The M62 and M1 Motorways (Lofthouse Link Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/1565
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the M62 and M1 Motorways (Lofthouse Link Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 12th July 2000.

Section 2 Imposition of speed limit

(1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on any specified link road.

(2) Each of the following link roads at the Lofthouse interchange (junction 29 of the M62 Motorway and junction 42 of the M1 Motorway) is a specified link road—

(a) the M62 Motorway eastbound to the M1 Motorway northbound link road from a point 406 metres east of the centre point of Long Thorpe Lane bridge at the Lofthouse interchange, for a distance of 375 metres in an easterly and then northerly direction along the link road;

(b) the M1 Motorway southbound to the M62 Motorway westbound link road from a point 340 metres south of the centre point of Thorpe Lower Lane bridge at the Lofthouse interchange, for a distance of 960 metres in a southerly and then in a westerly direction along the link road.