Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 346

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The A51/52 North of Newcastle-under-Lyme–Nantwich–Tarporley–Tarvin Trunk Road (Nantwich Bypass) Order 1989

Made

22nd February 1989

Coming into force

4th April 1989

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10, and 41 of the Highways Act 1980(1), and now vested in him(2), and of all other enabling powers:

1. The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road as from the date when this Order comes into force.

2. The centre line of the 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 the new trunk road 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 purposes of through traffic.

4. In this Order–

(i)“the deposited plan”	means the plan numbered HA10/1 CNW 261 marked “The A51/52 North of Newcastle-under-Lyme–Nantwich–Tarporley–Tarvin Trunk Road (Nantwich Bypass) Order 1989” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposted 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.

5. This Order shall come into force on 4th April 1989 and may be cited as the A51/52 North of Newcastle-under-Lyme–Nantwich–Tarporley–Tarvin Trunk Road (Nantwich Bypass) Order 1989.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

F. Kendall

Regional Director North West Region

Department of Transport

22nd February 1989

SCHEDULEROUTE OF THE NEW TRUNK ROAD

A route about 3.71 kilometres in length from the junction of the A51 with B5074 Winsford Road in a generally easterly and then south easterly direction and ending at the existing junction of the A52 Newcastle Road with Cheerbrook Road.

Note: Unit of length 1 kilometre = 0.621 of a mile approx.

(1)

1980 c. 66.

(2)

S.I. 1981/238.