existing highway

collocation in English

meaningsofexistingandhighway

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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us
/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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highway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhaɪ.weɪ/us
/ˈhaɪ.weɪ/
a public road, especially an important road that joins cities or ...
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(Definition ofexistingandhighwayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The private consortia who provide the finance and expertise to design, build and operate the new roads will work alongsideexistinghighwayauthorities.
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I beg to move, in page 20, line 5, after "that,"insert:"the land is required for the widening of anexistinghighwayand that".
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The second point is that it is needed to widen anexistinghighway.
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The reduced scheme will mean that some of theexistinghighwaynetwork will be used for quicker alternative routes.
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The first phase will be contained within theexistinghighwayboundary.
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In using the term "public rights of way" it is also intended to exclude metalled roads, which are the proper concern ofexistinghighwayauthorities.
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It would also empower the acquisition of the necessary land and permit the necessary alterations to theexistinghighwaynetwork.
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There must appear to the appropriate council that anexistinghighwaywill be converted into a new street as a consequence of building operations.
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The traffic director would not replace theexistinghighwayauthorities, but would have a co-ordinating role on these routes, with appropriate reserve powers.
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The work undertaken so far indicates that the proposed widening between junctions 12 and 15 be accommodated within theexistinghighwayboundary.
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It also had to be feasible to erect a barrier within theexistinghighwayboundary as there was no provision for acquiring extra land.
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Theexistinghighwayis now due for repairs which will be carried out within a month.
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In this case no such orders are required as the improvement is entirely within theexistinghighwayboundary.
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He will shortly be promoting an improvement scheme within theexistinghighwayboundaries.
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Widening will be contained entirely within theexistinghighwaycorridor.
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That widening would occur mainly within theexistinghighwayboundaries, thus minimising the need for extra land purchase.
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As the paragraph stands, it is defective in that it assumes that some parts of the long-distance route will always run along anexistinghighway, which would not he so.
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The geographical areas should be similar to but not necessarily the same asexistinghighwayauthority boundaries and should relate to boundaries of the new unitary authorities.
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Generally, a householder has no right to compensation for any adverse effects caused by a change in the number or type of vehicles using anexistinghighway.
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He is required to level that part which the local authority has determined shall be thrown into the road for widening, into conformity with theexistinghighway.
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