2009 No. 776
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND
The Watford and South of St Albans—Redbourn—Kidney Wood, Luton, Special Road Scheme 1957 (Variation) Scheme 2009
Made 20th March 2009
Coming into force 1st May 2009

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Scheme in exercise of powers conferred by sections 16, 17, 19 and 326 of the Highways Act 1980.
1980 c. 66.

1 This Scheme may be cited as The Watford and South of St Albans—Redbourn—Kidney Wood, Luton, Special Road Scheme 1957 (Variation) Scheme 2009 and shall come into force on 1st May 2009.
2 (1) The Watford and South of St Albans—Redbourn—Kidney Wood, Luton Special Road Scheme 1957 is hereby varied as follows:
(a) after Article 1 insert—

“1A The centre line of the special road is indicated in black on the plan numbered HA 16/MP/026 and marked The Watford and South of St Albans—Redbourn—Kidney Wood, Luton, Special Road Scheme, 1957 (Variation) Scheme 2009, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at Department of Communities and Local Government—DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA.”

; and
(b) for the schedule to that Scheme substitute the schedule to this Scheme.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Colin Chadwick A Divisional Director Highways Agency 20th March 2009

THE SCHEDULE The Route of the Special Road
From a point on the London-Aylesbury-Warwick-Birmingham Trunk Road (A.41) near Watford in the County of Hertford approximately 350 yards south-east of the centre point of the bridge carrying the said trunk road over the River Colne in a general north-westerly then easterly direction to join the London-Carlisle-Glasgow-Inverness Trunk Road (A.6) at a point approximately 48- yards south of its junction with Ludlow Avenue, Luton.

(This note is not part of the Order)
Since the construction of the M1 and the M10, there has not been a convenient route for non-motorway traffic to travel between St Albans and Hemel Hempstead. As part of the recent M1 6A-10 widening scheme, non-motorway Trunk Roads parallel to the M1 were built. This means traffic leaving the road currently known as the M10 motorway can access the local road network without joining the M1.
This order is to remove the final obstruction for non-motorway traffic along this route by removing the Special Road status of the road currently known as the M10. The whole route from Green Lane roundabout to Park Lane roundabout will become known as the A414 Trunk Road.