LegalizeThe London—Penzance Trunk Road A303 (Sparkford Bypass) Order 1987
Made: 28th April 1987
Coming into force: 29th May 1987
The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 41 of the Highways Act 1980[^f00001], and now vested in him[^f00002], and all other enabling powers:
1
The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 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 purposes 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 numbered HA 10/2—SWMll marked “The London—Penzance Trunk Road A303 (Sparkford Bypass) Order 1987,” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY; |
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| ii “the new trunk road” | means the highway mentioned in article 1 of this Order; and |
| iii “the trunk road” | means the London—Penzance Trunk Road (A303). |
5
This Order shall come into force on 29th May 1987 and may be cited as the London—Penzance Trunk Road A303 (Sparkford Bypass) Order 1987.
SCHEDULE 1 — ROUTE OF THE NEW TRUNK ROAD
The route of the new trunk road is a route at Sparkford in the District of South Somerset in the County of Somerset about 4.02 kilometres in length, starting at a point on the Trunk Road about 200 metres west of its junction with the A359 Queen Camel Road then going north-eastwards to the A359 Castle Cary Road and then swinging eastwards to rejoin the Trunk Road about 305 metres east of its junction with the C130 North Cadbury Road at Chapel Cross.
Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
G. M. Wedd — Regional Director South West Region — Department of Transport — 28th April 1987
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1980 c. 66.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1981/238.
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