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Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 449

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The M606 Motorway (Bradford Ring Road to M62 Chain Bar Interchange Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989

Made

6th March 1989

Coming into force

1st April 1989

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Scheme in exercise of powers conferred by sections 16 and 17 of the Highways Act 1980(1), and now vested in him(2), and of all other enabling powers:

1.  The Secretary of State is authorised to provide for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980–

(a)a special road along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Scheme (this special road being in this Scheme referred to as“the Motorway”), and

(b)special roads along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this scheme for the purposes of connecting the Motorway with other highways at the places stated in that schedule (these special roads being in this Scheme referred to as“the connecting roads”).

2.  The centre line of the Motorway and of each of the connecting roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.

3.  These special roads shall become trunk roads on the date on which this Scheme comes into force.

4.  In this Scheme:–

(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(2) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA16/YHRO3 marked“The M606 Motorway (Bradford Ring Road to M62 Chain Bar Interchange Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY.

5.  This Scheme shall come into force on 1st April 1989, and may be cited as the M606 Motorway (Bradford Ring Road to M62 Chain Bar Interchange Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1989.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

J. F. Ballard

Regional Director Yorkshire and Humberside Region

Department of Transport

6th March 1989

SCHEDULE1ROUTE OF THE MOTORWAY

A route about 3.47 kilometres in length starting at a point 90 metres south of the Staygate Roundabout junction in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District (marked A on the deposited plan) and proceeding in a generally south-easterly direction to a point (marked B on the deposited plan) where the route bifurcates. One bifurcation proceeds in a southerly direction for a distance of 550 metres to its junction with the M62 Motorway southbound entry slip road (marked C on the deposited plan). The other bifurcation proceeds in a southerly direction for a distance of 470 metres to its junction with the M62 Motorway northbound exit slip road (marked D on the deposited plan) in the Metropolitan District of Kirklees.

SCHEDULE2ROUTES OF THE CONNECTING ROADS

Junction with the Motorway at Staygate Roundabout

1.  Two routes to connect the northbound and southbound carriageways of the Motorway with the Staygate Interchange Roundabout (the special roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 1 and 2 on the deposited plan).

Junction with the Motorway at Merrydale Road

2.  Three routes to connect the northbound and southbound carriageways of the Motorway with Merrydale Road (the special roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 3, 4 and 5 on the deposited plan).

Junction with the Motorway at the Chain Bar Roundabout

3.  Two routes to connect the northbound and southbound carriageways of the Motorway with Whitehall Road (A58) and Bradford Road (A638) at the Chain Bar Roundabout (the special roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 6 and 7 on the deposited plan).

(2)

S.I. 1981/238.