The A421 Trunk Road (M1 Junction 13 to Bedford Improvements and Detrunking) Order 2008

1.  This Order may be cited as the A421 Trunk Road (M1 Junction 13 to Bedford Improvements and Detrunking) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 31st July 2008.

2.  In this Order—

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

(2) __

(a) “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 instruments which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;

(b) “the new main road” means the new highway which the secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(c) “the new trunk roads” means the new main road and the slip roads;

(d) “the plan” means the plans numbered HA 10/MP/088 comprising plans numbered 1 and 2 and marked “The A421 Trunk Road (M1 Junction 13 to Bedford Improvements and Detrunking) Order 2008”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at DCLG-DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, TN37 7GA;

(e) “the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order and which connect the main new road with other highways or proposed highways at the places stated in that Schedule; and

(f) “the trunk road” means the A421 Trunk Road.

3.  The new main road and the slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force.

4.  The centre line of each of the trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black continuous line on plan 1.

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

6.  The centre line of the trunk road to cease to be a trunk road is indicated by a heavy black dashed-line on Plan 2.

7.  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 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 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 traffic.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Jon Griffiths

A Divisional Director

Highways Agency

29th July 2008