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The Highways Act 1980 consolidates the law relating to highways in England and Wales. It defines highway authority responsibilities, creation and stopping up of highways, maintenance duties, and offences relating to obstruction.
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- Highway authority duty to maintain highways maintainable at public expense (s.41)
- Section 38 agreements — developers can agree to have new roads adopted as highways
- Section 278 agreements — developers fund works to existing highways
- Criminal offence to wilfully obstruct a highway (s.137)
- Powers to create, divert, and stop up footpaths and bridleways
- Liability for non-repair — highway authority liable for damage caused by failure to maintain