LegalizeThe Shrewsbury–Whitchurch–Warrington Trunk Road (A49 Weaverham Diversion, Cheshire) Order 1989
Made: 13th November 1989
Coming into force: 14th December 1989
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 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 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 HA10/CNW 264 marked “The Shrewsbury–Whitchurch–Warrington Trunk Road (A49 Weaverham Diversion, Cheshire) Order 1989” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY; |
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| ii “the new trunk road” | means the highway mentioned in article 1 of this order; |
| iii “the Trunk Road” | means the Shrewsbury–Whitchurch–Warrington Trunk Road (A49). |
5
This Order shall come into force on 14th December 1989 and may be cited as the Shrewsbury–Whitchurch–Warrington Trunk Road (A49 Weaverham Diversion, Cheshire) Order 1989.
SCHEDULE — ROUTE OF THE NEW TRUNK ROAD
A route about 2.84 kilometres in length, starting at a point on the Trunk Road, 761 metres south east of its junction with Acton Lane then going in a southerly direction crossing the line of the existing B5153 (Station Road) before swinging south east to join a new roundabout 70 metres south of the junction of the Trunk Road with Forest Street. Leaving the roundabout in a south westerly direction, the route rejoins the Trunk Road at a point 134 metres north east of its junction with Cuddington Lane.
Note: Unit of length: 1 kilometre = 0.621 of a mile approximately.
Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
D. C. Renshaw — Regional Director North West Region — Department of Transport — 13th November 1989
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1980 c. 66.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1981/238.
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