The A19 Trunk Road (A19/A64 Fulford Interchange Improvement) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/1491
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the A19 Trunk Road (A19/A64 Fulford Interchange Improvement) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 27th June 1996.

Section 2

In this Order—

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

(2)

(i) “the main new roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(ii) “the new trunk roads” means the main new road and the slip roads;

(iii) “the plan” means the plan numbered HA10 NNMD 2 marked “The A19 Trunk Road (A19/A64 Fulford Interchange Improvement) Order 1996”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DR; and

(iv) “the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order and which connect the main new road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule.

(v) “the A19 Trunk Road” means the East of Snaith— Thirsk— Sunderland Trunk Road;

(vi) “the A64 Trunk Road” means the Leeds— York— Scarborough Trunk Road;

Section 3

The main new roads and the slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force.

Section 4

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

Section 5

The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads that—

(a) where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local 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. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for traffic.