The M57 Motorway Junction 7 (Switch Island) (Speed Limits) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/1631
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the M57 Motorway Junction 7 (Switch Island) (Speed Limits) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 29th July 2009.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“M57 Motorway” means the M57 Motorway junction 7 at Switch Island in the District of Sefton, in Merseyside;

“motorway” and “carriageway” have the same meanings as in the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982 ;

“the slip road” means the exit slip road from the westbound carriageway to the A59 at Switch Island, from a point 42 metres east of where the A59 meets the slip road to the point where those roads meet;

“Switch Island” means the circulatory system which forms the junction at the western end of the M57 Motorway, where that motorway joins the A59 and the A5036; and

“the westbound carriageway” means the westbound carriageway of the M57 Motorway, from a point 538 metres east of where the A59 at Switch Island meets the slip road to a point 42 metres east of where those roads meet.

Section 3 Speed limits

(1) No person shall drive a vehicle on any part of the westbound carriageway at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour.

(2) No person shall drive a vehicle on any part of the slip road at a speed exceeding 40 miles per hour.