The A604 Catthorpe-Harwich Trunk Road (Thrapston to Brampton Section and Slip Roads) Order (No.2) 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/840
• Sections: 6

Section 1

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

(a) along the routes described in Schedule 1 (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as “the main new trunk roads”); and

(b) along the routes described in Schedule 2 which connect the main new trunk roads described in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of Schedule 1 with the other highways at the places stated in Schedule 2 (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 highways are indicated by heavy black lines on the deposited plan.

Section 3

Each length of highway described in Schedule 3 and indicated by narrow striped hatching on the deposited plan, shall become a trunk road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the highway authority for that length that the new highways are open for through traffic.

Section 4

The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new highways 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 5

In this Order:—

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

(2)

(i) “the deposited plan” means the plan folio numbered HA10/2E/260 marked “The A604 Catthorpe-Harwich Trunk Road (Thrapston to Brampton Section and Slip Roads) Order (No.2) 1987” containing a key plan and three maps bound together and numbered 1 to 3 inclusive, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(ii) “the new highways” means the main new trunk roads and the slip roads and “a new highway” means one of those highways;

(iii) “the A604” means the length of the A604 Trunk Road which is between Thrapston in the County of Northamptonshire and Brampton in the County of Cambridgeshire, known as the Kettering-Huntingdon Road;

(iv) “the Al Trunk Road” means the A1 London-Edinburgh-Thurso Trunk Road; and

(v) “the A14 Trunk Road” means the length of the A14 Trunk Road in the County of Cambridgeshire which is known as the Huntingdon and Godmanchester Bypass.

(3) A reference to a Schedule followed by a number is a reference to the Schedule bearing that number in this Order.

Section 6

This Order shall come into force on 12th June 1987 and may be cited as the A604 Catthorpe-Harwich Trunk Road (Thrapston to Brampton Section and Slip Roads) Order (No.2) 1987.