A423 West of Maidenhead—Oxford Trunk Road (Maidenhead Thicket—Burchetts Green Section) and Slip Roads Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1864
• Sections: 7

Section 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 highways 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.

Section 2

The centre lines of the new trunk roads are indicated by heavy black lines on the deposited plan.

Section 3

The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads that—

(a) where the highway is a highway 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 a highway 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 relevant route is opened for the purpose of through traffic.

Section 4

In this Order—

(1) All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(2)

(i) “the deposited plan”

(ii) “the new trunk roads”

Section 5

This Order shall come into force on 20th November 1987 and may be cited as the A423 West of Maidenhead—Oxford Trunk Road (Maidenhead Thicket—Burchetts Green Section) and Slip Roads Order 1987.

Section 1

Junction with the A4 Bath Road

Two routes to connect the eastbound and westbound carriageways of the main new trunk road with a roundabout to be constructed as part of the A4 Bath Road at Maidenhead Thicket (the slip roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 1 and 2 on the deposited plan).

Section 2

Junction with the existing A423 to be detrunked

Two routes to connect the eastbound and westbound carriageways of the main new trunk road with the existing A423 as proposed to be diverted (the slip roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 3 and 4 on the deposited plan).