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Cycle tracks - conversion of footpaths into cycle tracks Power
- Description
- A local highway authority may, to the extent allowed by the Act, in the case of any footpath for which they are the highway authority by order made by them and either-
(a) submitted to and confirmed by the Secretary of State, or
(b) confirmed by them as an unopposed order,
designate the footpath or any part of it as a cycle track, with the effect that, on such date as the order takes effect in accordance with the following provisions of this section, the footpath or part of the footpath to which the order relates shall become a highway which for the purposes of the 1980 Act is a highway maintainable at the public expense and over which the public have a right of way on pedal cycles (other than pedal cycles which are motor vehicles) and a right of way on foot.
- Modified
- 19 Mar 2024
- Status
- Live
- is found in the following lists
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- allows
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