Byways - What if the're too small

[BadBoy]

[andysd1]

contact glass or crag

[Drift]

Ahha but not all byways are open to motorised traffic, likely horses and pedestrians

[BadBoy]

[Drift]

Will get the details for you tomorrow night ,had a slight accident tonight with a bottle opener.... number 8

[gregster]

[Drift]

Oddly enough the DDA does not cover byways as far as I can remember.
I deal with DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) in work a lot through mostly the transport side of things, and Ive not come across anything for byways other than crossings on roads

[Road Hog]

I would say that is a case of wrongly worded signage,it probably should be bridleway & FP

[gregster]

[Drift]

A TOR (Temporary Restriction Order) is for all vehicles except emergency services and service vehicles or access.
The NERC has definitely not taken disabilities into consideration and that is an angle LARA and other organisations are pursuing, but funding is limited for legal action to be taken.

[BadBoy]

[Drift]

It is a "Restricted Byway" thus not open to motorised traffic

They are shown the same on the map as BOATS (Byways Open to All Traffic) hence the reason that if it looks drivable, check with the Rights of Way Officer and if like this one, it doesn't look drivable the classification is a restricted byway by its very nature

[Drift]

On further looking at that byway it seems it was part of an old road that was closed when the motorway was built as the motorway was built across the road, as far as I can tell and it was given a permanent closure but then upgraded to a restricted byway to access the woodland next to the motorway for pedestrians.

[BadBoy]

[Drift]

Its easy, we have a few roads here like that,

Look on the google link you posted, next to the lane you will see a set of gates (dead give away) pan out, then follow the track you can see, it heads straight into the woods to the dual carriageway, at that point the carriageway intersects the lane/old road, they layout tells the story
Moor Lane and Folkes Lane used to be one connected road before the road to the M25 was built.

The council when they built the carriageway had get a TRO leading to a Permanent Restriction then when work on the road ceased it was down graded to a restricted byway.

Many carriageways and motorways have wooded areas around them and need access for maintenance, hence the gates on what would have been an old road and the pedestrian access that is now the restricted byway

[gregster]

Dwifty....there is a byway near us that we used on the first SE meet we organised down here with is pretty intersting, but a section of it is really overgrown and scrathy (you can only see out of a 12" gap in the middle of windscreen!)....
Whats the score with pruning it back, is that something anyone can do, or has it got to be done by the highways bods...
Was thinking that if we had half dozen of us it would only take a couple of hours to sort it so properly passable...but dont want to do something we are not allowed to...

[Drift]

Double check its status and inform the council telling them what you intend to do and with volunteers.
They will require you to conform to all Health and Safety legislation like hard boots and hi vis vests and possible the dreaded public liability insurance (but check that last one)

[gregster]

[cheekychick]

[gregster]

Fair comment...They can be pretty destructive and intrusive I guess...just "give a lazy man a difficult job, and he'll find an easy way to do it" came into play for a moment!