Statutory Instruments
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND
Made
7th July 2003
Coming into force
15th September 2003
1. This Order may be cited as the A57 Trunk Road (Markham Moor to Lincoln) (Detrunking) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 15th September 2003.
2. In this Order—
(i)“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;
(ii)“the trunk road” means the A57 Trunk Road; and
(iii)“the plan” means the plan, numbered HA 10/OD/452, marked “The A57 Trunk Road (Markham Moor to Lincoln) (Detrunking) Order 2003”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at DFT Records Management Branch, Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 7GA.
3. The lengths of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which the Order comes into force.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Graham Bowskill
A Divisional Director in the Highways Agency
7th July 2003
The length of the trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road are situated:
(i)Between the junction with the A1 Trunk Road at Markham Moor (marked “A” on the plan) and the western end of the toll bridge across the River Trent at Dunham-on-Trent (marked “B” on the plan), all in the County of Nottinghamshire, and
(ii)the eastern end of the toll bridge across the River Trent at Dunham-on-Trent (marked “C” on the plan) and the City of Lincoln boundary, north west of Lincoln, all in the County of Lincoln (marked “D” on the plan).
Both are shown by broad black dashes on the plan and total approximately 24 km in length.
S.I. 1981/238.