The A6 Trunk Road (Clapham Bypass) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/3354
• 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 main new trunk road”), and

(b) along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order to connect the main new trunk road with other highways at the places stated in that schedule (“the slip roads”),

shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force.

Section 2

The centre line of each of the new trunk roads 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 a new trunk road that—

(a) where a 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 a 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:

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

(b)

Section 5

This Order shall come into force on 21st January 1993 and may be cited as the A6 Trunk Road (Clapham Bypass) Order 1992.

Section 1 Junction with Oakley Road.

A two-way route between the southbound carriageway of the main new trunk road and the realigned section of Oakley Road, numbered 3 on the deposited plan, and a two-way route between Oakley Road and the northbound carriageway of the main new trunk road, numbered 4 on the deposited plan.

Section 2 Junction with Highfield Road.

A route between Highfield Road and the southbound carriageway of the main new trunk road, numbered 1 on the deposited plan, and a two-way route between the northbound carriageway of the main new trunk road and Highfield Road, numbered 2 on the deposited plan.