The A120 Trunk Road (Stansted to Marks Tey) Order 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/239
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the A120 Trunk Road (Stansted to Marks Tey) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 7th March 2005.

Section 2

In this Order—

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

(2)

(i) “the main road” means the length of highway described in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(ii) “the plan” means the plan numbered HA10/MP/019 marked “The A120 Trunk Road (Stansted to Marks Tey) Order 2005”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at ODPM-DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA;

(iii) “the link road, slip roads and roundabouts” means the lengths of highways described in Schedule 2 to this Order which connect the main road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule; and

(iv) “the new link roads and slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 3 to this Order which connect the main road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule.

Section 3

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

Section 4

The centre line of each of the 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 link roads or slip roads 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. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for traffic.