The M3 Motorway (Bar End-Compton Section) Scheme 1990

Made: 6th March 1990

Coming into force: 14th March 1990

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 of the deposited plan.

3

The special road except insofar as its route is comprised in 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;

• (2)

• (i) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered CSE 403/4B/26/015 marked “The M3 Motorway (Bar End-Compton Section) Scheme 1990”, 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 road” means the special road mentioned in article 1 of this Scheme

5

This Scheme shall come into force on 14th March 1990 and may be cited as the M3 Motorway (Bar End-Compton Section) Scheme 1990.

SCHEDULE

The Route of the Special Road

A route, about 4.2 kilometres in length, starting at a point on the route of the M3 Motorway (Popham-Bar End Section) about 428 metres northeast of its junction with Bar End Road (A272) at Bar End, Winchester. Proceeding in a generally southwesterly direction, the route passes to the east of St Catherine’s Hill and crosses the B3335 road at Hockley, the A33 Winchester Bypass and the London-Southampton Railway at Shawford. The route then re-crosses the Winchester Bypass to end at a point on the route of the A33 (Otterbourne and Chandlers Ford Bypass) immediately south of its junction with the A31 at Compton.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Regional Director

D Gruffydd Jones — Secretary of State for Transport South East Region — Department of Transport — 6th March 1990

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c. 66

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