The A65 Trunk Road (Gargrave Bypass) Order 1990

Made: 6th August 1990

Coming into force: 7th September 1990

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 any 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/YHRO 17 marked “The A65 Trunk Road (Gargrave Bypass) Order 1990”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Depart-ment of Transport, Romney House, 43 Mar-sham Street, London SW1 3PY;

• (ii) “the new trunk road” means the highway mentioned in article 1 of this Order; and

• (iii) “the Trunk Road” means the North-West of Doncaster—Kendal Trunk Road (A65).

5

This Order shall come into force on 7th Sptember 1990 and may be cited as the A65 Trunk Road (Gargrave Bypass) Order 1990.

SCHEDULE

The route of the new trunk road is about 5.4 kilometres in length, and is in the District of Craven in the County of North Yorkshire. It starts at a point on the Trunk Road 50 metres east of the British Rail line at Coniston Bridge (marked “A” on the deposited plan), then goes in a generally easterly then south easterly direction, (including a roundabout east of Holme House) and ends at a point on the Trunk Road 650 metres north west of its junction with Sour Lane, Thorlby (marked “B” on the deposited plan).

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Henry — Regional Director Yorkshire & Humberside Region — Department of Transport — 6th August 1990

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c. 66.

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