Guide to Highway Law for Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Contractors

Meaning of highway; types of highway; creation of highways - by dedication, other aspects, by statute; highways legislation; the Highways Act 1980; administration of the Act; other Acts of Parliament; highway authorities; classification of highways; maintenance and improvement of highways - modern maintenance, maintenance at public expense, maintenance privately; rights of adjacent owners; miscellaneous rights; obligations of adjacent owners; remedies for public nuisance; rights of the public; limitations of the rights of the public; access; carriage crossings; stopping up a means of access; stopping up, diversion and extinguishing highways - the 1980 Act procedure, the 1971 Act procedure; protection of highways - criminal offence at common law, common law nuisance (private and public), criminal offence under statute, construction operations near the highway; activities related to construction work on or near to the highway - work which causes actual damage to the highway, prohibition of soiling the highway, power to remove structures and projections, safety precautions to prevent damage to the street, building close by, under or over a highway, facilitating building operations; builders skips - defences, removal of builders skips; hoardings; scaffolding; lines - building lines, improvement lines; making up new streets; new streets; town and country planning; enforcement; Private Street Works Code; Advance Payments Code; agreement under Section 38; private roads; adoption of streets; serving notices; civil liability; short case studies.