The A564 Trunk Road Stoke—Derby Route (Foston—Hatton—Hilton Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1992

1.  The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct—

(a) along the route described in Schedule 1 (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 which connect the main new trunk road with another highway at the places stated in that Schedule (the highways along those 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 a 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 purpose of through traffic.

4.  In this Order—

(a) subject as mentioned in Schedule 1, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highways;

(b) (i) “the deposited plan” means the plan contained in the plan folio numbered HA10/EM64 marked “The A564 Trunk Road Stoke—Derby Route (Foston—Hatton—Hilton Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1992”, 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 highways mentioned in article 1 of this Order and “a new trunk road” means one of those highways;

(iii) “the A50 Trunk Road”means the Nottingham—Stoke-on-Trent Trunk Road (A50);

(iv) “the A516 Trunk Road”means the Nottingham—Stoke-on-Trent Trunk Road (A516); and

(c) a reference to a Schedule followed by a number is a reference to the Schedule to this Order which bears that number.

5.  This Order shall come into force on 14th February 1992 and may be cited as the A564 Trunk Road Stoke—Derby Route (Foston—Hatton—Hilton Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1992.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

D. J. Morrison

Regional Director East Midlands Region

Department of Transport

3rd February 1992