Statutory Instruments
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
17th November 1993
Coming into force
14th December 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 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 of the new trunk roads 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-“
(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
(2) | (i)"the deposited plan" | means the plan numbered HA10/2E/338, marked "The A1 Trunk Road (Alconbury to Fletton Parkway Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 1993", containing 3 plans bound together and numbered 1, 2 and 3, 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 trunk road" | means the A1 Trunk Road. |
5. This Order shall come into force on 14th December 1993 and may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Alconbury to Fletton Parkway Improvement and Slip Roads) Order 1993.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Peter Emms
Regional Director Eastern Region
Department of Transport
17th November 1993
The route of the main new trunk road is a route at Stilton in the District of Huntingdon in the County of Cambridgeshire, approximately 400 metres in length, starting on the trunk road at a point 640 metres southeast of its junction with C98 Morborne Lane, then going in a northwesterly direction to rejoin the trunk road 190 metres southeast of its junction with C98 Morborne Lane.
The routes of the slip roads are the following-“
1. Junction with the Great North Road at Alconbury
(a)A route from the northbound carriageway of the trunk road to a proposed new roundabout, the slip road along this route being given the reference number 1 on the plan numbered 1 of the deposited plan.
(b)A route to the southbound carriageway of the trunk road from a proposed new roundabout, the slip road along this route being given the reference number 2 on the plan numbered 1 of the deposited plan.
2. Junction with Green End Road and the Great North Road at Sawtry
(a)A route from the northbound carriageway of the trunk road to a proposed new roundabout and a route to that carriageway from that roundabout. The slip roads along these routes are, respectively, given the reference numbers 3 and 4 on the plan numbered 1 of the deposited plan.
(b)A route to the southbound carriageway of the trunk road from a proposed new roundabout, the slip road along this route being given the reference number 5 on the plan numbered 1 of the deposited plan.
(c)A route from the southbound carriageway of the trunk road to a proposed new roundabout, the slip road along this route being given the reference number 6 on the plan numbered 2 of the deposited plan.
3. Junction with the A15 and other roads at Norman Cross
Four routes to connect the northbound and southbound carriageways of the trunk road with a proposed new roundabout, the slip roads along these routes being given the reference numbers 7, 8, 9 and 10 on the plan numbered 3 of the deposited plan.
4. Junction with the A1139 Fletton Parkway
(a)A route from the northbound carriageway of the trunk road to the A1139 Fletton Parkway and a route from that slip road to the Fletton Parkway Interchange, the slip roads along these routes being respectively, given the reference numbers 11 and 12 on the plan numbered 3 of the deposited plan.
(b)A route to the southbound carriageway of the trunk road from the Fletton Parkway Interchange, the slip road along this route being given the reference number 13 on the plan numbered 3 of the deposited plan.
S.I. 1981/238.