Statutory Instruments
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
15th February 1990
Coming into force
16th March 1990
1. The A41 London-“Birmingham Trunk Road (Berkhamsted Bypass) Order 1985(3) is hereby amended so that for each length of new highway specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below there is substituted the length of new highway specified in that item in column 3 of that Table.
(1) Item No | (2) Length of new highway in the principal order | (3) Length of new highway which becomes a trunk road by virtue of this order |
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1 | The roundabout proposed at the junction of the original route with Hemp Lane | The route marked Amendment No 1 on the No 2 deposited plan |
2 | That much of the original route which extends from a point about 150 metres west of where it crosses the A416 Chesham road eastwards for a distance of about 620 metres and the roundabout proposed at its junction with the A416 Chesham Road | The route marked Amendment No 2 on the No 2 deposited plan |
3 | That much of the original route which extends from a point about 300 metres west of its junction with the trunk road eastwards for a distance of about 300 metres. | The route marked Amendment No 3 on the No 2 deposited plan |
2. The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct-“
(a)as specified in column 3 of the Table in article 1 above; and
(b)as described in the Schedule to this order
shall become trunk roads as from the date on which this order comes into force.
3.-(1) Each of the lengths of the new highways described in column 2 of the Table in article 1 above is shown by broad striped hatching on the No 2 deposited plan.
(2) The centre line of each of the lengths of the new highways referred to in article 2 above is shown by a heavy black line on the No 2 deposited plan.
4. The Secretary of State directs that as respects any part of a highway that crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads referred to in article 2 above 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 Sate 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.
5. The heavy black lines showing the lengths of the new highways described in column 2 of the Table in article 1 above on the deposited plan as defined in article 4(2)(i) of the principal order shall be deemed to be omitted from that plan.
6. In this Order-“
(1) All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
(2) (i) "the No 2 deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA10/2E/285, marked "The A41 London-“Birmingham Trunk Road (Berkhamsted Bypass) Order 1985 Amendment Order and New Trunk Roads Order 1990", 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 original route" means the route of the new road described in Schedule 1 to the principal order;
(iii)"the principal order" means the A41 London-“Birmingham Trunk Road (Berkhamsted Bypass) Order 1985;
(iv)"the main new trunk road" means the trunk road to be constructed in pursuance of article 1 to the principal order and this Order;
(v)"the new trunk roads" mean the highways mentioned in article 2(b) of this Order and described in the Schedule to this Order; and
(vi)"the trunk road" means the London-“Birmingham Trunk Road (A41).
7. This Order shall come into force on 16th March 1990 and may be cited as the A41 London-“Birmingham Trunk Road (Berkhamsted Bypass) Order 1985 Amendment Order and New Trunk Roads Order 1990.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Peter Emms
Regional Director Eastern Region
Department of Transport
15th February 1990
The routes of the new trunk roads are the following-“
(1) Junction with Chesham Road A416 at Berkhamsted
One bifurcating route to connect the westbound carriageway of the main new trunk road with the A416 Chesham Road (as proposed to be improved) at Berkhamsted (the new trunk road along this route being given the reference number 1 on the No 2 deposited plan).
(2) Junction with Stony Lane at Bourne End
One bifurcating route to connect the eastbound carriageway of the main new trunk road with Stony Lane (as proposed to be improved) at Bourne End (the new trunk road along this route being the reference number 2 on the No 2 deposited plan).
(3) Junction to the east of Bourne End Lane
One bifurcating route to connect the westbound carriageway of the main new trunk road with a new link road (as proposed to be constructed to connect with Bourne End Lane) at Bourne End (the new trunk road along this route being given the reference number 3 on the No 2 deposited plan).
(4) Junction with the trunk road A41 at Bourne End
Two bifurcating routes to connect the eastbound and westbound carriageways of the main new trunk road with the A41 trunk road (as proposed to be improved) at Bourne End (the new trunk roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 4 and 5 on the No 2 deposited plan).