The M62 Motorway (Junctions 9 to 11) (Eastbound) and the M6 Motorway (Junction 21A) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2016

Regulation 3(2)

SCHEDULE THE SPECIFIED ROADS

1.  The specified roads are—

(a) that length of the eastbound carriageway of the M62 beginning after junction 9 of that motorway at a point which is 498 metres east of the eastern edge of the easternmost overbridge of junction 9 of that motorway and ending at a point 30 metres west of the western edge of the easternmost overbridge of junction 11;

(b) the carriageway for leaving the M62 eastbound at junction 11 of that motorway (to join the A574) from the point where it diverges from that motorway to the point which is 115 metres east of the back of the diverge nose;

(c) the carriageway for leaving the M62 eastbound at junction 10 of that motorway (to join the M6) from the point where it diverges from that motorway to the point which is 120 metres east of the eastern edge of the Mill Lane overbridge;

(d) the carriageway for leaving the M6 northbound commencing in the vicinity of junction 21A of that motorway where it diverges from the M6 northbound carriageway and ending where it merges with the M62 eastbound carriageway; and

(e) the carriageway for leaving the M6 southbound commencing in the vicinity of junction 21A of that motorway where it diverges from the M6 southbound carriageway and ending where it merges with the M62 eastbound carriageway.

2.  In this Schedule—

(a) any reference to-

(i) the letter “M” followed by a number is a reference to the motorway known by that name; and

(ii) the letter “A” followed by a number is a reference to the road known by that name; and

(b) “the back of the diverge nose” means the easternmost edge of the paved piece of land approximately triangular in shape which is marked with chevrons and situated between the offside edge of the road leaving the M62 eastbound and the nearside edge of the eastbound M62.