The M4 Motorway (Hillingdon and Hounslow) (Speed Limits) Regulations 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/1651
• Sections: 19

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the M4 Motorway (Hillingdon and Hounslow) (Speed Limits) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 23rd July 2002.

Section 2 Prohibitions

(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 40 miles per hour on the lengths of road specified in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on the lengths of road specified in Part III of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(3) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 60 miles per hour on the lengths of road specified in Part IV of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(4) Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect for the interpretation of the Schedule.

Section 3 Revocations

The M4 Motorway (Hillingdon and Hounslow) (Speed Limits) Regulations 1998 and the M4 Motorway (Hillingdon and Hounslow) (Speed Limit) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 are hereby revoked.

Section 1

In this Schedule—

“the Heston Service Area access slip road” means the length of motorway from the Heston Service Area to the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway;

“the Heston Service Area exit slip road” means the length of motorway from the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway to the Heston Service Area;

“the Junction 2 eastbound access slip road” means the length of motorway from the eastbound carriageway of the A4 Great West Road to the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway;

“the Junction 2 eastbound exit slip road” means the length of motorway from the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway to the eastbound carriageway of the A4 Great West Road;

“the Junction 2 westbound access slip road” means the length of motorway from the westbound carriageway of the A4 Great West Road to the westbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway;

“the Junction 2 westbound exit slip road” means the length of motorway from the westbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway to the westbound carriageway of the A4 Great West Road;

“the Junction 3 eastbound access slip road” means the length of motorway from the Junction 3 roundabout to the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway;

“the Junction 3 eastbound exit slip road” means the length of motorway from the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway to the Junction 3 roundabout;

“the Junction 3 roundabout” means the roundabout connecting The Parkway (A312) with the main M4 Motorway;

“the Junction 3 westbound exit slip road” means the length of motorway from the westbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway to the Junction 3 roundabout;

“the Junction 4 access slip road” means the length of motorway from the Junction 4 roundabout to the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway;

“the Junction 4 roundabout” means the roundabout connecting the M4 Heathrow Airport Spur Motorway with the main M4 Motorway;

“motorway” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982 ; and

“the M4 Motorway” means the London–South Wales Motorway (M4).

Section 2

That length of the eastbound carriageway of the M4 Motorway from a point 47 metres east of motorway marker post 16.7 to its junction with the A4 Great West Road at Chiswick, a distance of approximately 4.6 kilometres.

Section 3

That length of the westbound carriageway of the M4 Motorway from its junction with the A4 Great West Road at Chiswick to the centre line of the London Underground bridge carrying the Piccadilly Line over the motorway, a distance of approximately 3.76 kilometres.

Section 4

The entire length of the Junction 2 eastbound exit slip road, a distance of approximately 344 metres.

Section 5

The entire length of the Junction 2 eastbound access slip road, a distance of approximately 362 metres.

Section 6

The entire length of the Junction 2 westbound exit slip road, a distance of approximately 281 metres.

Section 7

The entire length of the Junction 2 westbound access slip road, a distance of approximately 436 metres.

Section 8

The Heston Service Area exit slip road, from a point 268 metres east of its junction with the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway eastwards for a distance of 80 metres.

Section 9

The Junction 3 westbound exit slip road, from a point 185 metres west of the western edge of the Southall Lane overbridge to a point 15 metres east of the eastern edge of the Junction 3 roundabout, a distance of approximately 220 metres.

Section 10

The Junction 3 eastbound exit slip road, from a point 309 metres east of its junction with the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway eastwards for a distance of 285 metres.

Section 11

That length of the eastbound carriageway of the M4 Motorway from a point 13 metres west of motorway marker post 25.0 to a point 47 metres east of motorway marker post 16.7, a distance of approximately 8.4 kilometres.

Section 12

The entire length of the Junction 3 eastbound access slip road, a distance of approximately 704 metres.

Section 13

The Junction 3 eastbound exit slip road, from its junction with the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway eastwards for a distance of 309 metres.

Section 14

The entire length of the Heston Service Area access slip road, a distance of approximately 360 metres.

Section 15

The Heston Service Area exit slip road, from its junction with the eastbound main carriageway of the M4 Motorway eastwards for a distance of 268 metres.

Section 16

The entire length of the Junction 4 access slip road, a distance of approximately 839 metres.