The A40 London—Fishguard Trunk Road (Swakeleys Road Junction Improvement Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/490
• Sections: 5

Section 1

The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct—

(a) along the route described in Schedule 1 of 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 other 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 the highway which crosses the route of a new trunk road 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; and

(2)

(i) “the deposited plan”

(ii) “the new trunk roads”

(iii) “the trunk road”

Section 5

This Order shall come into force on 19th March 1987 and may be cited as the A40 London—Fishguard Trunk Road (Swakeleys Road Junction Improvement Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1987.