The A1 Trunk Road (Bramham to Wetherby Upgrading)(River Wharfe Bridge) Order 2006

Made8th December 2006

Coming into force4th January 2007

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 41 of the Highways Acts 19801 and now vested in him2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf:

1

This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Bramham to Wetherby Upgrading) (River Wharfe Bridge) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 4 Janury 2007 .

2

In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.

2

The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force.

3

The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered HA 10/MP/053, marked “The A1 Trunk Road (Bramham to Wetherby Upgrading) (River Wharfe Bridge) Order 2006”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the ODPM-DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA.

4

The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road 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 new trunk road is opened for traffic.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John BagleyA Divisional DirectorHighways Agency8th December 2006

THE SCHEDULEROUTE OF THE NEW TRUNK ROAD

The route of the new trunk road is about 51metres in length, from a point 33 metres northeast of the northeastern bank of the River Wharfe at Wetherby in the County of Yorkshire southwestwards to a point 3 metres southwest of the southwestern bank of the River Wharfe.