The A69 Trunk Road (Haltwhistle Bypass) Order 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/3134
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the A69 Trunk Road (Haltwhistle Bypass) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 16th December 1994.

(2) In this Order all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.

Section 2

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 from the date when this Order comes into force.

Section 3

The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered HA10/2-/N240, marked “The A69 Trunk Road (Haltwhistle Bypass) Order 1994”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY.

Section 4

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 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 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. That date specified will not be later than the date on which the new trunk road is opened for traffic.