Long title
To confer further powers upon local authorities in London and upon Transport for London; and for related purposes.
Summary
The Bill (as originally introduced) empowers London boroughs and Transport for London (TfL) to:
- recover the cost of repairing any damage caused to footpaths or roads by building work being carried out on an adjacent site
- take more effective enforcement action on builders’ skips that are not properly lit and covered when placed on paths or roads
- require any objects placed on pavements or roads to be removed and disposed of to ensure the good management of the highway
- recover from the organisers of large scale public events, like football matches or concerts, the cost of any additional traffic management and street cleaning needed as a result of those events
- enforce road traffic regulations effectively against owners of pedicabs or cycle rickshaws
- establish stiffer penalties for cyclists who put pedestrians at risk by riding on footpaths
- issue penalties to motorists encroaching into the special advanced stopping boxes set aside for cyclists at busy junctions
Promoters
Current version of the Bill
Petition Information
Lords: 23 January 2008 to 6 February 2008 Lords Additional Provision: 7 May 2008 to 2 April 2009 Commons: 29 March 2011 to 26 April 2011
The Bill was opposed in both Houses. In the House of Commons, four petitions against the Bill were lodged. In the House of Lords, three petitions were presented, one of which was subsequently withdrawn. No further petitions are possible as the petitioning periods have expired.
Parliamentary agent
Firms with one or more "Roll A" parliamentary agents who are acting for the promoters of this Bill.
Sharpe Pritchard LLP
Elm Yard
13-16 Elm Street
London WC1X 0BJ
13-16 Elm Street
London WC1X 0BJ
Email: alewis@sharpepritchard.co.uk
Phone: 020 7405 4600
Bill passage
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