The A421 Trunk Road (M1 Junction 13 to Bedford Improvements and Detrunking) Order 2008

SCHEDULE 1 ROUTE OF THE NEW MAIN ROAD

(a)

The route of the new main road is 11.8 kilometres in length, from and including M1 Junction 13 at Brogborough in the County of Bedfordshire to a point on the A421 Trunk Road about 347 metres east of Marsh Leys Junction at Kempston in the County of Bedfordshire (the new main road being given the letter A on plan 1);

(b)

The route of the new main road is 296 metres in length, from a point 301metres north-west of the edge of the A421/M1/A507 roundabout at Husborne Crawley in the County of Bedfordshire to a point 27 metres to the west of the A507 Bedford Road at Husborne Crawley in the County of Bedfordshire (the new main road being given the letter B on plan 1);

(c)

The route of the new main road is 590 metres in length, from a point 130 metres south of the junction with Salford Road and the A421 Trunk Road at Brogborough in the County of Bedfordshire, generally to the west of the A421 Trunk Road to a point off-set by 28 metres to the west of the existing Salford Road at Hulcote and Salford in the County of Bedfordshire (the new main road being given the letter C on plan 1);

(d)

The route of the new main road is 1.216 kilometres in length, from a point on the A421 Trunk Road 165 metres north of its junction with Sheeptick End, generally to the south of the A421 trunk road to a point on the A421 Trunk Road 1.381 kilometres northeast of its junction with Sheeptick End at Brogborough in the County of Bedfordshire (the new main road being given the letter D on plan 1);

(e)

The route of the new main road includes a roundabout on the south side of the A421 County Road centred at a point 61 metres from the edge of its westbound carriageway and 337 metres southwest of the roundabout junction between the A421 County Road, M1 Junction 13 and A507 Bedford Road at Husborne Crawley in the County of Bedfordshire (the new main road being given the letter R1 on plan 1); and

(f)

The route of the new main road includes a roundabout centred at a point 90 metres north west of the existing Woburn Road/A421 Trunk Road/A5134 Interchange roundabout at a distance of 273 metres south west of the A5134 Woburn Road Industrial Estate roundabout at Kempston in the County of Bedfordshire, (the new main road being given the letter R2 on plan 1).

SCHEDULE 2 ROUTES OF THE SLIP ROADS

The routes of the slip roads are as follows:

1.  Proposed Junction at Salford Road, Brogborough

(a) A route to connect the eastbound carriageway of the new main road with a new signalised junction, which the Secretary of State proposes to construct at Salford Road, Brogborough in the county of Bedfordshire (the slip road along the route being given the number 1 on plan 1); and

(b) A route to connect the westbound carriageway of the new main road with a new signalised junction, which the Secretary of State proposes to construct at Salford Road Brogborough in the county of Bedfordshire (the slip road along the route being given the number 2 on plan 1).

2.  Proposed Junction with Beancroft Road at Marston Moretaine

(a) Two routes to connect the east bound carriageway of the new main road with a new roundabout which the Secretary of State proposes to construct at Beancroft Road, Marston Moretaine in the County of Bedfordshire (the slip roads along the route being given the numbers 3 and 4 on plan 1); and

(b) Two routes to connect the west bound carriageway of the new main road with a new roundabout which the Secretary of State proposes to construct at Beancroft Road, Marston Moretaine in the County of Bedfordshire (the slip roads along the route being given the numbers 5 and 6 on plan 1).

3.  Proposed Junction at Marsh Leys

(a) Two routes to connect the eastbound carriageway of the new main road with a new roundabout at Marsh Leys which the Secretary of State proposes to construct at Kempston in the County of Bedfordshire (the slip roads along the route being given the numbers 7 and 8 on plan 1); and

(b) Two routes to connect the westbound carriageway of the new main road with a new roundabout at Marsh Leys which the Secretary of State proposes to construct at Kempston in the County of Bedfordshire (the slip roads along the route being given the numbers 9 and 10 on plan 1).

SCHEDULE 3 ROUTE OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The route of the A421 Trunk Road ceasing to be a trunk road is from a point on the A421 Trunk Road 183 metres south of the centre point of its junction with Salford Road and Station Road, Brogborough (marked “A” on plan 2) to a point on the A421 Trunk Road 347 metres east of its junction with the existing A421/A5134 Woburn Road roundabout (marked “B” on plan 2) including the newly constructed A421/A5134 roundabout at Marsh Leys junction and is shown by broad black dashes on the plan, a distance of 11.582 kilometres.