. In addition, section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 makes it an offence to leave a vehicle or trailer in such a position or condition that it endangers other persons using the highway. The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (CNEA 2005) also introduces ‘nuisance parking offences’ relating to displaying vehicles for sale or carrying out vehicle repairs on a road (except where necessary due to a breakdown).

The duty and powers of the highway authority in respect of the highway

Every highway authority is under a statutory obligation to assert and safeguard the public’s rights to the use and enjoyment of any highway within its area...

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