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DfT tinkers with penalty charges as permit schemes move closer

02 August 2007
A utility company caught digging up the road without a permit can be hit with a fixed penalty notice of £500 under the latest Government proposals
A utility company caught digging up the road without a permit can be hit with a fixed penalty notice of £500 under the latest Government proposals

 

The Government has formally responded to a second round of consultation on the implementation of permit schemes to control streetworks under Part Three of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (LTT 1 Mar). The core of the proposed permit scheme proposals remains unchanged in the latest Government documentation. No highway authority will be required to operate a permit scheme if it does not wish to do so, nor will it be required to apply a permit scheme to all of its roads if it does introduce such as...

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