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(1) The Board may turn, divert, discontinue the public use of, or permanently close, any public street vested in it or any part thereof. (2) Whenever the Board discontinues the public use of, or permanently closes, any public street vested in it or any part thereof, it shall, as far as practicable, provide some other reasonable means of access in lieu thereof and pay reasonable compensation to every person who is entitled, otherwise than as a mere member of the public, to use such street or part as a means of access and has suffered damage from such discontinuance or closure. (3) When any public street or any part thereof, vested in the Board, is permanently closed under sub-section (1), the Board may sell or lease so much of the same as is no longer required by it.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(1) The Board may turn, divert, discontinue the public use of, or permanently close, any public street vested in it or any part thereof.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(2) Whenever the Board discontinues the public use of, or permanently closes, any public street vested in it or any part thereof, it shall, as far as practicable, provide some other reasonable means of access in lieu thereof and pay reasonable compensation to every person who is entitled, otherwise than as a mere member of the public, to use such street or part as a means of access and has suffered damage from such discontinuance or closure.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(3) When any public street or any part thereof, vested in the Board, is permanently closed under sub-section (1), the Board may sell or lease so much of the same as is no longer required by it.<br>