Statutory Processes Assistance
Countries national administration is generally
responsible for the strategic road network and is responsible for
promoting schemes for the construction or improvement of trunk
roads (including motorways) using Government Highway Acts.
These acts include procedures for establishing
the centre line of a new trunk road and for altering other roads,
which will be affected by the new or improved trunk road.
De-trunking of superseded sections of existing trunk roads is also
often required.
Road Authorities generally have powers to
acquire land for the creation and improvement of roads and for
mitigating the adverse impacts of construction.
Preparation of draft Orders is the first stage
in translating engineering proposals into a form complying with
precise statutory requirements. The statutory procedures
involved are designed to safeguard the rights of individuals who
will be affected by the proposals.
Scott Wilson has worked on many schemes
involving statutory procedures for motorways and major trunk road
improvements, and has particular expertise in this area. Our staff
have been involved in all aspects of the process, including
preparation of Orders, Land Acquisition, facilitating Public
Inquiries and providing the required Expert Witnesses.
In England, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)
procured schemes have brought the importance of statutory
procedures work to the fore. On the A30 Bodmin project we
successfully completed the statutory process from award of the
Contract to publication of draft Orders in just 39 weeks. The
speed of the process enabled the planning, design and construction
in only 5 years, approximately half the time previously taken for
similar projects. Similarly on our A74(M) scheme in Southern
Scotland, our close co-ordination of the consultation process
allowed this potentially controversial scheme to proceed with
minimal objection and without recourse to a Public Inquiry.
