The M62 Motorway (Junctions 10 to 12) and M602 Motorway (Junction 1) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2020

Regulation 3(2)(a)

SCHEDULE THE SPECIFIED ROADS

1.  The specified roads are—

(a) that length of the eastbound carriageway of the M62 and M602 beginning at junction 11 at a point 30 metres west of the western edge of the easternmost overbridge at Birchwood Interchange and ending at junction 1 of the M602 at a point 235 metres east of the back of the diverge nose at junction 12 between the eastbound carriageway of the M62 and the linking carriageway to the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M60;

(b) that length of the westbound carriageway of the M602 and M62 beginning at junction 1 of the M602 at a point 170 metres west of the back of the diverge nose between the westbound carriageway of the M602 and the linking carriageway to the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M60 and ending at junction 10 at a point 320 metres west of the back of the diverge nose between the westbound carriageway of the M62 and the linking carriageway to the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M6;

(c) the carriageways of the slip roads at junction 11 referred to in paragraph 4; and

(d) the parts of the linking carriageways referred to in paragraph 5.

2.  Any reference in this Schedule to—

(a) the letter “M” followed only by a number is a reference to the motorway known by that name; and

(b) a junction followed by a number is a reference to the junction of the M62 of that number save where a contrary intention appears.

3.  In this Schedule—

“back”, in relation to a nose, means the shortest side of a nose;

“Birchwood Interchange” means the circulatory interchange at junction 11;

“diverge nose” means a nose between a motorway and an off-slip road or a linking carriageway which diverges from the motorway;

“linking carriageway” means a carriageway linking one motorway with another which begins at the diverge from one motorway and ends where the carriageway merges with the other motorway whether or not the carriageway has merged with another carriageway before its merger with that other motorway;

“nose” means a paved piece of land approximately triangular in shape which is marked with road markings of a type shown in diagram 1042 in Part 6 of Schedule 9 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions;

“off-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic exiting the M62;

“on-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic entering the M62; and

“slip road” means a road (or a specified length of road) which connects the M62 with another road other than a motorway.

4.  The slip roads to which this paragraph refers are—

(a) the on-slip roads connecting from Birchwood Interchange to the eastbound and westbound carriageways of the M62;

(b) that length of the off-slip road connecting from the eastbound carriageway of the M62 to Birchwood Interchange from a point 115 metres east of the back of the diverge nose to a point 165 metres east of the back of the diverge nose; and

(c) the off-slip road connecting from the westbound carriageway of the M62 to Birchwood Interchange.

5.  The parts of the linking carriageways to which this paragraph refers are—

(a) at junction 10 those lengths of the linking carriageway from the westbound carriageway of the M62 to the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M6 which begin at the diverge from the westbound carriageway and end, in the case of the linking carriageway to the northbound carriageway of the M6, at a point 35 metres east of the eastern edge of the Mill House Lane overbridge (“the overbridge”), and in the case of the linking carriageway to the southbound carriageway of the M6, at a point 25 metres west of the western edge of the overbridge; and

(b) at junction 12—

(i) that length of the linking carriageway from the eastbound carriageway of the M62 to the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M60 which begins at the diverge from the eastbound carriageway and ends at the diverge between the linking carriageway to the southbound carriageway of the M60 and the linking carriageway to the northbound carriageway of the M60;

(ii) those lengths of the linking carriageway from the southbound carriageway of the M60 to the eastbound carriageway of the M602 and the westbound carriageway of the M62 which begin at a point 50 metres south of the back of the diverge nose and end, in the case of the linking carriageway to the eastbound carriageway of the M602, at a point 375 metres south-east of the back of that diverge nose and, in the case of the linking carriageway to the westbound carriageway of the M62, at the merge with that westbound carriageway; and

(iii) those lengths of the linking carriageway from the northbound carriageway of the M60 to the eastbound carriageway of the M602 and the westbound carriageway of the M62 which begins at a point 40 metres north of the back of the diverge nose and ends, in the case of the linking carriageway to the eastbound carriageway of the M602, at a point 340 metres north of the back of that diverge nose and, in the case of the linking carriageway to the westbound carriageway of the M62, at the merge with that westbound carriageway.