The (A50) Nottingham–Derby–Stoke-on-Trent Trunk Road (Blythe Bridge to Queensway and Connecting 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 other highways at the places stated in that schedule (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as “the connecting roads”), shall become trunk roads as from he date when this Order came 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 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.  The Secretary of State is authorised to construct the bridge specified in Schedule 3 as part of the main new trunk road and, in connection with the construction of that bridge, to divert the part of the navigable watercourse specified in that schedule and the towing paths adjacent to that part in the manner shown in that schedule.

5.  In this Order:–

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

(b) (i) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/2WM 146, marked “The (A50) Nottingham–Derby–Stoke-on-Trent Trunk Road (Blythe Bridge to Queensway and Connecting 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 and “a new trunk road” means one of those highways;

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

(iv) “the A500 Trunk Road” means the A500 Queensway (known locally as the “D” Road); and

(v) “the side roads order” means the (A50) Nottingham–Derby–Stoke-onTrent Trunk Road (Blythe Bridge to Queensway and Connecting Roads (Side Roads) Order 1992;

(c) a reference to a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the schedule to this Order which bears that number, and a reference in schedule 2 to a paragraph follwed by a number is a reference to the paragraph in that schedule which bears that number.

6.  This Order shall come into force on 14th April 1992, and may be cited as the (A50) Nottingham–Derby–Stoke-on-Trent Trunk Road (Blythe Bridge to Queensway and Connecting Roads) Order 1992.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

D. R. Ritchie

Regional Director West Midlands Region

Department of Transport

2nd April 1992