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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF AN ORDER HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL
FOOTPATH 123 SWINDON

On the 23 January 2013 Swindon Borough Council confirmed the above order made under section 119 of the Highways Act 1980. The effect of the order as confirmed is to divert a length of footpath in the Westlecott area known as footpath 123 Swindon. That length of footpath running from OS Grid Reference SU 1460 8283 at a point approximately 50 metres south of Westlecott Farm cottages, running in a southerly direction for approximately 133 metres to OS Grid Reference SU 1461 8270 and then in a south westerly direction for approximately 110 metres to OS Grid Reference SU 1457 8260 at a point 270 metres north of the M4 motorway. A new line will run from OS Grid Reference SU 1460 8283, leading in a south easterly direction for approximately 30 metres and then running in a
south westerly direction for approximately 213 metres and then in a south easterly direction for 19 metres to rejoin the existing length of footpath 123 Swindon at OS Grid Reference SU 1457 8260, having a definitive width of 2.0 metres.

A copy of the order as confirmed and the order map may be seen free of charge at the One Stop Shop, Wat Tyler House, Beckhampton Street, Swindon from 9.00am to 4.30pm on Mondays to Fridays. Copies of the order and map, costing £15.00, may be purchased there.

The order comes into force on 23 January 2013 but if a person aggrieved by the order wants to question its validity, or that of any provision contained in it, on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the Highways Act 1980, as amended, or on the grounds that any requirement of the Act, as amended, or of any regulation made under the Act has not been complied with in relation to the order, he or she may, under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act as applied by paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Act, within 6 weeks from 31 January 2013 make an application to the High Court. Dated 31 January 2013

Gwillam Lloyd, Head of Highways and Transport, Swindon Borough Council, Wat Tyler House, Beckhampton Street, Swindon SN1 2JH