- Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2777
The A38 Trunk Road (Weeford) Order 2003
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| Made | 22nd October 2003 | ||
| Coming into force | 11th December 2003 |
The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 41 of the Highways Act 1980[1] and now vested in him[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf -
1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the A38 Trunk Road (Weeford) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003.
(2) In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.
2. The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force.
3. The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan Numbered HA 10/MP/017, marked "The A38 Trunk Road (Weeford) Order 2003", signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the ODPM-DfT, Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA.
4. The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that -
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(a) where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and
(b) where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question,
until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the new trunk road is opened for traffic.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
David Harvey
Divisional Director Highways Agency
22nd October 2003
The route of the new trunk road is about 1.6 kilometres in length from a point approximately 700 metres south of the point where the A5 Trunk Road joins the junction with the A38 Trunk Road and extending in a northerly direction up to a point approximately 700 metres north of its junction with the A5 Trunk Road, in the County of Staffordshire.
Notes:
[1] 1980 c. 66.back
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