The A556 (Knutsford to Bowdon Improvement) Development Consent Order 2014

Classification of roads etc.

10.—(1) On the date on which the roads described in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 (classification of roads) are completed and open for traffic—

(a) the roads described in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 are to become trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order under section 10(2) of the 1980 Act (general provision as to trunk roads) specifying that date as the date on which they were to become trunk roads;

(b) the roads described in Part 1 of Schedule 3 are to be—

(i) classified as special roads for purposes of any enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as special roads; and

(ii) provided for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the 1980 Act; and

(c) the roads described in Part 2 of Schedule 3 are to be classified as the A556 and are to be—

(i) a principal road for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as principal roads; and

(ii) a classified road for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as classified roads,

as if such classification had been made under section 12(3) of the 1980 Act (general provision as to principal and classified roads).

(2) On such day as the Secretary of State may determine, the roads described in Part 3 of Schedule 3 are to cease to be trunk roads as if they had ceased to be trunk roads by virtue of an order under section 10(2) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to cease to be trunk roads.

(3) From the date on which the roads specified in Part 4 of Schedule 3 are completed and open for traffic, no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour in the lengths of road identified in that Part of that Schedule.

(4) From the date on which the roads specified in Part 5 of Schedule 3 are completed and open for traffic, no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 60 miles per hour in the lengths of road identified in that Part of that Schedule.

(5) The application of paragraphs (1) to (4) may be varied or revoked by any instrument made under any enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such matters.