THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF BOLTON (PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO. 008 BLACKROD (PART)) PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2018

NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF A PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 / WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF BOLTON (PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO. 008 BLACKROD (PART)) PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2018

On the 7th November, 2018, the Borough Council of Bolton confirmed the above Order, made under Section 119A of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended by the Transport and Works Act 1992) and under section 53A(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 The effect of the Order as confirmed is to divert:

Public Footpath No. Blackrod 008 situated to the west of Horwich Parkway Station, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6SU known as Red Moss Level Crossing commencing from point A at grid reference SD363747 409506 in a generally north east by easterly direction to point B at grid reference SD363785 409520 as shown by the continuous bold line between points A-B on the Order Plan over a total distance of approximately 43 metres at a width of 1.5 metres.

The new line will commence from point A at grid reference SD363747 409506 running in a generally south east by easterly direction for a distance of approximately 31 metres to point C at grid reference SD363775 409490 to cross a footbridge over the railway, initially by 2 flights of 18 steps in a generally south east by easterly direction for a distance of approximately 15 metres to point D at grid reference SD363788 409483 where the path turns continuing in a generally north east by northerly direction for a distance of approximately 17 metres utilising 2 flights of 5 steps to point E at grid reference SD 363796 409498 where the path turns continuing in a generally north westerly by westerly direction for a distance of approximately 15 metres utilising 2 flights of 18 steps to point F at grid reference SD363783 409505 then running in a generally north westerly by westerly direction for a distance of approximately 4 metres to point Q at grid reference SD363779 409507 where the path turns and continues in a generally north north-easterly direction for a distance of approximate 14 metres to point B at grid reference SD 363785 409520 as shown by the bold black dashes between points A-C-D-E-F-G-B on the Order Plan over a total distance of approximately 96 metres. The width between points A-C & F-G-B will be 1.6 metres over a stone surface and 1.9 metres between points C-D-E-F.

The definitive map and statement shall be modified accordingly.

A copy of the confirmed Order and plan may be inspected free of charge at the One Stop Shop, Bolton Council, Town Hall, Bolton during office hours. Copies of the Order and Plan may be purchased.

The Order will come into force on the date the Order is certified as complied with by the Council but if any person aggrieved by the Order wants to question its validity or a provision contained within it on the ground that it is not within the powers of the Highway Act 1980 as amended, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act as amended, or of any regulation made under it has not been complied with in relation to the confirmation of the Order, he or she may under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act as applied by paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Act, within six weeks from the date on which notice is first published make an application to the High Court

Dated 15,h November, 2018 LS/HJB/75458



H Gorman, Borough Solicitor, Chief Executives Department, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU