Drainage works
34 Drainage works
The corporation may make, cleanse, and keep open all drains and watercourses which it considers necessary in and through any land adjoining or near a local highway maintainable by the corporation.
Before first entering on any land for the purposes of this section the corporation shall, except in an emergency, give the owner and the occupier of that land 14 days' notice in writing of its intention to do so, showing on a plan or sketch in or attached to the notice the works which it proposes to do.
The corporation shall pay compensation for any damage caused by the exercise of its powers under this section.
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