The A5 Trunk Road (Churchbridge Improvement) (Detrunking) Order 1998

1.  This Order may be cited as the A5 Trunk Road (Churchbridge Improvement) (Detrunking) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 12th February 1998.

2.  In this Order—

(i) “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;

(ii) “the new trunk road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct referred to in article 2(b)(i) and the Schedule to the A5 Trunk Road (Churchbridge Improvement) Order 1998(1);

(iii) “principal road” as a classification for a highway means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State;

(iv) “the trunk road” means the Holyhead to London Trunk Road (A5).

3.  The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as an unclassified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the Staffordshire County Council that the new trunk road is open for traffic.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Derek Oddy

Divisional Director, Highways Agency

22nd January 1998