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  Byway (road) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A byway in the United Kingdom is a minor secondary or tertiary road.
In the United Kingdom, a byway open to all traffic (BOAT) is a highway over which the public have a right of way for vehicular and all other kinds of traffic but which is used by the public mainly for the purpose for which footpaths and bridleways are used.
A byway open to all traffic is sometimes waymarked using a red arrow on a metal or plastic disc or by red paint dots on posts and trees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Byway_(road)   (712 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The exit from the byway onto the Castle Hill Road is narrow and blind.
Traffic at this point is accelerating up a hill and the potential for an accident with a horse or vehicle suddenly emerging onto the road is enormous.
The area CPO would not like to see treatment of this byway set a precedent for the treatment of the other green lanes, or for the treatment of the other green lanes to be a restrictive precedent on the treatment of this path.
www.bedfordshire.gov.uk /BedsCC/commdc.nsf/web/ThePage/rep22010414   (2438 words)

  
 Proposals On Use Of Off-road Vehicles On Rights Of Way - News Items From 2003 - Devon & Cornwall Constabulary
The legislation would, with some exceptions, also introduce a cut-off date a year from commencement, from when it would no longer be possible to establish a 'byway open to all traffic' on the evidence of past use by non-mechanically propelled vehicles.
Restricted byways, which give right of way on, foot, horseback, to those leading a horse, and to vehicles, which are not mechanically propelled, including cycles.
Byways open to all traffic, which give public right of way for vehicular traffic and all other kinds of traffic, but are used mainly for the purposes for which footpaths and bridle ways are used.
www.devon-cornwall.police.uk /v3/news/archive/2003/offroad.htm   (1105 words)

  
 Path 14   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This is one of the entries to the newly designated Open Access countryside, but if you wish to stick to the path, follow the sunken grass track rising across the Down.
At the junction with Path 13 [2], which is to your left (009275), carry on to the top of the Down and go between thick scrub on each side, passing an old dew pond on the left.
The sign post there erroneously indicates a Public Footpath, but it does give the right direction and the gate is one of the entries to the newly designated Open Access countryside.
www.fovanthistory.org /path14r.html   (323 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Claimed addition of a byway open to all traffic along the green lane known as Dag Lane.
To report on an application for the Definitive Map and Statement to be modified by adding a byway open to all traffic along the green lane known as Dag Lane.
Mr Powell believes the lane to be a byway open to all traffic.
www.bedfordshire.gov.uk /BedsCC/commdc.nsf/web/ThePage/rep18070512   (6426 words)

  
 Transportation Sub Committee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The principal reason for this proposal is to prevent stolen vehicles from being driven down and set alight; there are at present the remains of 11 vehicles either beside or in the close vicinity of the Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT) (in the area of the stream that runs across the BOAT).
Nevertheless the Council does now have a duty to put them in such repair as to be safe and reasonably passable for the expected ordinary traffic of the neighbourhood at all seasons of the year.
These orders are normally used to regulate motor traffic and can be applied to any road; `road' is defined by S142 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as including any highway - it can thus be applied to BOATs (and bridleways and footpaths).
bathnes.gov.uk /committee_papers/Transportation/tr000801/16bywayo.htm   (733 words)

  
 WCBC: Walks - Public Rights of Way
Whether you are travelling to and from work, exercising to get that blood pressure down or strolling to relax and forget the stresses of modern life, our network of footpaths, bridleways and byways provide a network of delightful routes.
Byway Open to All Traffic - The public has a right to pass and repass on foot, on horseback or leading a horse, on a pedal cycle, or with a vehicle but the route is mainly used by pedestrians and/or horses.
All motor vehicles are prohibited on footpaths and bridleways and it is a criminal offence to drive on them unless you are the landowner, have the express consent of the landowner, or have a private vehicular access that runs along the route.
www.wrexham.gov.uk /english/leisure_tourism/walks/prow.htm   (246 words)

  
 The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Procedure Regulations 1992
(b) where the traffic authority is not the fire authority for the area in which any road to which the order relates is situated, to the chief officer of the fire authority for that area;
(3) Where a traffic authority has made an order relating to a road which is a footpath, bridleway, cycle track or byway open to all traffic, the authority shall comply with the requirements of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations in relation to each length of such road to which the order relates.
(2) The traffic authority shall within 14 days after the direction has been received publish notice of the direction in one or more newspapers circulating in the area in which any road to which the order relates is situated.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1992/Uksi_19921215_en_3.htm   (1318 words)

  
 What are Public Rights of Way? | The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Restricted Byways may be used for walking, riding or leading a horse, pedal cycling, and use by non-mechanically propelled vehicles (e.g.
BOATs, often simply called 'byways', are ways along which there is a legal right to use wheeled vehicles of any kind, but which is predominately used for walking or riding horses.
These orders are normally used to regulate motor traffic, but they may be used to regulate all traffic, which includes cyclists, walkers, horse riders and horse driven vehicles.
www.rbwm.gov.uk /web/prow_what_are_rights_of_way.htm   (852 words)

  
 Public Rights of Way - Dorset For You
There are almost 3000 miles of Public Rights of Way in Dorset, made up of approximately 4700 footpaths, 1700 bridleways and 37 byways open to all traffic.
Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT) - walkers, horse riders, cyclists and motorised vehicles can use this category which is shown by a red arrow and the sign 'byway'.
Footpaths are shown in pink, bridleways in green and byways in blue.
www.dorsetforyou.com /index.jsp?articleid=2463   (338 words)

  
 Hampshire County Council
However, it is not clear whether use as a drove was open to the public or confined to those with common grazing rights.
26 and 27 as Byways Open to All Traffic objections were received which were unable to be resolved.
If evidence is available which shows a right of way for public vehicular traffic exists, it should become a byway open to all traffic.
www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c14223.html   (1103 words)

  
 Norfolk Countryside
Each was reclassified as a bridleway, unless public vehicular rights were shown to exist along the route, in which case it became a `byway open to all traffic`.
It is important to note that the County Council was obliged by law to reclassify each RUPP on the basis of evidence of status (both documentary and through use), rather than on the physical suitability of the route for one type of use or another.
This last means you can take a pushbike or horse-drawn carriage along a `restricted byway` but cannot take a motorcycle or other motor vehicle along one.
www.countrysideaccess.norfolk.gov.uk /news-details.asp?id=23   (416 words)

  
 Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority - Access to the countryside - Public rights of way
Within the National Park, there are 1,458km of footpaths, 625km of bridleways and 31km of byways open to all traffic.
A byway open to all traffic is available for any mode of transport, i.e.
Each footpath, bridleway and byway should also be described in the "Definitive Statement", which accompanies the map and which may give additional information about matters such as stiles and gates.
www.yorkshiredales.org.uk /public_rights_of_way_en   (1146 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 11 Oct 2005 (pt 21)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
(b) use of the byway open to all traffic by mechanically propelled vehicles does or may constitute a danger to any other class of traffic or restrict use of the byway by other classes of traffic.
We need to ensure that there is peaceful and quiet use of our byways wherever possible, especially given the ample evidence of the damage that is being done to a number of them by motorised vehicles.
Secondly, new evidence that I wish to cite to the House suggests that at least some members of the TRF are using the process as a smokescreen.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm051011/debtext/51011-21.htm   (1267 words)

  
 TRF [The Trail Riders Fellowship] Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
BOAT: Byway open to all traffic, the legal designation of vehicular routes shown as such on the Definitive Map.
Byway open to all traffic: Legal term for a recreational route with vehicular rights, which is marked on the Definitive map.
They claim to favour the addition of Byways where they are proven, but actively advise their members to oppose vehicular rights.
www.trf.org.uk /glossary.php   (2053 words)

  
 Byways :: Roads and Highways : Gourt
Byway Open to All Traffic in the United Kingdom, a highway over which the public have a right-of-way for vehicular traffic
Byway (road), a minor secondary or tertiary road in the UK
Hells Canyon Scenic Byway - North Eastern Oregon scenic byway.
recreation.gourt.com /Roads-and-Highways/Byways.html   (424 words)

  
 Mundens | RUPPS reclassification   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The inspector deemed that there was sufficient evidence of historic use by vehicles to approve the application by the County Council to permit the reclassification.
Parishioners in Haultwick and especially those living in Frogs Hall Lane may not welcome the decision but the Paish Council is not minded to appeal the decision, despite its preference for a downgrading to a bridleway.
The gates along this section of RUPP 13 are in most cases impossible to open when on horseback and in some cases, extremely difficult to open when on foot.
www.mundens.net /rupps2.htm   (712 words)

  
 Hampshire County Council
On July 26th 1988 a Public Inquiry was held into an order made by the Rights of Way Sub-Committee to reclassify Kingsworthy RUPP 1 as a Byway Open to All Traffic.
It is still the view that the value and weight of the evidence held and presented not only by the users but by the County Archivist is sound and there is no reason to suggest to this Committee that the original recommendation was not justified.
On the basis that the evidence remains, the recommendation is that Kingsworthy RUPP 1 should be reclassified as a Byway Open to All Traffic.
www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c3408.html   (318 words)

  
 Highway (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Generally, a Highway is a road which has multiple lanes of traffic in each direction, often with a physical division (median) between opposing traffic, and separate access ramps to and from the Highway which are more widely separated than connections on a standard road and are often grade-separated.
In England and Wales the public are traditionally given a "right of way" by the Crown to use a particular Highway or byway.
This is somewhat diiferent than the system in many republics, where the territory of the nation is regarded as belonging to the public at large and there is a presumption that an individual may travel anywhere that they are not lawfully prohibited from doing so.
highway.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (2331 words)

  
 RIGHTS OF WAY COMMITTEE
there is sufficient evidence to justify that a byway open to all traffic is reasonably alleged to exist and that the proposal be included in a future Modification Order.
iv) “Byway 15 would also cross archaeologically important ridge and furrow pasture land, destroying this feature on unblemished pasture land, scarring the Derwent Valley, it must not happen and would be opposed to the full.
11.6    The objections to the application on the grounds of environmental damage, although of concern, are not considered to be relevant in determining whether the route should be recorded as a byway open to all traffic.
www.northumberland.gov.uk /drftp/7201.asp   (1742 words)

  
 CTC - the UK's national cyclists organisation
Cyclists are allowed to cycle on bridleways, restricted byways, byways open to all traffic (BOATs), and permissive routes.
Footpath: open to walkers only, although you may push a bicycle along one.
Byway Open To All Traffic (BOAT): open to walkers, horse-riders, cyclists, carriage-drivers and motorised vehicles (which must be fully licensed for on-road use).
www.ctc.org.uk /DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4495   (243 words)

  
 Adopt A Byway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The group will sign for the safety equipment and will be responsible for the equipment’s return to the office at the end of the cleanup.
Participants should work facing oncoming traffic whenever possible and work one side of the road at a time.
The office should be contacted to obtain safety vests, traffic control signs, and large plastic bags prior to litter removal activity and return same when contract ends.
www.keepputnambeautiful.org /adoptabyway.htm   (1228 words)

  
 Byway Open to All Traffic (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Byway Open to All Traffic (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)
The application to open up the proposed Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT) – which runs from the U8296 to the U8074 and crosses the West Dipton Burn – was...
In the United Kingdom, a byway open to all traffic means a highway over which the public have a right of way for vehicular and all other kinds of traffic but which is used by the public mainly for the purpose for which footpaths and bridleways are used.
publicliterature.org.cob-web.org:8888 /en/wikipedia/b/by/byway_open_to_all_traffic.html   (162 words)

  
 Patchetts Green Bridleways Trust
(b) a right for the public to drive animals of any description along a bridleway, restricted byway or byway open to all traffic which is shown in a definitive map and statement as a footpath;
(c) a public right of way for vehicles over a restricted byway or byway open to all traffic which is shown in a definitive map and statement as a bridleway; or
(d) a public right of way for mechanically propelled vehicles over a byway open to all traffic which is shown in a definitive map and statement as a restricted byway.
homepages.which.net /~phil.wadey/pgbt/recording/crows53.htm   (1790 words)

  
 Summary of the  Countryside and RoW Act 2000
Vehicular rights will not be extinguished but it will be an offence to drive a motor vehicle on any way shown on the definitive map as a footpath, bridleway or restricted byway unless the person prosecuted was driving to reach premises as an owner, occupier, lessee or lawful visitor.
This means that anyone wanting to drive on a former RUPP for leisure, would need to persuade the authority to amend the legal record to show a Byway Open to All Traffic.
School proprietors will be able to apply to the council to make an order to close or divert footpaths, bridleways or restricted byways which cross school grounds in order to protect the health and safety of pupils and staff.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /greenlaning/summary.htm   (1694 words)

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