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.

1. The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.

3. The length of the Trunk Road described in Schedule 2 to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Lancashire that the new trunk road is open for through traffic.

4. In this Order

(a)all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(b)(i)"the deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA10/1 CNW243 marked "The A59 Samlesbury -“ Skipton Trunk Road (Improvement from East of Monk Bridge to West of Crooks House) 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;

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

(iii)"the Trunk Road" means the Samlesbury -“ Skipton Trunk Road (A59).

5. This Order shall come into force on 14th April 1989 and may be cited as the A59 Samlesbury -“ Skipton Trunk Road (Improvement from East of Monk Bridge to West of Crooks House) Order 1989.

SCHEDULE 1ROUTE OF THE NEW TRUNK ROAD

The route of the new trunk road is in the Parish of Bracewell, in the County of Lancashire, and is about 0.55 kilometres in length, from a point on the Trunk Road 162 metres east of Monk Bridge in a north-easterly direction to a point on the Trunk Road 225 metres west of Crooks House.

SCHEDULE 2LENGTH OF TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of the Trunk Road ceasing to be a trunk road is situated between the points described in Schedule 1 above.