Statutory Instruments
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
2nd April 1993
Coming into force
11th May 1993
1. The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct-
(a)along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order (the highway along this route being in this Order referred to as "the main new trunk road"); and
(b)along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order which connect the main new trunk road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as "the slip roads").
shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force.
2. The centre line of each 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 roads 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 purpose of through traffic.
4. In this Order:
(a)all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway and are approximate only;
(b)(i)"the deposited plan" | means the plan numbered HA10/EM80 marked "The A43 Trunk Road (Silverstone Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1993", 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 roads" | means the main new trunk road and the slip roads and "new trunk road" shall be construed accordingly; |
(iii)"the trunk road" | means the A43 Oxford-Northampton-Stamford-Market Deeping Trunk Road; and |
(iv)"the side roads order" | means the A43 Trunk Road (Silverstone Bypass) (Side Roads) Order 1993. |
5. This Order shall come into force on 11th May 1993 and may be cited as the A43 Trunk Road (Silverstone Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1993.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
D. J. Morrison
Regional Director East Midlands Region
Department of Transport
2nd April 1993
The route of the main new trunk road is in the Parishes of Silverstone, Syresham, Whittlebury and Towcester in the District of South Northamptonshire in the County of Northamptonshire.
The route is 4.6 kilometres in length, starting at a point on the trunk road 390 metres south-west of its junction with West End. It then heads in a generally northerly direction terminating at a point on the trunk road 250 metres north of the junction of the trunk road with the C128 Wood Burcote Road.
A route to connect the south-west side of a roundabout proposed to be constructed by the Secretary of State pursuant to the Side Roads Order, south-east of the junction of the trunk road and the (C63) Dadford Road, with the southbound carriageway of the main new trunk road. This route is given the reference number 1 on the deposited plan.
A route to connect the southbound carriageway of the main new trunk road with the north-east side of that roundabout. This route is given the reference number 2 on the deposited plan.
A route to connect the (C63) Dadford Road with the northbound carriageway of the main new trunk road from a point 120 metres south-east of the junction of the trunk road and the (C63) Dadford Road. This route is given the reference number 3 on the deposited plan.
A route to connect the north-east side of a roundabout proposed to be constructed by the Secretary of State pursuant to the Side Roads Order, at a point 220 metres north-west of the junction of the trunk road and the A413 Whittlebury Road, with the main new trunk road. This route is given the reference number 4 on the deposited plan.
S.I.1981/238.