Part 1: Introduction. Meaning of highway. Types of highways. Highways
legislation. The Highways Act 1980. Administration of the Acts. Other Acts
of Parliament. Highway authorities. Classification of highways. Part 2:
Rights of adjacent owners. Miscellaneous rights. Obligations of adjacent
owners. Remedies for public nuisance. Rights of the public. Limitations of
the rights of the public. Access. Carriage crossings. Stopping up a means
of access. Stopping up, diversion and extinguishing highways. Protection of
highways. Part 3: Activities related to construction work on or near to the
highway. Builders skips. Hoardings. Scaffolding. Lines. Part 4: Making up
new streets. New streets. Town and country planning. Enforcement. Private
street works code. Advance payments code. Agreement under section 38.
Private roads. Adoption of streets. Serving notices. Part 5: Civil
liability.Part 6: Short case studies. Appendices.
