Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

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Construction of new roads other than special roads by local roads authority; and entry of such new roads and of special roads in list of public roads. i) may include advances in connection with the exercise of any power conferred on a local roads authority by section 52, 53 or 106 of this Act; They are mainly required in connection with maintenance, repair and construction works. They are not open to objection although certain statutory procedures need to be followed as set out in the regulations relating to the TTROs. Regulations

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— I Public Roads For the determination to be made, the potential environmental impacts must be assessed against specific criteria set out in Annex III and identify measures that will be implemented to minimise those impacts identified.

Changes over time for: Section 59

a ) in paragraph ( a ) of subsection (1) above may include advances for the purpose of carrying out surveys with a view to ascertaining the need for the construction or improvement of roads (whether or not such construction or improvement is thereafter proceeded with); and b ) advances in respect of the acquisition of land by them where he is satisfied that the land has been or is to be acquired by the authority with a view to the construction of a new road or the improvement of a road. View Environmental Impact Assessment Record of Determination - A8 - Marypark Road to Inverclyde Boundary View Environmental Impact Assessment Record of Determination - A985 Kincardine Bridge - Maintenance Schemes

The local roads authority may, subject to the provisions of this Act, add to or delete from their list of public roads; but before any entry for a road which for the time being is a private road is so added or any entry for a public road is so deleted they shall— Transport Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers are required to determine if the works require an EIA to be completed. Subject to subsection (10) below, a local roads authority shall manage and maintain all such roads in their area as are for the time being entered in a list (in this Act referred to as their ‘list of public roads’) prepared and kept by them under this section; and for the purposes of such management and maintenance (and without prejudice to this subsection's generality) they shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have power to reconstruct, alter, widen, improve or renew any such road or to determine the means by which the public right of passage over it, or over any part of it, may be exercised.i) includes not less than half of the boundary between the land fronting or abutting the road mentioned in subsection (4)( a Every road maintainable by the Secretary of State under subsection (1) above shall vest in him for the purposes of his functions as roads authority; but such vesting shall not confer on him any heritable right in relation to a road. Section cited in: 5 cases, one other sources, 11 Laws or Regulations Amended by