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Agreed scales of payments have recently been negotiated with British Waterways Board for easements for bridges crossing operational waterways and for pipes laid under such waterways. 皇冠体育appse scales should be applied in arriving at the compensation in current and future cases were the easement is being acquired by a government department. 皇冠体育app details of the scales being as follows:

1) Easements for bridges

Payments for easements for new bridges crossing operational waterways will be assessed as follows:

皇冠体育app compensation calculated in accordance with the above scale will include any cost incurred by the Board鈥檚 engineer in connection with the consideration of the case from the point of view of the grant of the easements but not technical work by the engineer which may be necessary altering or modifying the design of the bridge and the nature of its construction, or work which may be involved on this part in the course of the building of the bridge. It will also not include, of course, any payments which fall to be made to the engineer when he acts as consultant to the highway authority in the erection of the bridge.

皇冠体育app width of the waterway for the purpose of applying the scale is the distance between the banks as existing before the works commence plus the width of any towpath up to a maximum of 10 feet. Any other land of the Board adjoining the waterway is to be excluded.

Commercial waterways under the scale set out above will be the main navigable channels of the waterways set out in Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Transport Act 1968 (see end of this Appendix). All other waterways of the Board shall be classified as cruising or other waterways.

2) Widening of existing bridges

In the case widening of existing bridges the compensation will be first calculated as if the bridge as constructed were a new one and a deduction will then be made in the proportion which the width of the old bridge bears to the total width of the bridge as reconstructed with a minimum payment of 拢375. This will apply even if the site of the old bridge is not in the same position as the new bridge if demolition of the old bridge is involved. Adjustments will not be made for any relief to the Board in respect of maintenance of existing works in arriving at the compensation payable for the easements, this being a matter to be dealt with direct by the acquiring authority.

3) Footbridges

Compensation for new footbridges over waterways will be measured at half the amount payable for new bridges as set out in 1 above. Footbridges constructed to which access is obtained from the approaches to an existing roadbridge or constructed as an integral part of the roadbridge should be classed as a widening and compensation assessed under 2 above. 皇冠体育app widening being calculated to include the width of the footbridge and the space between the bridges.

4) Pipes under waterways

Compensation for easements for pipes under the Board鈥檚 operational waterways will be assessed as follows:

• a uniform payment of 拢275 per pipes up to 12鈥� diameter where the length of the crossing does not exceed 100鈥�
• the uniform payment to be increased by 25 per cent for each additional 12鈥� (or part) in diameter of the pipe, and where there is more than one pipe laid at the same time the diameters to be aggregated
• the payment for additional lengths over 100鈥� to be pro rata at 25 per cent of the uniform payment, the pipes alongside the waterway laid to enable the crossing to be effected at a suitable point should not be deemed a part of the crossing length where such a diversion is required by the Board
• the payment for manholes to be 拢55
• either party may ask for ad hoc consideration of the exceptional or abnormal case

5) Surveyors鈥� fees

See Section 5 Part 2 of this Manual for the assessment of surveyors鈥� fees generally.

6) Other costs

皇冠体育app acquiring authority will meet legal costs and stamp duties incurred by the Board and will also reimburse the Board for any costs in preparing plans.

7) Exceptional Cases

Ad hoc consideration may be given to the exceptional or abnormal case such as where the bridge is not a 鈥減ublic鈥� one but facilitates enjoyment/development of land or where it is a special structure (eg abnormally skew and wide) which increases the burden of the Boards operational/engineering problems.

Part 1 - Commercial Waterways

皇冠体育app main navigable channels of the following waterways;

• 皇冠体育app Aire and Calder Navigation from the tail of River Lock, Leeds and from the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Wakefield to its entrance to Goole Docks and its junction with the River Ouse at Selby
• 皇冠体育app Calder and Hebble Navigation from the tail of Greenwood Lock to its junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield
• 皇冠体育app Caledonian Canal
• 皇冠体育app Crinan Canal
• 皇冠体育app Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation from the tail of the bottom lock at its junction with the River Trent at Keadby
• 皇冠体育app new Junction Canal connecting the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation with the Aire and Calder Navigation
• 皇冠体育app Trent Navigation from the tail of Meadow Lane Lock, Nottingham to Gainsborough Bridge
• 皇冠体育app Weaver Navigation and the Western Canal from Winsford Bridge to the junctions with the Manchester Ship Canal at Marsh Lock and at Delamere Dock
• 皇冠体育app River Severn from Stourport to its junction with the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal at Gloucester
• 皇冠体育app Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
• 皇冠体育app River Lee Navigation from Hertford to the River Thames at Limehouse and to the rail of Bow Docks