The A39 Trunk Road (Devon/Cornwall County Boundary to Indian Queens Cornwall) (Detrunking) Order 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1395

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND

The A39 Trunk Road (Devon/Cornwall County Boundary to Indian Queens Cornwall) (Detrunking) Order 2002

Made

21st May 2002

Coming into force

1st June 2002

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980(1) and now vested in him(2), and of all powers enabling him in that behalf.

1.  This Order may be cited as The A39 Trunk Road (Devon/Cornwall County Boundary to Indian Queens Cornwall) (Detrunking) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st June 2002.

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 A39 trunk road; and

(iii) “the plan” means the plan numbered HA/10/PS/320 marked “The A39 Trunk Road (Devon/Cornwall County Boundary to Indian Queens Cornwall) (Detrunking) Order 2002” signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and deposited at the Highways Agency, St Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE.

3.  From the date when this Order comes into force the length 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.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

David Ward

Divisional Director Operations Directorate Highways Agency

21st May 2002

THE SCHEDULE LENGTH OF TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE TRUNK ROAD

The length of trunk road ceasing to be trunk road is the A39 for a distance of about 77.6 km (48.2 miles) from the Devon/Cornwall county boundary to Indian Queens, Cornwall, shown by broad black dashes on the plan.

AUTHORITY TO WHOM RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BE TRANSFERRED

Cornwall County Council, County Hall, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3AY.

STATEMENT OF REASONS

The A39 trunk road was identified in the 1998 White Paper “A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone” as a trunk road that mainly serves local and regional traffic. During the preparation of the White Paper, widespread consultation was undertaken by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions which indicated significant support for the detrunking of certain roads. The Secretary of State decided that such roads would be more appropriately managed by the local highway authorities to enable decisions to be taken locally, and to be better integrated with local transport and land use planning issues.

Agreement has been reached with Cornwall County Council that they will take on responsibility for the safety, maintenance and improvement of the A39 road described in the Schedule. On making this Order, the Secretary of State transfers the management of this road to Cornwall County Council.

(1)

1980 c. 66.

(2)

S.I. 1981/238.