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This order is made by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council ("the authority") under section 129A of the Highways Act 1980 because it appears to the Authority that a Gating Order would be beneficial for tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in the Wervin Road/James Holt Avenue of Kirkby.

By this Order:

1. The public right of way over the highway off Wervin Road and to the rear of properties numbered 48 to 58 James Holt Avenue, a length of approximately 47 metres and an area to be closed of approximately 987 square metres in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley will be restricted at all times by the erection of a barrier positioned between the properties numbered 46 and 48 James Holt Avenue and at the rear of number 58 James Holt Avenue.
   
2. The Authority are satisfied that:
   
   (a) Premises adjoining or adjacent to the higway are affected by crime and/or anti-social behaviour;
   (b) The existence of the highway is facilitating the persistant commission of criminal offences and/or anti-social behaviour;
   (c) It is in all circumstances expedient to make this Order for the purposes of reducing crime and/or anti-social behaviour.
   
3. The alternative route for pedestrians is from the northerly boundary of number 29 Wervin Road in a north-easterly direction for a distance of approximately 45 metres, then in a north-westerly direction along Wervin Road for a distance of approximately 39 metres to its junction with James Holt Avenue then in a south-westerly direction to the alleyway between numbers 46 and 48 James Holt Avenue and vice versa.
   
4. The occupiers of the properties numbered 46 to 58 (even numbers only) James Holt Avenue and 27 and 29 Wervin Road are excluded from the effects of the restriction referred to in paragraph 1. above
5. Police, Fire and Ambulance emergency services, statutory undertakers with equipment situated over, along or in the highway, council officers and other persons authorised in writing by the council for the purposes of carrying out works of repair or maintenance to the highway or ajoining premises shall be exempt from the provisions of this Order.
   
6. The person responsible for maintaining the barriers is Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Department of Regeneration and Neighbourhoods, Yorkon Building, Archway Road, Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside, L36 9UX.

If any person desires to question the validity of this order on the ground that the council had no power to make it, or any requirement of part 8A of the Act has not been complied with in relation to the order, he or she may apply to the High Court within six weeks from the date which the order is made.

The common seal of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley was affixed on 27 February 2008.

Delgated Powers Reference - DRN/011/2008
Granted 09 January 2008