NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF AN ORDER HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER FOOTPATH 185 BOWERS GIFFORD & NORTH BENFLEET IN THE BOROUGH OF BASILDON On 21 August 2019 Essex County Council confirmed the above order made under section 119 of the Highways Act 1980. The effect of the order as confirmed is to divert a part length of Footpath 185 Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet commencing from a point south of Rookery Farm on the gravel pathway in the wide gap between the hedgerows at grid reference 57588,18678 (postcode SS7 5BN), proceeding southwards through the thicket to the pathway junction north of the gate then continuing south westwards along the gravel pathway to a point on the north side of the nature reserve lake, then proceeding south eastwards north of the lake to the next track junction. The path then continues north eastwards along the track to the eastern side of the pathway bend at the gap between the ditches and entrance to the meadow at grid reference 57613,18626, to an alternative route commencing from the aforementioned point south of Rockery Farm proceeding along the pathway initially eastwards then southwards on the eastern side of the thicket to the pathway junction north of the gate, then continuing south eastwards adjacent to the northern side of the field fence boundary to the aforementioned point at the meadow entrance where it connects to the unaffected part of Footpath 185 Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet, as shown on the order map. A copy of the order as confirmed and the order map have been placed and may be seen free of charge at Basildon Borough Council Offices, The Basildon Centre, St. Martin's Square, Basildon SS14 1DL and at Chelmsford Public Library, Market Road CM1 1QH during normal working hours. Copies are available on request from the Chelmsford Library at a charge. The alternative route comes into force on 19 September 2019, and the old route shall be stopped up with effect from 26 September 2019, but if a person aggrieved by the order wants to question its validity, or that of any provision contained in it, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the Highways Act 1980, as amended, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act, as amended, or of any regulation made under the Act has not been complied with in relation to the order, he or she may, under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act as applied by paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Act, within 6 weeks from 12 September 2019 make an application to the High Court. Dated 12 September 2019