Roads

Summary

The requester sought correspondence, meeting minutes, and telephone recordings regarding the 'Roundhouse' roadway between the Department of Infrastructure, Manx Care, and DHSC from October 2021 to April 2024. The Department of Infrastructure responded with the Highways Act 1986, and the request was ultimately not upheld.

Key Facts

• The request was made on 2024-04-24 and the outcome was determined on 2024-10-11.
• The request covered communications and meetings regarding the roadway to/from the 'Roundhouse'.
• The response included the text of the Highways Act 1986 rather than the specific correspondence requested.
• The case involved the Department of Infrastructure, Manx Care, and the Department of Health and Social Care.
• The final outcome of the request was 'Not upheld'.

Data Disclosed

• 2024-04-24
• 2024-10-11
• 1 October 2021
• 265
• 2
• 1986
• AT 17

Original Request

I require - 1. copies of all hard copy correspondence, e-mails, and messages sent electronically by whatever other means, between 1 October 2021 and the date of this Request, by Department and by officers of the Department to Manx Care and to the Department of health and Social Care ('DHSC') which referred to the roadway to/from the 'Roundhouse' ; and 2. copies of all hard copy correspondence, e-mails, and messages received electronically or by whatever other means, between the 1st October 2021 and the date of this Request by the Department and/or its officers from the DOI and from Manx Care and/or its officers which referred to the roadway to and from the 'Roundhouse' ; and 3. copies of any/all recordings of telephone conversations between the Minister for the Department and the DOI Minister and between the Minister and Board Members of Manx Care during the same period, in which the roadway to/from the 'Roundhouse' was discussed ; and 4.copies of any/all recordings of telephone conversations between the Department's officers and officers of the DHSC and officers of Manx Care during the same period , in which the roadway to/from the 'Roundhouse' was discussed 5.Extracts of the Minutes of all meetings of the Department during the same period at which the roadway to/from the 'Roundhouse' was discussed; and 6.Extracts of Minutes/notes of all meetings of committees of Department during the same period ,at which the roadway to/from the 'Roundhouse 'was discussed.

Data Tables (6)

Full Response Text

c i e AT 17 of 1986 HIGHWAYS ACT 1986

Highways Act 1986 Index

c AT 17 of 1986 Page 3

c i e HIGHWAYS ACT 1986 Index Section Page PART I – HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES 9 1 Highway authorities ....................................................................................................... 9 2 Delegation etc of certain functions to local authorities ............................................. 9 2A Agreement for maintenance of highways ................................................................. 12 PART II – MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS 12 Highways maintainable at the public expense 12 3 Duty to maintain certain highways ............................................................................ 12 Adoption of highways 13 4 Agreements for the adoption of roads ....................................................................... 13 5 Adoption of certain bridges ........................................................................................ 14 6 Power of court to declare highway to be not maintainable at the public expense ........................................................................................................................... 14 7 Power to order a highway to be again maintainable at public expense ............... 15 7A Recovery of expenses due to extraordinary traffic .................................................. 15 PART III – CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS 16 Construction of highways 16 8 Construction of highways ........................................................................................... 16 General power of improvement 17 9 General power of improvement ................................................................................. 17 Dual carriageways, roundabouts and cycle tracks 17 10 Dual carriageways and roundabouts ......................................................................... 17 11 Cycle tracks .................................................................................................................... 18 Safety provisions 18 12 Footways and guard-rails ............................................................................................ 18 13 Refuges ........................................................................................................................... 18 14 Subways ......................................................................................................................... 19 15 Margins for horses and livestock ................................................................................ 19 Index Highways Act 1986

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15A Traffic restraint works ................................................................................................. 19 Widths 19 16 Widening of highways ................................................................................................ 19 17 Variation of widths of carriageways and footways ................................................. 19 Levels 19 18 Levelling of highways ................................................................................................. 19 Bridges 20 19 Construction of bridge to carry highway .................................................................. 20 20 Footbridges over highways ........................................................................................ 20 Corners 20 21 Cutting off of corners ................................................................................................... 20 22 Prevention of obstruction to view at corners ........................................................... 21 Trees, verges etc 22 23 Powers to plant trees, lay out grass verges etc ......................................................... 22 Fences and boundaries 23 24 Power to fence highways ............................................................................................ 23 25 Provision of highway boundary posts ...................................................................... 23 Cattle-grids 24 26 Provision etc of cattle-grids ........................................................................................ 24 Miscellaneous improvements 24 27 Drainage of highways .................................................................................................. 24 28 Power to fill in roadside ditches, etc .......................................................................... 25 29 Works for protecting highways against hazards of nature .................................... 25 30 Areas for parking heavy goods vehicles, etc ............................................................ 25 31 Power to divert watercourses etc ............................................................................... 27 32 Provision of picnic sites ............................................................................................... 27 32A Equipment for detecting traffic offences ................................................................... 28 32B Creation of walkways by agreement ......................................................................... 28 PART IV – CLOSURE AND DIVERSION OF HIGHWAYS ETC 31 33 Closure and diversion of highways ........................................................................... 31 34 Side road orders ............................................................................................................ 32 35 Power to stop up private access to premises ............................................................ 33 36 Further provisions as to stopping up of private access .......................................... 34 37 Provisions as to new means of access ........................................................................ 34 38 Temporary closure of highways for the purposes of entertainment .................... 35 PART V – LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH HIGHWAYS 36 Protection of public rights 36 39 Protection of public rights ........................................................................................... 36 Damage to highways, etc 36 Highways Act 1986 Index

c AT 17 of 1986 Page 5

40 Offences relating to highways .................................................................................... 36 41 Damage to highways by excavations ......................................................................... 37 42 Damage to bridges etc .................................................................................................. 37 Obstruction of highways 38 43 Obstruction .................................................................................................................... 38 44 Duty to remove certain obstructions .......................................................................... 38 45 Removal of obstructions .............................................................................................. 38 46 Gates etc across highways ........................................................................................... 39 47 Blocked drainage .......................................................................................................... 39 48 Prevention of soil etc being washed into highway .................................................. 40 48A Mud on roads ................................................................................................................ 40 49 Removal of projections from buildings ..................................................................... 41 50 Doors etc opening outwards ....................................................................................... 41 51 Cutting etc of vegetation .............................................................................................. 41 52 Straying animals ........................................................................................................... 42 53 Control of builders’ skips ............................................................................................ 43 54 Removal of builders’ skips .......................................................................................... 44 55 Control of scaffolding on highways ........................................................................... 45 55A Vehicles for sale on highways ..................................................................................... 47 Regulation of road works 47 56 Road works code ........................................................................................................... 47 Danger or annoyance to users of highways and streets 47 57 Penalty for placing rope, etc across highway ........................................................... 47 58 Prevention of water falling or flowing on to highway ............................................ 47 59 Removal of barbed wire ............................................................................................... 48 60 Dangerous land adjoining highway ........................................................................... 48 61 and 62 [Repealed] ......................................................................................................... 48 63 Retaining walls .............................................................................................................. 48 Precautions to be taken in doing works in highways or on adjacent premises 49 64 Control of deposit of building materials and making of excavations in highways ........................................................................................................................ 49 65 Hoardings to be set up during building, etc ............................................................. 50 66 Hoardings to be securely erected ............................................................................... 51 67 Precautions to be taken by persons executing works in roads ............................... 51 68 Liability in respect of materials left on highways etc .............................................. 52 Miscellaneous 52 69 Construction of buildings over highways ................................................................. 52 70 Placing rails, beams, etc, over highways ................................................................... 54 71 Construction of cellars, etc, under highway ............................................................. 54 72 Openings into, and repair of, cellars etc, under highways ..................................... 54 73 Vehicle crossings over footways and verges ............................................................ 55 73A New means of access from highways ........................................................................ 56 74 Refuse or storage bins in highways............................................................................ 57 Index Highways Act 1986

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75 Placing etc, of certain apparatus in or under highways ......................................... 57 76 Further provisions as to licences under s 75 ............................................................. 59 77 Licence to plant trees, shrubs, etc in a highway....................................................... 60 78 Provision of cafes, kiosks etc in highways ................................................................ 62 79 Ploughing of footpaths ................................................................................................ 64 80 Public seats on highways ............................................................................................ 65 81 Stalls on highways ........................................................................................................ 65 82 Bus shelters, etc ............................................................................................................. 65 83 Appeals, offences, recovery of expenses, and disposal of things removed ......... 66 PART VI – VESTING AND DEDICATION OF HIGHWAYS 67 84 Saving for powers of compulsory purchase ............................................................. 67 85 Power to exchange land to adjust boundaries of highways ................................... 67 86 Vesting of highways .................................................................................................... 68 87 Dedication of land for highways ................................................................................ 68 87A Dedication of cycle-path or bridle-path .................................................................... 69 88 Presumption of dedication as highway .................................................................... 69 89 Evidence of dedication as highway ........................................................................... 70 90 Protection of rights of reversioners ............................................................................ 70 91 Public path orders ........................................................................................................ 71 91A Conversion of footpath into cycle-path or bridle-path ........................................... 71 91B Use of bridle-path for cycling ..................................................................................... 72 92 Definitive maps etc of rights of way .......................................................................... 72 93 Signposts and notices relating to footpaths etc ........................................................ 74 PART VII – MAKING UP OF UNADOPTED ROADS 74 94 Making up of unadopted roads ................................................................................. 74 94A Inclusion of traffic restraint works ............................................................................. 76 95 Objections to proposed works .................................................................................... 76 96 Amendment of proposals ............................................................................................ 77 97 Apportionment of expenses ........................................................................................ 78 98 Exemption for churches etc ......................................................................................... 79 99 Interpretation of Part VII ............................................................................................. 79 PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 80 Powers of entry etc 80 100 Powers of entry for the purpose of survey ............................................................... 80 101 Powers of entry for purposes connected with compensation ................................ 80 102 Supplement

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