The M5 Birmingham-Exeter Motorway (Warndon Junction 6) Line Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/1724
• Sections: 5

Section 1

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 as from the date when this Order comes into force.

Section 2

The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.

Section 3

The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the 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 purposes of through traffic.

Section 4

In this Order:—

(i) “the deposited plan”

(ii) “the new trunk road”

(iii) “the trunk road”

Section 5

This Order shall come into force on 31st August 1990 and may be cited as the M5 Birmingham-Exeter Motorway (Warndon Junction 6) Line Order 1990.