The A16 Trunk Road (Spalding to Sutterton Improvement) (Detrunking) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/754
• Sections: 3

Section 1

On the operative date, if the length of the trunk road described in Schedule 1 to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan is then still a trunk road—

(a) that length shall cease to be a trunk road, and

(b) the lengths thereof which are described in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be classified as classified roads.

Section 2

In this Order—

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

(2)

(i) “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;

(ii) “the deposited plan” means the plan consisting of three sheets numbered HA 1O/EM68 marked “The A16 Trunk Road (Spalding to Sutterton Improvement) (Detrunking) Order 1991”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SWIP 3PY;

(iii) “the new trunk road” means the trunk road to be constructed by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the A16 Trunk Road (Spalding to Sutterton Improvement) Order 1991 ;

(iv) “the operative date” means the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Lincolnshire that the new trunk road is open for through traffic;

(v) “the trunk road” means the A16 Norman Cross-Grimsby Trunk Road.

Section 3

This Order shall come into force on 28th March 1991 and may be cited as the A16 Trunk Road (Spalding to Sutterton Improvement) (Detrunking) Order 1991.