HL Deb 01 November 1999 vol 606 cc689-90

4.—(1) Section 248 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2) (Secretary of State's power to stop up or divert a highway affected by construction or improvement of another highway) after ''applies" there shall be inserted "and the place where the other highway crosses or enters the route of the main highway or is otherwise affected is outside Greater London".

(3) After subsection (2) there shall be inserted— (2A) Where this section applies and the place where the other highway crosses or enters the route of the main highway or is otherwise affected is within a London borough, if it appears to the council of that borough expedient to do so—

  1. (a) in the interests of the safety of users of the main highway; or
  2. (b) to facilitate the movement of traffic on the main highway,
it may by order authorise the stopping up or diversion of the other highway.".

(4) In subsection (3) (application of section 247 to orders under section 248)—

  1. (a) after "Subsections (2)" there shall be inserted "and (2B)",
  2. (b) for "subsection (2)" there shall be substituted "subsections (2) and (2B)".