HC Deb 18 November 1997 vol 301 c133W
Mr. Ottaway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what statutory authority there is for highway authorities to close a subway. [16118]

Ms Glenda Jackson

Section 69 of the Highways Act 1980 permits highway authorities to provide pedestrian subways, and to alter, close temporarily, or remove them.