The Chester to Holyhead Trunk Road (A55) (Bryngwran to Holyhead) Order 1998

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

(a) along the routes described in Schedule 1 to this Order (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as “the main new trunk road”); and

(b) along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order 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 slip roads”),

shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force.

2.  The centre lines of the new trunk roads are indicated by heavy black lines on the deposited plan.

3.  The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads 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 lengths of trunk road described in Schedule 3 to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be trunk road and shall be classified as shown in that Schedule as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the Isle of Anglesey County Council that the new trunk roads are open for through traffic.

5.  The Secretary of State is authorised to construct the bridge specified in Schedule 4 to this Order as part of the main new trunk road over the navigable watercourse specified in that Schedule.

6.  In this Order:—

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

(i) (2) (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 deposited plan”	means the plan numbered HA 10/2 WO 122 marked “The Chester to Holyhead Trunk Road (A55) (Bryngwran to Holyhead) Order 1998” signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales and deposited at the Welsh Office, Repository, Curran Embankment, Cardiff;
(iii) “the main new trunk road” and “the slip roads”	have the meanings given in article 1 of this Order;
(iv) “the new trunk roads”	means the highways mentioned in Article 1 of this Order and “a new trunk road” means one of those highways;
(v) “the trunk road”	means the London to Holyhead Trunk Road (A5).

7.  This Order shall come into force on 22nd January 1998 and may be cited as the Chester to Holyhead Trunk Road (A55) (Bryngwran to Holyhead) Order 1998.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

D M Timlin

Head of Roads Administration Division

Welsh Office

8th January 1998