2011 No. 12
Roads And Bridges

The A725 Trunk Road (Baillieston to Newhouse) Order 2011

Approved by the Scottish Parliament
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(2) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 19841 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 5(2) of that Act, they have take into consideration the requirements of local and national planning, including the requirements of agriculture and industry and are satisfied as to expediency.

In accordance with sections 20A2 and 55A3 of that Act, they have determined that the project falls within Annex I to Council Directive 85/337/EEC4, as relevantly amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC5 and Council Directive 2003/35/EC6, on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.

In accordance with sections 20A(2) and 55A(2) of that Act, they have prepared an environmental statement and published notice of it on 23rd October 2007 and have complied with all other provisions of sections 20A and section 55A of that Act.

This Order is made in accordance with the provisions of Parts I and III of Schedule 17 to that Act.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the A725 Trunk Road (Baillieston to Newhouse) Order 2011, and comes into force on the 28th day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Trunk Road2.

The Scottish Ministers direct that the length of road which they propose to construct along the route described in the Schedule shall become trunk road on the date this Order comes into force.

A C MCLAUGHLIN
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

Buchanan House

Glasgow

SCHEDULETRUNK ROAD

Article 2

INTERPRETATION

In this Schedule—

“the plan” means the plan numbered OTG/1404/3003 entitled “The A725 Trunk Road (Baillieston to Newhouse) Order 2011”, signed with reference to this Order and deposited at the offices of Transport Scotland, Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HF; and

“point 8” means the intersection of the existing centrelines of the A725 North Road and the M8/A8 Edinburgh‑Greenock Trunk Road shown marked “point 8” on the plan.

THE ROUTE OF THE NEW TRUNK ROAD

From a point 440 metres or thereby south of point 8 in a generally south, south‑westerly direction for a distance of 220 metres or thereby to a point 660 metres or thereby south, south‑west of point 8 as shown by a heavy black line between the points marked “point A” and “point B” on the plan.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that the new length of road described in the Schedule shall become trunk road on the date this Order comes into force.

As such, the roads authority for this length of road will be the Scottish Ministers.

Copies of the Environmental Statement prepared for the project, and the plan referred to in the Order, may be inspected, free of charge, at the offices of Transport Scotland, Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HF between 0900 hours and 1630 hours (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays).