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Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
sec.251Maintaining roads crossing railways
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### sec.251 Maintaining roads crossing railways
A railway manager for a railway must maintain—
the part of the railway on a road; and
the surface of a road, in a character in keeping with the road—
between the rails; and
outside the outermost rails to a distance of 0.6m.
If a railway is built by way of a bridge or other structure over or under a road, the authority that maintained the road before the railway was built must continue to maintain the road under or over the bridge or structure.
s 251 ins 1995 No. 32 s 11
amd 1997 No. 66 s 46
(sec.251-ssec.1) A railway manager for a railway must maintain— the part of the railway on a road; and the surface of a road, in a character in keeping with the road— between the rails; and outside the outermost rails to a distance of 0.6m.
(sec.251-ssec.2) If a railway is built by way of a bridge or other structure over or under a road, the authority that maintained the road before the railway was built must continue to maintain the road under or over the bridge or structure.
- (a) the part of the railway on a road; and
- (b) the surface of a road, in a character in keeping with the road— (i) between the rails; and (ii) outside the outermost rails to a distance of 0.6m.
- (i) between the rails; and
- (ii) outside the outermost rails to a distance of 0.6m.
- (i) between the rails; and
- (ii) outside the outermost rails to a distance of 0.6m.