Q&As
Does an obligation to maintain and keep in good repair a footpath or track, include an obligation to maintain and keep in good repair the underlying private bridge, beneath the footpath or track?
Published on: 11 August 2016
The responsibility for maintenance of a footpath over a bridge and the bridge itself depends on a number of variables which need to be investigated further including:
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has the footpath been adopted and maintained by the local authority?
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when was the bridge constructed?
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who constructed it and for what purpose?, and
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what agreements/covenants, if any, have been entered into on transfer ownership?
A bridge carrying the weight of a highway may, in its entirety, be part of a highway
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