The A1(M) Motorway and the M62 Motorway (Holmfield Interchange Link Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/2262
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the A1(M) Motorway and the M62 Motorway (Holmfield Interchange Link Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 22nd September 2008.

Section 2 Imposition of speed limit

No person shall drive any vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on any road specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 1

A 50 miles per hour speed limit will apply to:

(i) the link road connecting the A1(M) Motorway northbound carriageway to the M62 Motorway westbound carriageway at Holmfield Interchange, from a point 360 metres north of the centreline of Pontefract Road overbridge to a point 62 metres west of the centreline of Holmfield Lane South Subway, a total distance of 580 metres;

(ii) the link road connecting the A1(M) Motorway southbound carriageway to the M62 Motorway westbound link road at Holmfield Interchange, from a point 220 metres north of the centreline of Stranglands Lane overbridge to a point 440 metres west of the centreline of Holmfield Lane South Subway, a total distance of 1370 metres;

(iii) the A1(M) Motorway southbound to the M62 Motorway eastbound link road at Holmfield Interchange, from a point 251 metres south of the centreline of Stranglands Lane overbridge to a point 346 metres west of the centreline of Pontefract Road overbridge, a total distance of 416 metres;

(iv) the M62 Motorway westbound to the A1(M) Motorway northbound link road at Holmfield Interchange, from a point 255 metres west of the centreline of Pontefract Road overbridge to its merge with the A1(M) Motorway northbound carriageway, a total distance of 800 metres;

(v) the M62 Motorway eastbound to the A1(M) Motorway northbound link road at Holmfield Interchange, from a point 80 metres west of the centreline of Holmfield Lane overbridge to 250 metres east of the centreline of Holmfield Lane Overbridge, a total distance of 330 metres; and

(vi) the M62 Motorway eastbound to A1(M) Motorway southbound link road at Holmfield Interchange, from a point 410 metres west of the centreline of Holmfield Lane overbridge to a point 165 metres south of the centreline of Pontefract Road overbridge, a total distance of 1450 metres.