The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020

• (3) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule imposes any liability on the undertaker with respect to any damage, costs, expenses or loss attributable to the negligence of Network Rail or its servants, contractors or agents or any liability on Network Rail with respect of any damage, costs, expenses or loss attributable to the negligence of the undertaker or its servants, contractors or agents.

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The undertaker must—

• (a) at all times afford reasonable facilities to the engineer for access to a specified work during its construction; and

• (b) supply the engineer with all such information as he may reasonably require with regard to a specified work or the method of constructing it.

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Network Rail must at all times afford reasonable facilities to the undertaker and its agents for access to any works carried out by Network Rail under this Part of this Schedule during their construction and must supply the undertaker with such information as it may reasonably require with regard to such works or the method of constructing them.

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• (1) If any permanent or temporary alterations or additions to railway property, are reasonably necessary in consequence of the construction of a specified work, or during a period of 24 months after the completion of that work in order to ensure the safety of railway property or the continued safe operation of the railway of Network Rail, such alterations and additions may be carried out by Network Rail and if Network Rail gives to the undertaker reasonable notice of its intention to carry out such alterations or additions (which must be specified in the notice), the undertaker must pay to Network Rail the reasonable cost of those alterations or additions including, in respect of any such alterations and additions as are to be permanent, a capitalised sum representing the increase of the costs which may be expected to be reasonably incurred by Network Rail in maintaining, working and, when necessary, renewing any such alterations or additions.

• (2) If during the construction of a specified work by the undertaker, Network Rail gives notice to the undertaker that Network Rail desires itself to construct that part of the specified work which in the opinion of the engineer is endangering the stability of railway property or the safe operation of traffic on the railways of Network Rail then, if the undertaker decides that part of the specified work is to be constructed, Network Rail must assume construction of that part of the specified work and the undertaker must, notwithstanding any such approval of a specified work under paragraph 5(3) of this Part of this Schedule, pay to Network Rail all reasonable expenses to which Network Rail may be put and compensation for any loss which it may suffer by reason of the execution by Network Rail of that specified work.

• (3) The engineer must, in respect of the capitalised sums referred to in this paragraph and paragraph 10(a) of this Part of this Schedule provide such details of the formula by which those sums have been calculated as the undertaker may reasonably require.

• (4) If the cost of maintaining, working or renewing railway property is reduced in consequence of any such alterations or additions a capitalised sum representing such saving must be set off against any sum payable by the undertaker to Network Rail under this paragraph.

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The undertaker must repay to Network Rail all reasonable fees, costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by Network Rail—

• (a) in constructing any part of a specified work on behalf of the undertaker as provided by paragraph 5(3) of this Part of this Schedule or in constructing any protective works under the provisions of paragraph 5(4) of this Part of this Schedule including, in respect of any permanent protective works, a capitalised sum representing the cost of maintaining and renewing those works;

• (b) in respect of the approval by the engineer of plans submitted by the undertaker and the supervision by the engineer of the construction of a specified work;

• (c) in respect of the employment or procurement of the services of any inspectors, signalmen, watchmen and other persons whom it is reasonably necessary to appoint for inspecting, signalling, watching and lighting railway property and for preventing, so far as may be reasonably practicable, interference, obstruction, danger or accident arising from the construction or failure of a specified work;

• (d) in respect of any special traffic working resulting from any speed restrictions which may, in the opinion of the engineer, require to be imposed by reason or in consequence of the construction or failure of a specified work or from the substitution or diversion of services which may be reasonably necessary for the same reason; and

• (e) in respect of any additional temporary lighting of railway property in the vicinity of the specified works, being lighting made reasonably necessary by reason or in consequence of the construction or failure of a specified work.

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• (1) In this paragraph—

• “EMI” means, subject to sub-paragraph (2), electromagnetic interference with Network Rail apparatus generated by the operation of the authorised development where such interference is of a level which adversely affects the safe operation of Network Rail’s apparatus; and

• “Network Rail’s apparatus” means any lines, circuits, wires, apparatus or equipment (whether or not modified or installed as part of the authorised development) which are owned or used by Network Rail for the purpose of transmitting or receiving electrical energy or of radio, telegraphic, telephonic, electric, electronic or other like means of signalling or other communications.

• (2) This paragraph applies to EMI only to the extent that such EMI is not attributable to any change to Network Rail’s apparatus carried out after approval of plans under paragraph 5(1) of this Part of this Schedule for the relevant part of the authorised development giving rise to EMI (unless the undertaker has been given notice in writing before the approval of those plans of the intention to make such change).

• (3) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), the undertaker must in the design and construction of the authorised development take all measures necessary to prevent EMI and must establish with Network Rail (both parties acting reasonably) appropriate arrangements to verify their effectiveness.

• (4) In order to facilitate the undertaker’s compliance with sub-paragraph (3)—

• (a) the undertaker must consult with Network Rail as early as reasonably practicable to identify all Network Rail’s apparatus which may be at risk of EMI, and thereafter must continue to consult with Network Rail (both before and after formal submission of plans under paragraph 5(1) of this Part of this Schedule) in order to identify all potential causes of EMI and the measures required to eliminate them;

• (b) Network Rail must make available to the undertaker all information in the possession of Network Rail reasonably requested by the undertaker in respect of Network Rail’s apparatus identified pursuant to sub-paragraph (a); and

• (c) Network Rail must allow the undertaker reasonable facilities for the inspection of Network Rail’s apparatus identified pursuant to sub-paragraph (a).

• (5) In any case where it is established that EMI can only reasonably be prevented by modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus, Network Rail must not withhold its consent unreasonably to modifications of Network Rail’s apparatus, but the means of prevention and the method of their execution must be selected in the reasonable discretion of Network Rail, and in relation to such modifications paragraph 5(1) of this Part of this Schedule has effect subject to this sub-paragraph.

• (6) If at any time prior to the commencement of regular revenue-earning operations comprised in the authorised development and notwithstanding any measures adopted pursuant to sub-paragraph (3), the testing or commissioning of the authorised development causes EMI then the undertaker must immediately upon receipt of notification by Network Rail of such EMI either in writing or communicated orally (such oral communication to be confirmed in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after it has been issued) forthwith cease to use (or procure the cessation of use of) the undertaker’s apparatus causing such EMI until all measures necessary have been taken to remedy such EMI by way of modification to the source of such EMI or (in the circumstances, and subject to the consent, specified in sub-paragraph (5)) to Network Rail’s apparatus.

• (7) In the event of EMI having occurred—

• (a) the undertaker must afford reasonable facilities to Network Rail for access to the undertaker’s apparatus in the investigation of such EMI;

• (b) Network Rail must afford reasonable facilities to the undertaker for access to Network Rail’s apparatus in the investigation of such EMI; and

• (c) Network Rail must make available to the undertaker any additional material information in its possession reasonably requested by the undertaker in respect of Network Rail’s apparatus or such EMI.

• (8) Where Network Rail approves modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus pursuant to sub-paragraphs (5) or (6)—

• (a) Network Rail must allow the undertaker reasonable facilities for the inspection of the relevant part of Network Rail’s apparatus; and

• (b) such modifications must be carried out and completed by the undertaker in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Part of this Schedule.

• (9) To the extent that it would not otherwise do so, the indemnity in paragraph 15(1) of this Part of this Schedule applies to the costs and expenses reasonably incurred or losses suffered by Network Rail through the implementation of the provisions of this paragraph (including costs incurred in connection with the consideration of proposals, approval of plans, supervision and inspection of works and facilitating access to Network Rail’s apparatus) or in consequence of any EMI to which sub-paragraph (6) applies.

• (10) For the purpose of paragraph 10(a) of this Part of this Schedule any modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus under this paragraph are deemed to be protective works referred to in that paragraph.

• (11) In relation to any dispute arising under this paragraph the reference in article 47 (arbitration) to the Institution of Civil Engineers is to be read as a reference to the Institution of Electrical Engineers.

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If at any time after the completion of a specified work, not being a work vested in Network Rail, Network Rail gives notice to the undertaker informing it that the state of maintenance of any part of the specified work appears to be such as adversely affects the operation of railway property, the undertaker must, on receipt of such notice, take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to put that specified work in such state of maintenance as not adversely to affect railway property.

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The undertaker must not provide any illumination or illuminated sign or signal on or in connection with a specified work in the vicinity of any railway belonging to Network Rail unless it has first consulted Network Rail and it must comply with Network Rail’s reasonable requirements for preventing confusion between such illumination or illuminated sign or signal and any railway signal or other light used for controlling, directing or securing the safety of traffic on the railway.

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Any additional expenses which Network Rail may reasonably incur in altering, reconstructing or maintaining railway property under any powers existing at the making of this Order by reason of the existence of a specified work must, provided that 56 days’ previous notice of the commencement of such alteration, reconstruction or maintenance has been given to the undertaker, be repaid by the undertaker to Network Rail.

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• (1) The undertaker must pay to Network Rail all reasonable costs, charges, damages and expenses not otherwise provided for in this Part of this Schedule which may be occasioned to or reasonably incurred by Network Rail—

• (a) by reason of the construction or maintenance of a specified work or the failure thereof; or

• (b) by reason of any act or omission of the undertaker or of any person in its employ or of its contractors or others whilst engaged upon a specified work,

and the undertaker must indemnify and keep indemnified Network Rail from and against all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with a specified work or any such failure, act or omission; and the fact that any act or thing may have been done by Network Rail on behalf of the undertaker or in accordance with plans approved by the engineer or in accordance with any requirement of the engineer or under his supervision does not (if it was done without negligence on the part of Network Rail or of any person in its employ or of its contractors or agents) excuse the undertaker from any liability under the provisions of this sub-paragraph.

• (2) Network Rail must give the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and no settlement or compromise of such a claim or demand is to be made without the prior consent of the undertaker.

• (3) The sums payable by the undertaker under sub-paragraph (1) is to include a sum equivalent to the relevant costs.

• (4) Subject to the terms of any agreement between Network Rail and a train operator regarding the timing or method of payment of the relevant costs in respect of that train operator, Network Rail must promptly pay to each train operator the amount of any sums which Network Rail receives under sub-paragraph (3) which relates to the relevant costs of that train operator.

• (5) The obligation under sub-paragraph (3) to pay Network Rail the relevant costs is, in the event of default, enforceable directly by any train operator concerned to the extent that such sums would be payable to that operator pursuant to sub-paragraph (4).

• (6) In this paragraph—

• “the relevant costs” means the costs, direct losses and expenses (including loss of revenue) reasonably incurred by each train operator as a consequence of any restriction of the use of Network Rail’s railway network as a result of the construction, maintenance or failure of a specified work or any such act or omission as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1); and

• “train operator” means any person who is authorised to act as the operator of a train by a licence under section 8 (licences) of the Railways Act 1993.

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Network Rail must, on receipt of a request from the undertaker, from time to time provide the undertaker free of charge with written estimates of the costs, charges, expenses and other liabilities for which the undertaker is or will become liable under this Part of this Schedule (including the amount of the relevant costs mentioned in paragraph 15 of this Part of this Schedule) and with such information as may reasonably enable the undertaker to assess the reasonableness of any such estimate or claim made or to be made pursuant to this Part of this Schedule (including any claim relating to those relevant costs).

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In the assessment of any sums payable to Network Rail under this Part of this Schedule there must not be taken into account any increase in the sums claimed that is attributable to any action taken by or any agreement entered into by Network Rail if that action or agreement was not reasonably necessary and was taken or entered into with a view to obtaining the payment of those sums by the undertaker under this Part of this Schedule or increasing the sums so payable.

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The undertaker and Network Rail may, subject in the case of Network Rail to compliance with the terms of its network licence, enter into, and carry into effect, agreements for the transfer to the undertaker of—

• (a) any railway property shown on the works and land plans and described in the book of reference;

• (b) any lands, works or other property held in connection with any such railway property; and

• (c) any rights and obligations (whether or not statutory) of Network Rail relating to any railway property or any lands, works or other property referred to in this paragraph.

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Nothing in this Order, or in any enactment incorporated with or applied by this Order, prejudices or affects the operation of Part 1 of the Railways Act 1993.

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The undertaker must give written notice to Network Rail if any application is proposed to be made by the undertaker for the Secretary of State’s consent, under article 7 (benefit of order) of this Order and any such notice must be given no later than 28 days before any such application is made and must describe or give (as appropriate)—

• (a) the nature of the application to be made;

• (b) the extent of the geographical area to which the application relates; and

• (c) the name and address of the person acting for the Secretary of State to whom the application is to be made.

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The undertaker must no later than 28 days from the date that the plans submitted to and certified by the Secretary of State in accordance with article 45 (certification of plans and documents) are certified by the Secretary of State, provide a set of those plans to Network Rail in the form of a computer disc with read only memory.

PART 2 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS ENGLAND

Application

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The provisions of this Part of this Schedule have effect, and apply to the trunk road works, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and Highways England.

Interpretation

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• (1) The terms used in this Part of this Schedule are as defined in article 2 (interpretation) of this Order save where inconsistent with sub-paragraph (2) which will prevail.

• (2) In this Part of this Schedule—

• “as built information” means one digital copy of the following information where applicable to the phase in question— as constructed drawings in both PDF and AutoCAD DWG formats for anything designed by the undertaker in compliance with Interim Advice Note 184 or any successor document; list of suppliers and materials used; product data sheets and technical specifications for all materials used; as constructed information for any utilities discovered or moved during the works; method statements for works carried out; in relation to road lighting, signs and traffic signals any information required by Series 1400 of the Specification for Highway Works; organisation and methods manuals for all products used in the construction of the trunk road works; as constructed programme; test results and records as required by the detailed design information and during the construction phase of the trunk road works; RSA 3 and exceptions agreed; health and safety file; and other such information as is necessary to enable Highways England to update all relevant databases and to ensure compliance with the Highways England Asset Data Management Manual as in operation at the relevant time including CCTV surveys.

• “the bond sum” means the sum equal to 120% of the cost of the carrying out of the phase of the trunk road works concerned (to include all costs including the commuted sum) or such other sum agreed between the undertaker and Highways England;

• “the cash surety” means the sum of £150,000 or such other sum agreed between the undertaker and Highways England;

• “commuted sum” means such sum as calculated for each phase as provided for in paragraph 10 of this Part of this Schedule to be used to fund the future cost of maintaining the trunk road works;

• “contractor” means any contractor or sub-contractor appointed by the undertaker to carry out the trunk road works or any phase of the trunk road works and approved by Highways England in accordance with paragraph 3(3) of this Part of this Schedule;

• “county highway works” means those parts of works Nos. 4 and 7 shown coloured pink and yellow on the future highway maintenance plans the general arrangement of which is shown on the highways general arrangement plans and any ancillary works thereto;

• “detailed design information” means drawings, specifications and calculations as appropriate for the following, and in accordance with the general arrangements of the trunk road works shown on the highway general arrangement plans unless otherwise agreed between Highways England and the undertaker— site clearance details; boundary, environmental and mitigation fencing; road restraints systems and supporting Road Restraint Risk Appraisal Process assessment (RRRAP); drainage and ducting as required by Series 500 of the Specification for Highway Works, HD43/04, IAN 147/12 and SD15 Parts 1-6 inclusive; earthworks including supporting geotechnical assessments required by HD22/08 and any required Strengthened Earthworks Appraisal Form certification; pavement, pavement foundations, kerbs, footways and paved areas; traffic signs and road markings; traffic signal equipment and associated signal phasing and timing detail; road lighting (including columns and brackets); electrical work for road lighting, traffic signs and signals; highway structures and any required structural approval in principle (AIP); landscaping; agreed departures from the Designs Manual for Roads and Bridges standards; a report of walking, cycling and horse riding carried out in accordance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Standard KD42/17 or any successor document; Stage 2 Road Safety Audit and exceptions agreed, and in the event that any works are not commenced within five years of the date of the Stage 1 Road Safety Audit a further Stage 1 Road Safety Audit and exceptions agreed; utilities diversions; topographical survey; maintenance and repair strategy in accordance with Designing for Maintenance Interim Advice Note 69/15 or any successor document; and health and safety information including any asbestos survey required by GD05/16 or any successor document, where relevant to the Phase concerned;

• “dilapidation survey” means a survey of the condition of the roads, bridges and retaining walls which will be the subject of the physical works comprised in the phase concerned;

• “estimated costs” means the estimated costs in respect of each phase agreed in accordance with paragraph 5(1)(b) to (d) and (5) of this Part of this Schedule;

• “the excess” means the amount by which Highways England estimates that the costs referred to in paragraph 5(1)(b) to (d) of this Part of this Schedule will exceed the estimated costs in accordance with paragraph 5(5)(b);

• “nominated persons” means the undertaker’s representatives or the contractors’ representatives on site during the carrying out of the trunk road works as notified to Highways England from time to time;

• “phase” means that part of the trunk road works which is to be carried out in separate phases within the area identified separately as Works Nos. 7 on the works plans such phasing arrangements to be as agreed with Highways England;

• “programme of works” means a document setting out the sequence and timetabling of the phase of the trunk road works in question;

• “Road Safety Audit” means an audit carried out in accordance with the Road Safety Audit Standard, and the approved audit team will include a member of Highways England West Midlands Asset Delivery Road Safety Team;

• “Road Safety Audit Standard” means the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Standard HD 19/15 or any successor document;

• “trunk road works” means that part of Works Nos. 4 or 7 shown coloured green and blue on the future highway maintenance plans, the general arrangement of which is shown on the relevant highway general arrangement plans and any ancillary works thereto;

• “utilities” means any pipes, wires, cables or equipment belonging to any person or body having power or consent to undertake street works under the 1991 Act; and

• “winter maintenance” means maintenance of the road surface to deal with snow and ice.

Prior Approvals and Security

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• (1) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until the detailed design information and a programme of works in respect of that phase has been submitted to and approved by Highways England.

• (2) Highways England must nominate a person who will be a single point of contact on behalf of Highways England for consideration of the detailed design information and who will co-ordinate the Highways England response to the details submitted.

• (3) No works must commence on any phase of the trunk road works other than by a contractor employed by the undertaker for that phase but first approved by Highways England.

• (4) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until Highways England has agreed the bond sum for that phase and the undertaker has provided security for the carrying out of those works as provided for in paragraph 9 of this Part of this Schedule or some other form of security acceptable to Highways England.

• (5) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until Stage 1 and Stage 2 Road Safety Audits have been carried out in respect of that phase and all recommendations raised incorporated into an amended design approved by Highways England or secured by agreement with Highways England pursuant to article 20 (arrangements with highway authorities) or any relevant exceptions approved by Highways England.

• (6) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until the undertaker demonstrates to the satisfaction of Highways England that the walking, cycling and horse riding assessment and review process for that phase has been adhered to in accordance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Standard HD 42/17 or any successor document.

• (7) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until a scheme of traffic management has been submitted by the undertaker and approved by Highways England for that phase, such scheme to be capable of amendment by agreement between the undertaker and Highways England from time to time.

• (8) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until stakeholder liaison has taken place for that phase in accordance with a scheme for such liaison agreed between the undertaker and Highways England.

• (9) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until Highways England has approved the audit brief and CVs for all road safety audits and exceptions to items raised if appropriate for that phase in accordance with the Road Safety Audit Standard.

• (10) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until the undertaker has agreed the commuted sum for that phase with Highways England to be calculated in accordance with paragraph 10 of this Part of this Schedule.

• (11) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until a dilapidation survey for that phase has been carried out by the undertaker and has been submitted to and approved in writing by Highways England.

• (12) No work must commence on any phase of the trunk road works until the scope of all routine maintenance to be carried out by the undertaker during the construction of the phase concerned has been agreed in writing by Highways England, such maintenance only to include winter maintenance of the phase concerned when—

• (a) access to carry out such maintenance by Highways England is not available by virtue of the works being carried out at that phase; and

• (b) any winter maintenance is needed immediately prior to the opening of any carriageway to traffic when that carriageway had been closed for the purposes of the carrying out of the phase concerned.

Carrying out of works

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• (1) The undertaker must prior to commencement of each phase of the trunk road works give Highways England 28 days’ notice in writing of the date on which that phase will start unless otherwise agreed by Highways England.

• (2) The undertaker must comply with Highways England’s usual road space booking procedures prior to and during the carrying out of each phase of the trunk road works and no trunk road works for which a road space booking is required is to commence without a road space booking having first been secured such road space booking not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

• (3) Each phase of the trunk road works must be carried out to the satisfaction of Highways England in accordance with—

• (a) the relevant detailed design information and a programme of works approved pursuant to paragraph 3(1) of this Part of this Schedule or as subsequently varied by agreement between the undertaker and Highways England;

• (b) the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, the Specification for Highway Works (contained within the Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works), all relevant interim advice notes, the Traffic Signs Manual and Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016⁸⁴ and any amendment to or replacement thereof for the time being in force save to the extent that they are inconsistent with the general arrangement of the trunk road works as shown on the highways general arrangement plans or a departure from such standards has been approved by Highways England;

• (c) such approvals or requirements of Highways England that are required by the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Part of this Schedule to be in place prior to the relevant phase of the trunk road works being undertaken; and

• (d) all aspects of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015⁸⁵ and in particular the undertaker, as client, must ensure that all client duties (as defined in those regulations) are undertaken to the satisfaction of Highways England.

• (4) The undertaker must permit and require the contractor to permit at all reasonable times persons authorised by Highways England (whose identity must be previously notified to the undertaker by Highways England) to gain access to the trunk road works and county highway works for the purposes of inspection and supervision and the undertaker must provide to Highways England contact details of the nominated persons with whom Highways England should liaise during the carrying out of the trunk road works.

• (5) At any time during the carrying out of the trunk road works the nominated persons must act upon any reasonable request made by Highways England in relation to the carrying out of the trunk road works as soon as practicable following such request being made to the nominated persons save to the extent that the contents of such request are inconsistent with or fall outside the contractor’s obligations under its contract with the undertaker or the undertaker’s obligations in this Order.

• (6) If at any time the undertaker does not comply with any of the terms of this Part of this Schedule in respect of any phase of the trunk road works having been given notice of an alleged breach and an adequate opportunity to remedy it by Highways England then Highways England on giving the undertaker 14 days’ notice in writing to that effect be entitled to—

• (a) (carry out and complete that phase of the trunk road works and any maintenance works which the undertaker would have been responsible for on the undertaker’s behalf; or

• (b) carry out such necessary works of reinstatement of the highway and other land and premises of Highways England,

and in either case the undertaker must within 28 days of receipt of the itemised costs pay to Highways England the costs so incurred by Highways England.

• (7) If at any time the undertaker in carrying out the authorised development causes any damage or disruption to the strategic road network not hereby authorised then Highways England is to give notice of such damage or disruption and allow the undertaker 14 days to remedy the problem. Should the undertaker fail to adequately remedy the problem to the satisfaction of Highways England. Highways England, on giving to the undertaker 7 days’ notice in writing to that effect, is entitled to carry out such necessary works as Highways England acting reasonably deem appropriate to remedy the damage or disruption, and the undertaker must within 28 days of receipt of the itemised costs pay to Highways England the costs so incurred by Highways England.

• (8) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule prevents Highways England from carrying out any work or taking such action as deemed appropriate, without prior notice to the undertaker, in the event of an emergency or danger to the public. The cost to Highways England of such work or action being chargeable to and recoverable from the undertaker if the need for such action arises from the carrying out of the authorised development. This provision applies to all areas of the authorised development including any area of traffic management deployed under the traffic management plan approved pursuant to paragraph 3(7) of this Part of this Schedule to facilitate delivery of the authorised development.

• (9) The undertaker in carrying out each phase of the trunk road works must at its own expense divert or protect all utilities as may be necessary to enable the trunk road works to be properly carried out and all agreed alterations to existing services must be carried out to the reasonable satisfaction of Highways England.

• (10) During the construction of each phase of the trunk road works the undertaker is responsible for all routine maintenance at its cost within that phase (including winter maintenance when required to be undertaken by the undertaker in accordance with paragraph 3(12) of this Part of this Schedule). All routine maintenance must be carried out in accordance with the scope of routine maintenance operations agreed by Highways England in accordance with paragraph 3(12).

Payments

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• (1) The undertaker must fund the whole of the cost of the trunk road works and all costs incidental to the trunk road works and must also pay to Highways England in respect of each phase of the trunk road works a sum equal to the whole of any costs and expenses which Highways England incur including costs and expenses for using external staff and resources as well as costs and expenses of using in-house staff and resources in relation to the trunk road works and arising out of them and their implementation, including—

• (a) the checking and approval of all design work carried out by or on behalf of the undertaker for that phase;

• (b) costs in relation to agreeing the programme of works for that phase;

• (c) the carrying out of supervision of that phase; and

• (d) all administrative costs in relation to paragraphs (a) and (b),

together comprising “the estimated costs”.

• (2) The sums referred to in sub-paragraph (1) do not include any sums payable from the undertaker to the contractor but do include any value added tax which is payable by Highways England in respect of such costs and expenses and for which it cannot obtain reinstatement from HM Revenue and Customs.

• (3) The undertaker must pay to Highways England upon demand and prior to such costs being incurred the total costs that Highways England believe will be properly and necessarily incurred by Highways England in undertaking any statutory procedure or preparing and bringing into force any traffic regulation order or orders necessary to carry out or for effectively implementing the trunk road works provided that this paragraph does not apply to the making of any orders which duplicate orders contained in this Order.

• (4) The undertaker must make the payments of the estimated costs as follows—

• (a) the undertaker must pay a sum equal to the anticipated cost of the tasks referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (d) to Highways England prior to Highways England undertaking those tasks;

• (b) the undertaker must pay a sum equal to the anticipated cost of the tasks referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c) prior to commencing that phase;

• (c) if at any time after the payment in respect of a phase referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(a) and (b) has become payable and Highways England reasonably estimates that the costs in respect of that phase referred to in sub-paragraph (1) will exceed the estimated costs for that phase it may give notice to the undertaker of the amount by which it then reasonably estimates those costs will exceed the estimated costs (“the excess”) and the undertaker must pay to Highways England within 28 days of the date of that notice a sum equal to the excess.

• (5) Within 91 days of the issue of the handover certificate for each phase of the trunk road works in accordance with paragraph 7 of this Part of this Schedule, Highways England must give the undertaker a final account of the costs referred to in sub-paragraph (1) and within 28 days from the expiry of the 91-day period—

• (a) if the account shows a further sum as due to Highways England the undertaker must pay to Highways England the sum shown due to it in that final account; and

• (b) if the account shows that the payment or payments previously made have exceeded those costs Highways England must refund the difference to the undertaker.

• (6) If any payment due under any of the provisions of this Part of this Schedule is not made on or before the date on which it falls due the party from whom it was due must at the same time as making the payment pay to the other party interest at 1% above the rate payable in respect of compensation under section 32 (rate of interest after entry on land) of the 1961 Act for the period starting on the date upon which the payment fell due and ending with the date of payment of the sum on which interest is payable together with that interest.

Provisional certificate

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• (1) As soon as—

• (a) each phase of the trunk road works has been completed; and

• (b) a Stage 3 Road Safety Audit for that phase has been carried out and any resulting recommendations complied with Highways England and any exceptions agreed,

Highways England must issue a provisional certificate of completion in respect of that phase, such certificate not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Handover certificate and defects period

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• (1) As soon as, in respect of a phase—

• (a) the undertaker has carried out a dilapidation survey in accordance with paragraph 3(11) of this Part of this Schedule and completed any remedial works necessary to bring that area into as good a condition as when it was originally surveyed, such works to be first agreed with Highways England;

• (b) the undertaker has provided a plan clearly identifying the extent of any land which is to become highway maintainable at public expense together with any ancillary equipment that will become the responsibility of Highways England; and

• (c) the as built information has been provided to Highways England,

Highways England must forthwith issue a handover certificate in respect of that phase such certificate not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

• (2) The undertaker must at its own expense remedy any defects in any phase of the trunk road works as are reasonably required to be remedied by Highways England during a period of 12 months from the date of the handover certificate in respect of that phase. All identified defects are to be remedied in accordance with the following timescales—

• (a) in respect of matters of urgency, within 24 hours of receiving notification (urgency to be determined at the absolute discretion of Highways England);

• (b) in respect of matters which Highways England consider to be serious defects or faults, within 14 days of receiving notification or, if a road space booking is required at the time when the road space is available, whichever is the later; and

• (c) in respect of all other defects notified to the undertaker, within 4 weeks of receiving notification or, if a road space booking is required, at the time when the road space is available, whichever is the later.

• (3) Following the issue of the handover certificate in respect of a phase, Highways England is to be responsible for the trunk road works within that phase which will thereafter be maintained by and at the expense of Highways England.

• (4) The undertaker must submit Stage 4 Road Safety Audits for each phase as required by and in line with the timescales stipulated in the Road Safety Audit Standard. The undertaker must comply with the findings of the Stage 4 Road Safety Audits and be responsible for all costs of and incidental to such.

Final certificate

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Highways England must issue the final certificate in respect of each phase at the expiration of the 12-month period in respect of that phase referred to in paragraph 7(2) of this Part of this Schedule or if later on the date on which any defects or damage arising from defects during that period have been made good to the reasonable satisfaction of Highways England such certificate not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Security

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• (1) Subject to paragraph 3(4) of this Part of this Schedule the undertaker must provide security for the carrying out of the trunk road works as follows—

• (a) prior to the commencement of each phase, the trunk road works within that phase must be secured by a bond from a bondsman first approved by Highways England drafted substantially as detailed in Form 1 contained in paragraph 17 of this Part of this Schedule, or such other form that may be agreed between the undertaker and Highways England, to indemnify Highways England against all losses, damages, costs or expenses arising from any breach of any one or more of the obligations of the undertaker in respect of that phase under the provisions of this Part of this Schedule provided that the maximum liability of the bond does not exceed the bond sum relating to that phase; and

• (b) prior to the commencement of the trunk road works the undertaker must provide the cash surety which may be utilised by Highways England in the event of the undertaker failing to meet its obligations to make payments under paragraph 5 of this Part of this Schedule or to carry out works the need for which arises from a breach of one or more of the obligations of the undertaker (which will be a single cash surety for the entirety of the trunk road works).

• (2) Each bond sum and the cash surety (the latter in respect of the final phase only) must be progressively reduced as follows—

• (a) on receipt of written confirmation (including receipt of receipted invoices evidencing payments made by the undertaker to the contractors) from the undertaker of the payments made from time to time to the contractor Highways England must in writing authorise the reduction of the bond sum by such proportion of the bond sum as amounts to 80% of those payments provided that an evaluation of the trunk road works completed and remaining has been carried out by the undertaker and audited and agreed by Highways England to ensure that the stage of completion of the works is relative to the payments made by the undertaker to the contractors. Highways England will only be required to provide the said authorisation if it is satisfied that the monies remaining secured by the bond sum will be sufficient to cover all remaining costs and liabilities anticipated to be incurred in completing the trunk road works plus an additional 20%;

• (b) within 20 working days of completion of each phase of the trunk road works (as evidenced by the issuing of the provisional certificate in respect of that phase in accordance with paragraph 6(1) of this Part of this Schedule) Highways England must in writing release the bond provider from its obligations in respect of 80% of the bond sum relating to that phase (“the revised bond sum”) save insofar as any claim or claims have been made against the bond and/or liability on its part has arisen prior to that date in which case Highways England will retain a sufficient sum to meet all necessary costs; and

• (c) within 20 working days of the issue of the final certificate for each phase of the trunk road works referred to in paragraph 8 of this part of this Schedule, Highways England must in writing release the bond provider from its obligations in respect of the revised bond sum relating to that phase and (in respect of the final phase) release the remainder of the cash surety to the undertaker save insofar as any claim or claims have been made against the bond or liability on its part has arisen prior to that date in which case Highways England will retain a sufficient sum to meet all necessary costs.

Commuted sums

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The undertaker must pay to Highways England the commuted sum for the relevant phase calculated in accordance with FS Guidance S278 Commuted Lump Sum Calculation dated 18th January 2010 within 28 days of the date of that phase of the trunk road works becomes maintainable by Highways England in accordance with paragraph 7(3) of this Part of this Schedule.

Insurance

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The undertaker must prior to commencement of the trunk road works effect public liability insurance with an insurer in the minimum sum of £10,000,000.00 (ten million pounds) against any legal liability for damage loss or injury to any property or any person as a direct result of the execution of the trunk road works or any part thereof by the undertaker.

Indemnification

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• (1) The undertaker must in relation to the carrying out of the trunk road works take such precautions for the protection of the public and private interest as would be incumbent upon it if it were the highway authority and must indemnify Highways England from and against all costs expenses damages losses and liabilities arising from or in connection with or ancillary to any claim demand action or proceedings resulting from the design and carrying out of the trunk road works provided that—

• (a) the foregoing indemnity does not extend to any costs, expenses, liabilities and damages caused by or arising out of the neglect or default of Highways England or its officers, servants, agents or contractors or any person or body for whom it is responsible;

• (b) Highways England must notify the undertaker immediately upon receipt of any claim; and

• (c) Highways England must, following the acceptance of any claim, notify the quantum to the undertaker in writing and the undertaker must within 14 days of the receipt of such notification pay to Highways England the amount specified as the quantum of such claim.

• (2) The undertaker must notify Highways England of the intended date of opening of each phase to public traffic not less than 14 days in advance of the intended date and the undertaker must notify Highways England of the actual date that each phase is open to public traffic on each occasion within 14 days of that occurrence.

Warranties

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The undertaker must procure warranties from the contractor and designer of each phase to the effect that all reasonable skill care and due diligence will be exercised in designing and constructing that phase including the selection of materials, goods, equipment and plant such warranties to be provided to Highways England before that phase commences.

Land transfer

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• (1) Following the issuing of the final certificates for all the trunk road works Highways England may serve notice on the undertaker that it wishes to take a freehold transfer of land within the then extent of highway land which is not in the ownership of Highways England but has been acquired by the undertaker for the purposes of carrying out the trunk road works.

• (2) If the undertaker receives a notice under sub-paragraph (1), the undertaker must co-operate in a freehold transfer of the land which is the subject of the notice and complete such transfer as soon as reasonably practicable at no cost to Highways England which includes the undertaker being responsible for the reasonable legal costs incurred by Highways England in connection with such transfer.

Approvals

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• (1) Any approvals, certificates, consents or agreements required of or sought from or with Highways England in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Schedule must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and must be given in writing.

• (2) If Highways England fail to notify the undertaker of its decision in respect of any approval, consent or agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Schedule within 28 days of the specified day, the undertaker may serve upon Highways England written notice requiring Highways England to give their decision within a further 28 days beginning on the date upon which Highways England received written notice from the undertaker. Subject to sub-paragraph (3), if by the expiry of the further 28 days Highways England has failed to notify the undertaker of its decision, Highways England is deemed to have given the relevant approval, consent or agreement.

• (3) Any further notice given by the undertaker to Highways England under sub-paragraph (2) must include a written statement that the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) apply to the relevant approval, consent or agreement.

• (4) In this paragraph “specified day” means—

• (a) the day on which particulars of the matter are submitted to Highways England under the provisions of this Part of this Schedule; or

• (b) the day on which the undertaker provides Highways England with any further particulars of the matter that have been reasonably requested by Highways England within 14 days of the date in sub-paragraph (2)(a),

whichever is the later.

Expert Determination

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• (1) Article 47 (arbitration) does not apply to this Part of this Schedule except in respect of sub-paragraph (5).

• (2) Any difference under this Part of this Schedule may be referred to and settled by a single independent and suitable person who holds appropriate professional qualifications and is a member of a professional body relevant to the matter in dispute acting as an expert, such person to be agreed by the differing parties or, in the absence of agreement, identified by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

• (3) All parties involved in settling any difference must use best endeavours to do so within 21 days from the date of a dispute first being notified in writing by one party to the other and in the absence of the difference being settled within that period the expert must be appointed within 21 days of the notification of the dispute.

• (4) The expert must—

• (a) invite the parties to make submissions to the expert in writing and copied to the other party to be received by the expert within 21 days of the expert’s appointment;

• (b) permit a party to comment on the submissions made by the other party within 21 days of receipt of the submission;

• (c) issue a decision within 42 days of receipt of the submissions under paragraph (b); and

• (d) give reasons for the decision.

• (5) Any determination by the expert is final and binding, except in the case of manifest error in which case the difference that has been subject to expert determination may be referred to and settled by arbitration under article 47.

• (6) The fees of the expert are payable by the parties in such proportions as the expert may determine or, in the absence of such determination, equally.

Bond form

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Form 1 as referred to in paragraph 9—

PART 3 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY

Application

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The provisions of this Part of this Schedule have effect, and apply to the county highway works, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the local highway authority.

Interpretation

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• (1) The terms used in this Schedule are as defined in article 2 (interpretation) of this Order save where inconsistent with sub-paragraph (2) which will prevail.

• (2) In this Schedule—

• “approval in principle” means the document, which records the agreed basis and criteria for the detailed design or assessment of a highway structure.

• “as built information” means one electronic copy of the following information where applicable to the phase in question— as constructed drawings in both PDF AutoCAD DWG, MX and GIS formats for anything designed by the undertaker; list of suppliers and materials, test results and CCTV surveys; product data sheets, technical specifications for all materials used; as constructed information for any utilities discovered or moved during the works method statements for works carried out; in relation to road lighting, signs and traffic signals any information required by Series 1400 of the Specification for Highway Works; organisation and methods manuals for all products used; as constructed programme; health and safety file under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015; test results and records; and other such information as is readily available to the undertaker and may be reasonably required by the local highway authority to be used to update any relevant databases;

• “bond” means a bond from a surety approved by the local highway authority for the bond sum drafted substantially as detailed in Form 2 contained in paragraph 15 of this Part of this Schedule;

• “the bond sum” means the sum equal to 120% of the estimated costs of the carrying out of the phase of the county highway works concerned or such other sum agreed between the undertaker and the local highway authority;

• “commuted sum” means such sum as calculated by the local highway authority in accordance with paragraph 7(2)(c) of this Part of this Schedule for any structure within each phase to be used to fund the future cost of maintaining such structures;

• “contractor” means any contractor or sub-contractor appointed by the undertaker to carry out the county highway works or any phase of the county highway works and approved by the local highway authority in accordance with paragraph 3(2) of this Part of this Schedule;

• “county highway works” means those parts of Works Nos. 4 and 7 coloured pink and yellow on the future highway maintenance plans the general arrangement of which is shown on the highway general arrangement plans and any ancillary works;

• “defects period” means a period of twelve months from the date of the provisional certificate or longer period if agreed between the undertaker and the local highway authority in which all defects arising from the county highway works must be rectified by the undertaker;

• “detailed design information” means the following drawings, specifications and other information which must be in accordance with the general arrangements shown on the highway general arrangements plans unless otherwise agreed between the local highway authority and the undertaker— site clearance details; boundary environmental and mitigation fencing; road restraint systems (vehicle and pedestrian) and supporting Road Restraint Risk Assessment Process assessment (RRRAP); drainage and ducting; earthworks including supporting geotechnical assessments required by HD22/08 and any required Strengthened Earthworks Appraisal Form certification; kerbs, footways and paved areas; traffic signs, signals and road markings; road lighting (including columns, brackets and bat hop-overs); electrical work for road lighting and traffic signs; highway structures and any required certification in accordance with BD2/12; agreed departures from Standard; landscaping; utilities diversions; and wildlife crossings, where relevant to the phase concerned;

• “estimated costs” means the estimated costs in respect of each phase agreed in accordance with paragraph 5(1) of this Part of this Schedule;

• “the excess” means the amount by which the county highway authority estimates that the costs referred to in paragraph 5(1) of this Part of this Schedule will exceed the estimated costs in accordance with paragraph 5(5)(b) of this Part of this Schedule;

• “final certificate” means the certificate issued by the local highway authority to the undertaker for each phase to certify that the defects period has been completed to the satisfaction of the local highway authority;

• “nominated persons” means the undertaker’s representatives or the contractors’ representatives on site during the carrying out of the county highway works;

• “phase” means a phase of the county highway works which are to be carried out in separate phases such phases to be agreed with the local highway authority;

• “programme of works” means a document setting out the sequence and timetabling of works for the phase in question;

• “provisional certificate” means the certificate issued by the local highway authority to the undertaker for each phase of the county highway works to certify that in the opinion of the local highway authority the county highway works perform the function for which they were intended and are complete except for minor items not affecting safety;

• “Road Safety Audit” means an audit carried out in accordance with the Road Safety Audit Standard;

• “Road Safety Audit Standard” means the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Standard GG119 or any successor document;

• “satisfaction of the local highway authority” means the normal standards of the local highway authority in approving the design construction and/or rectification of defects of equivalent highway works applied elsewhere within their administrative area; and

• “technical approval authority” means the organisation responsible for agreeing the approval in principle and subsequently accepting the relevant certificates for all highway structures; and

• “utilities” means any pipes wires cables or equipment belonging to any person or body having power or consent to undertake street works under the 1991 Act.

Prior Approvals and Security

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• (1) The local highway authority is the technical approval authority in respect of all highway structures included in the county highway works, including the bridge which will carry the A5/A449 link road over the railway and canal, and the approval in principle for all such highway structures must be submitted to the local highway authority prior to any work commencing on the detailed design for any such highway structure.

• (2) No work must commence on any phase until the detailed design information and a programme of works in respect of that phase has been submitted to and approved by the local highway authority.

• (3) No works must commence on any phase other than by a contractor employed by the undertaker but first approved by the local highway authority.

• (4) No work must commence on any phase until the undertaker has provided security for the carrying out of those works as provided for in paragraph 9 of this Part of this Schedule or some other form of security acceptable to the local highway authority.

• (5) No work must commence on any phase until a Stage 2 Road Safety Audit has been carried out in respect of that phase and as necessary all issues raised incorporated into an amended design approved by the local highway authority or any relevant exceptions approved by the local highway authority.

• (6) No work must commence on any phase until traffic management provisions have been agreed with the local highway authority.

• (7) No work must commence on any phase until any land within that phase not within the public highway which will become public highway as a result of the authorised works is in the ownership of the undertaker.

Carrying out of works

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• (1) The undertaker must prior to commencement of each phase give the local highway authority 14 days’ notice in writing of the proposed date on which that phase will start.

• (2) The undertaker must give the local highway authority 14 days’ notice of the road space required for the carrying out of each phase.

• (3) Each phase must be carried out to the satisfaction of the local highway authority in accordance with—

• (a) the relevant detailed design information and a programme of works approved pursuant to paragraph 3(1) of this Part of this Schedule or as subsequently varied by agreement between the undertaker and the local highway authority;

• (b) the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, the Specification for Highway Works (contained within the Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works) and any amendment to or replacement thereof for the time being in force save to the extent that they are inconsistent with the Highway General Arrangement Plans (Documents 2.9A – 2.9K) or a departure from such standards has been approved by the local highway authority or such approvals or requirements of the local highway authority in paragraph 3 of this Part of this Schedule that need to be in place prior to the works being undertaken; and

• (c) all aspects of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and in particular the undertaker must ensure that all client duties (as defined in those regulations) are satisfied.

• (4) The undertaker must permit and require the contractor to permit at all reasonable times persons authorised by the local highway authority (whose identity must have been previously notified to the undertaker by the local highway authority) to gain access to the county highway works for the purposes of inspection and supervision and the undertaker must provide to the local highway authority contact details of the nominated persons with whom the local highway authority should liaise during the carrying out of the county highway works.

• (5) The undertaker must permit attendance by representatives of the local highway authority at all pre-contract and progress meetings held in relation to each phase.

• (6) The undertaker must provide shared working facilities including access to welfare and office facilities for the local highway authority for the duration of each phase including the defects period unless otherwise agreed.

• (7) The undertaker must during the period in which the county highway works are carried out maintain the flow of traffic and safeguard the passage of pedestrians along any street on which the county highway works are being carried out and maintain, or provide temporary alternative for all accesses (including, for the avoidance of doubt, private accesses) affected thereby or in the vicinity thereof.

• (8) At any time during the carrying out of the county highway works the nominated persons must act upon any reasonable request made by the local highway authority in relation to the carrying out of the county highway works as soon as practicable following such request being made to the nominated persons save to the extent that the contents of such request are inconsistent with or fall outside the contractor’s obligations under its contract with the undertaker or the undertakers’ obligations in this Order.

• (9) If at any time the undertaker does not comply with any of the terms of this Part of this Schedule in respect of any phase having been given one month’s notice of an alleged breach by the local highway authority, then the undertaker must within 14 days of receipt of a demand by the local highway authority pay to the county highway authority the sum of the local highway authority’s proper estimate of completing that phase and any maintenance works which the undertaker would have been responsible for, and if the undertaker fails to pay the demand from the local highway authority within 14 days, the local highway authority is entitled to use the bond to meet the cost of completing the county highway works on behalf of the undertaker.

• (10) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule prevents the local highway authority from carrying out any work or taking such action as deemed appropriate, without prior notice to the undertaker, in the event of an emergency or danger to the public. The cost to the local highway authority of such work or action being chargeable to and recoverable from the undertaker if the need for such action arises from the carrying out of the county highway works, and the local highway authority is entitled to utilise the bond should the undertaker fail to pay any costs arising from this sub-paragraph within 14 days of a demand for such costs being made by the local highway authority.

• (11) The undertaker in carrying out each phase must at its own expense divert or protect all utilities as may be necessary to enable the local highway works to be properly carried out and all agreed alterations to existing services must be carried out to the satisfaction of the local highway authority acting reasonably.

Payments

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• (1) The undertaker must fund the whole of the cost of the county highway works and all costs incidental to the county highway works and must also pay to the local highway authority in respect of each phase in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) a sum equal to the whole of any costs and expenses which the local highway authority incur, including costs and expenses for using external staff and resources as well as costs and expenses of using in-house staff and resources in relation to the county highway works and arising out of them and their implementation including—

• (a) the checking and approval of all design work carried out by or on behalf of the undertaker for that phase;

• (b) costs in relation to agreeing the programme of works for that phase;

• (c) the carrying out of supervision of that phase; and

• (d) all legal and administrative costs in relation to paragraphs (a) and (b),

together comprising “the estimated costs”.

• (2) The undertaker must pay to the local highway authority upon demand the total costs properly and necessarily incurred by the local highway authority in undertaking any statutory procedure or preparing and bringing into force any traffic regulation order or orders necessary to carry out or for effectively implementing the county highway works provided that this paragraph does not apply to the making of any orders which duplicate orders contained in this Order.

• (3) The undertaker and the local highway authority must agree a schedule of the estimated costs to be incurred pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) in respect of each phase prior to the commencement of that phase.

• (4) The undertaker must make the payments referred to in sub-paragraph (1) as follows—

• (a) the undertaker must pay a sum equal to the agreed estimated costs in respect of a phase prior to commencing that phase; and

• (b) if at any time or times after the payment in respect of a phase referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(a) has become payable the local highway authority reasonably estimates that the costs in respect of that phase referred to in sub-paragraph (1) will exceed the estimated costs for that phase it may give notice to the undertaker of the amount by which it then reasonably estimates those costs will exceed the estimated costs (“the excess”) and the undertaker must pay to the local highway authority within 28 days of the date of that notice a sum equal to the excess.

• (5) If the local highway authority has received the as built information within 91 days of the issue of the final certificate for the final phase of the A5/A449 link road pursuant to paragraph 7 of this Part of this Schedule, or for each phase pursuant to paragraph 8 of this Part of this Schedule, as the case may be, the local highway authority must give the undertaker a final account of the costs referred to in sub-paragraph (1) and within 28 days from the expiry of the 91-day period—

• (a) if the account shows a further sum as due to the local highway authority the undertaker must pay to the local highway authority the sum shown due to it in that final account; and

• (b) if the account shows that the payment or payments previously made have exceeded those costs the local highway authority must refund the difference to the undertaker.

• (6) If any payment due under any of the provisions of this Part of this Schedule is not made on or before the date on which it falls due the party from whom it was due must at the same time as making the payment pay to the other party interest at 1% above the Base Rate of Lloyds Bank Plc for the period starting on the date upon which the payment fell due and ending with the date of payment of the sum on which interest is payable together with that interest.

Provisional certificate and defects period

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• (1) As soon as each phase has been completed and a Stage 3 Road Safety Audit for that phase has been carried out and any resulting recommendations complied with to the satisfaction of the local highway authority, the local highway authority must immediately issue a provisional certificate of completion in respect of that phase, such certificate not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

• (2) The undertaker must at its own expense remedy any defects in that phase identified by the local highway authority to the satisfaction of the local highway authority acting reasonably during the defects period in respect of that phase.

• (3) The undertaker must submit Stage 4(a) (12 months after completion of each phase) and Stage 4(b) (36 months after completion of each phase) Road Safety Audits as required by and in line with the timescales stipulated in the Road Safety Audit Standard. The undertaker must at its own expense comply with the findings of the Stage 4(a) and 4(b) Road Safety Audits to the satisfaction of the local highway authority acting reasonably.

• (4) The local highway authority must approve the audit brief and CVs for all Road Safety Audits and exceptions to items raised if appropriate in accordance with the Road Safety Audit Standard.

Final certificate – except for A5/A449 link road

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• (1) The provisions of this paragraph apply to all the county highway works with the exception of the A5/A449 link road.