Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2257

The A6 London—Inverness Trunk Road (Rothwell Interchange) Order 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 2257

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The A6 London—Inverness Trunk Road (Rothwell Interchange) Order 1987

Made	30th December 1987

Coming into force

5th February 1988

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 41 of the Highways Act 1980^[1] and now vested in him^[2], and of all other enabling powers:

    1.    The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road as from the date when this Order comes into force.

    2.    The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.

    3.    The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that—
 (a) where the highway is a highway 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 a highway 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 the purpose of through traffic.

    4.    In this Order—

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

(2)   (i) "the deposited plan"	means the plan folio numbered HA10/2E/263 marked "The A6 London—Inverness Trunk Road (Rothwell Interchange) Order 1987" containing one map signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EY;
(ii) "the new trunk road"	means the highway mentioned in article 1 of this Order;
(iii) "the A6 Trunk Road"	means the part of the A6 London—Carlisle—Glasgow—Inverness Trunk Road known as Kettering Road, Rothwell in the County of Northamptonshire.

    5.    This Order shall come into force on 5th February 1988 and may be cited as the A6 London—Inverness Trunk Road (Rothwell Interchange) Order 1987.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

P. M. Hewitt

Regional Director East Midlands Region Department of Transport

30th December 1987

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Notes:

[1] 1980 c. 66.

[2] S.I. 1981/238.

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