Purpose

A
query relating to highway extent was received from colleagues in
Highways Operations relating to a wall which may have footway in
front but also a footway / footpath behind, with possible public
right to pass down either side of the wall. The query is over
whether the wall was maintainable at public expense by the highway
authority.
 
Following the investigation it is considered that on balance of
probability, the wall at back of footway forms the boundary of
private land and therefore, both the wall at back of footway and
the pathway on the Subject land do NOT form part of Lancashire
County Councils highway extent, and are therefore not maintainable
at public expense.
 
It
is therefore recommended that the highway extent be amended to
reflect that the wall in question forms the boundary of private
land and as such, our maintained at public expense (MAPE) records
should reflect that our highway extent stops at the wall, with the
wall and passageway behind reflected as private land.
 

Content

John Davies, Head of Highways
Network Management, on behalf of Matt Townsend, Director of Highways and Transport took a
decision to approve the recommendation in the report.