Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2622

The Chester-Bangor Trunk Road (A55) (Aber Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 1991

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1991 No. 2622

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Chester-Bangor Trunk Road (A55) (Aber Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 1991

The Secretary of State for Wales makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980^[1] and of all other enabling powers:—

    1.    The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct—
 (a) along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order (the highway along this route being in this Order referred to as "the main new trunk road"); and
 (b) along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order which connect the main new trunk road with the new side road at the places stated in that Schedule (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as "the slip roads");
shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force.

    2.    The centre line of themain new trunk road and the slip roads are indicated by heavy black lines on the deposited plan.

    3.    The length of the trunk road described in Schedule 3 to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road, and shall be classified as a classified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Gwynedd that the new trunk roads are open for through traffic.

    4.    In this Order:—
All measurements of distances are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
 (i) "the deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA10/2 WO84 marked "The Chester-Bangor Trunk Road (A55) (Aber Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 1991", signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales and deposited at the Welsh Office Repository, Curran Embankment, Cardiff;
 (ii) "the main new trunk road" and "the slip roads" have the meanings given in article 1 of this Order;
 (iii) "the new trunk roads" means the highways mentioned in article 1 of this Order;
 (iv) "the trunk road" means the existing Chester-Bangor Trunk Road (A55);
 (v) "classified road" as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purpose of any enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;
 (vi) "the new side road" means the side road proposed to be constructed at Aber, between the trunk road and the main new trunk road, in accordance with the provisions of the Chester-Bangor Trunk Road (A55) (Aber Improvement Side Roads) Order 1991.

    5.    This Order shall come into force on 28th November 1991 and may be cited as the Chester-Bangor Trunk Road (A55) (Aber Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 1991.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

P R Marsden

A Grade 6 Officer, Welsh Office

8th November 1991

[1] 1980 c. 66. back

Explanatory Note