Road adoption

A new or existing un-adopted road will be adopted as a highway - which is maintainable at public expense - if it meets with the following requirements when it is built:

• it has a direct link with the existing public highway network
• the carriageway and footways are of widths and gradients that offer a safe passage for pedestrians and vehicles
• there is an approved means of surface water drainage to the carriageway and footways
• the provision of street lighting meets the current local requirements and national standards
• the materials used meet the current construction standards
• the freehold owner/s of the land dedicate the road as a Public Highway when it is built, at no cost to the council, under a Section 38 Agreement of the Highways Act 1980
• the road will remain open to the public to pass and re-pass at all times when formally adopted 

Please contact the Transportation Unit on 020 8937 5153 for further information or email Transportation@brent.gov.uk