246 Acquisition of land for mitigating adverse effects of constructing or improving highway
Highways Act 1980 (1980 c 66) | Legislation

246  Acquisition of land for mitigating adverse effects of constructing or improving highway

(1)     Subject to subsection (3) below, a highway authority may acquire land for the purpose of mitigating any adverse effect which the existence or use of a highway constructed or improved by them, or proposed to be constructed or improved by them, has or will have on the surroundings of the highway.

(2)     Subject to subsection (3) below, a highway authority may acquire by agreement (but not compulsorily)—

(a)     land the enjoyment of which is seriously affected by the carrying out of works by the authority for the construction or improvement of a highway;

(b)     land the enjoyment of which is seriously affected by the use of a highway which the authority have constructed or improved,

[if the interest of the vendor is a qualifying interest].

[(2A)

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