The M40 London-Oxford-Birmingham Motorway (Waterstock to Wendlebury Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989

Made: 15th March 1989

Coming into force: 5th April 1989

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 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 –

• (a) a special road along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Scheme (this special road being in this Scheme referred to as “the motorway”), and

• (b) special roads along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this scheme for the purposes of connecting the motorway with other highways at the places stated in that schedule (these special roads being in this Scheme referred to as “the connecting roads”).

2

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

3

Insofar as the special roads are not trunk roads before the date when this Scheme comes into force they shall become trunk roads 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;

• (2)

• (i) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered CSE 440/3/26/03 marked “The M40 London-Oxford-Birmingham Motorway (Waterstock to Wendlebury Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989”, containing 2 maps bound together and lettered, respectively, plan A and plan B, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY; and

• (ii) “the special roads” means the motorway and the connecting roads.

5

This Scheme shall come into force on 5th April 1989 and may be cited as the M40 London-Oxford-Birmingham Motorway (Waterstock to Wendlebury Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989.

SCHEDULE 1 — ROUTE OF THE MOTORWAY

A route, about 20.25 kilometres in length starting at a point on the London-Oxford-Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) about 245 metres east of Waterstock Lane in the Parish of Great Milton in the County of Oxfordshire, and proceeding in a generally northwestwards direction west of Waterperry and then in a generally northeastwards direction west of Worminghall in the County of Buckinghamshire, and then in a generally northwestwards direction southwest of Oakley and Boarstall, northeast of Fencott, Murcott and Charlton-on-Otmoor and southwest of Merton and Wendlebury ending at a point about 380 metres north of the junction between the A421 Trunk Road and Wendlebury Road in the Parish of Weston-on-the-Green in the said County of Oxfordshire.

SCHEDULE 2 — ROUTES OF THE CONNECTING ROADS

1

Junction with the A40 and A418 near Wheatley

2

Junction with the A418 at Waterstock

3

Junction with the A421 at Wendlebury

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

D. Gruffydd Jones — Regional Director South East Region — Department of Transport — 15th March 1989

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c. 66.

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