The M3 Motorway (Compton—Bassett Section) Scheme 1987

Made: 23rd July 1987

Coming into force: 21st August 1987

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Scheme in exercise of powers conferred by sections 16, 17 and 19 of the Highways Act 1980[^f00001], and now vested in him,[^f00002], and of all other enabling powers:

1

The Secretary of State is authorised to provide along the route described in the Schedule to this Scheme a special road for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980.

2

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

3

The special road, except insofar as its route follows the route of any existing trunk road, shall become a trunk road on the date when this Scheme comes into force.

4

In this Scheme—

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

5

This Scheme shall come into force on 21st August 1987 and may be cited as the M3 Motorway (Compton—Bassett Section) Scheme 1987.

SCHEDULE — THE ROUTE OF THE SPECIAL ROAD

A route, about 8.5 kilometres in length, starting at a point on the route of the A33 Otterbourne and Chandler’s Ford Bypass immediately south of its junction with the A31 at Compton. Proceeding in a generally southwesterly direction, the route follows the line of the existing route of the said A33 to end at a point 1179 metres northeast of the Bassett roundabout at Bassett, Southampton, all in the County of Hampshire.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

D. Gruffydd Jones — Regional Director South East Region — Department of Transport — 23rd July 1987

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c. 66.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1981/238.