The Oxfordshire County Council (Shifford Island Footbridge) Scheme 1993 Confirmation Instrument 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 12

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Oxfordshire County Council (Shifford Island Footbridge) Scheme 1993 Confirmation Instrument 1994

Made

5th January 1994

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Instrument in exercise of powers confirmed by section 106(3) of the Highways Act 1980(1), and now vested in him(2), and of all other enabling powers:—

1.  The Oxfordshire County Council (Shifford Island Footbridge) Scheme 1993 is hereby confirmed with modifications.

2.  The said Scheme as confirmed (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”) is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plan are deposited at the offices of the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY, and at the offices of the Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, Oxford OX1 1ND.

3.  The Scheme will become operative on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980.

4.  This Instrument may be cited as The Oxfordshire County Council (Shifford Island Footbridge) Scheme 1993 Confirmation Instrument 1994.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

B. H. Leonard

Regional Director Northern Region

Department of Transport

5th January 1994

THE SCHEDULE THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (SHIFFORD ISLAND FOOTBRIDGE) SCHEME 1993

The Oxfordshire County Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) make this Scheme in exercise of its powers under Section 106 of the Highways Act 1980 and of all other enabling powers:—

1.  The Council is authorised to construct over the navigable waters of the River Thames the bridge specified in the Schedule to this scheme as part of the Thames Path National Trail between the Thames Barrier at Greenwich and the river’s source at Kemble, Gloucestershire. The bridge is to be a footpath.

2.  This Scheme may be cited as The Oxfordshire County Council (Shifford Island Footbridge) Scheme 1993.

THE SCHEDULE TO THE SCHEME PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER THAMES AT SHIFFORD

The site and general design of the bridge are shown on plan numbered B699/B1 annexed hereto.

Points of Commencement and Termination

From a point 2 metres west of the west bank of the River Thames.

Map reference 437110 east, 201035 north.

To a point 2 metres east of the east bank of the River Thames.

Map reference 437129 east, 201045 north.

All on Ordnance Sheet SP 30 SE. (Being approximately 10 metres south of the wier outfall of Shifford Lock Cut).

Overall Dimensions

The Bridge will be 1.8 metres wide overall and will carry a footpath 1.5 metres wide. It will have an overall length of 20.5 metres.

Navigation Span

The navigation square span is 18.5 metres.

Headway

A minimum headway of 3.5 metres over a width of 5 metres.

Waterway

Waterway, minimum width 14 metres.

Given under the Common Seal of The Oxfordshire County Council the

16th day of August 1993

THE COMMON SEAL of THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL was hereunto affixed in the presence of:

H R Perkins

Designated Officer

(1)

1980 c. 66.

(2)

S.I. 1981/238.