The M1 Junction 10a (Grade Separation) Order 2013

Article 12

SCHEDULE 4 SPEED LIMITS

PART 1 M1 MOTORWAY

For the Schedule to the M1 Motorway (Junctions 6A to 10) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2011(1) substitute—

SPECIFIED ROADS

1.   The specified roads are the—

(a) northbound carriageway of the M1 from marker post 33/4 to marker post 50/0;

(b) carriageways of the northbound slip roads;

(c) southbound carriageway of the M1 from marker post 50/0 to marker post 33/3; and

(d) carriageways of the southbound slip roads.

2.   Any reference in this Schedule to—

(a) the letter “M” followed by a number is a reference to the motorway known by that name;

(b) the letter “A” followed by a number is a reference to the road known by that name; and

(c) a junction followed by a number is (unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the junction of the M1 of that number.

3.   In this Schedule—

“northbound slip roads” is a reference to the lengths of carriageway specified in paragraph 4;

“off-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic leaving the M1;

“on-slip road” means a slip-road intended for the use of traffic entering the M1;

“southbound slip roads” is a reference to the lengths of carriageway specified in paragraph 5; and

“zone sign” means a sign authorised by the Secretary of State under section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(2) for the purpose of indicating that vehicles are entering, have entered or are leaving a specified road.

4.   The northbound slip roads are as follows—

(a) the linking carriageways which connect the M25 at junction 21A with the M1 at junction 6A; these commence at the exits from the clockwise and anti-clockwise carriageways of the M25 and end at the junction with the northbound carriageway of the M1;

(b) the off-slip road which connects the northbound carriageway of the M1 with the westbound carriageway of the A414 at junction 7;

(c) the on-slip roads which connect the westbound and eastbound carriageways of the A414 at junction 8 with the northbound carriageway of the M1;

(d) the off-slip road which connects the northbound carriageway of the M1 with the A5 at junction 9;

(e) the on-slip road which connects the A5 at junction 9 with the northbound carriageway of the M1;

(f) the off-slip road which connects to the junction 10 roundabout; this commences at the junction of the off-slip road with the northbound carriageway of the M1 and ends at the entry to the Junction 10 roundabout; and

(g) the on-slip road leading to the northbound carriageway of the M1; this commences at the exit from the Junction 10 roundabout and ends at the junction of the on-slip road with the northbound carriageway of the M1.

5.   The southbound slip roads are as follows—

(a) the off-slip road which connects (both directly and via the junction 10 roundabout) the southbound carriageway of the M1 with the eastbound carriageway of the Luton spur road; this commences at the junction of the off-slip road with the southbound carriageway of the M1 and ends at a point 45 metres to the north-west of the entry to the Junction 10 roundabout and at an equivalent point on the direct link;

(b) the on-slip road leading to the southbound carriageway of the M1 from the westbound carriageway of the Luton spur road (both directly and via the junction 10 roundabout); this commences at a point 100 metres to the south of the exit from the Junction 10 roundabout and at an equivalent point on the direct link and ends at the junction of the on-slip road with the southbound carriageway of the M1;

(c) the off-slip road which connects the southbound carriageway of the M1 with the A5 at junction 9;

(d) the on-slip road which connects the A5 at junction 9 with the southbound carriageway of the M1;

(e) the off-slip road which connects the southbound carriageway of the M1 with the westbound and eastbound carriageways of the A414 at junction 8;

(f) the on-slip road which connects the eastbound carriageway of the A414 at junction 7 with the southbound carriageway of the M1; and

(g) the linking carriageway which connects the M1 at junction 6A with the M25 at junction 21A; this commences at the exit from the southbound carriageway of the M1 and ends at the junctions with the clockwise and anti-clockwise carriageways of the M25.”.

PART 2 ROADS SUBJECT TO 40 MPH SPEED LIMIT

(1) Number	(2) Description
1	A1081 London Road — the single carriageway road from 165 metres south of the centre of its junction with Newlands Road to its junction with the Kidney Wood Southern Roundabout, a distance of 466 metres.
2	Newlands Road — the single carriageway road from its junction with the A1081 London Road to a point 10 metres north of the centre of Stockwood under-bridge, a distance of 520 metres.

PART 3 ROADS SUBJECT TO 50 MPH SPEED LIMIT

(1) No.	(2) Description
1	A1081 Airport Way and the M1 Spur – the dual carriageway from its junction with the roundabout of Junction 10 of the M1 Motorway to a point immediately below the centre of the Capability Green over-bridge, a distance of 1,371 metres, including the circulatory carriageway of the Junction 10 roundabout, a distance of 590 metres.
2	M1 Junction 10 southbound diverge slip road from the end of the entry nosing for the segregated left turn lane to its junction with the roundabout of Junction 10 of the M1 Motorway, a distance of 45 metres, including the segregated left turn lane linking the southbound diverge and the M1 Spur eastbound carriageway.
3	M1 Junction 10 southbound merge slip road form its junction with the roundabout of Junction 10 of the M1 Motorway to the start of the segregated left turn lane exit nosing, a distance of 100 metres, including the segregated left turn lane linking the southbound merge and the M1 Spur westbound carriageway.
4	Kidney Wood Eastbound Diverge Slip Road from the start of the diverge nosing at its junction with the M1 Spur to a point 39 metres north-east of the end of the diverge nosing, a distance of 79 metres.
5	Kidney Wood Eastbound Merge Slip Road from a point 60 metres south-west of the start of the merge nosing to the end of the slip road nosing at its junction with the A1081 Airport Way, a distance of 100 metres.
6	Kidney Wood Westbound Diverge Slip Road from the start of the diverge nosing at its junction with the A1081 Airport Way to a point 60 metres south-west of the end of the diverge nosing, a distance of 120 metres,
7	Kidney Wood Westbound Merge Slip Road from a point 74 metres north-east of the start of the merge nosing to the end of the slip road nosing at its junction with the M1 Spur, a distance of 114 metres.
8	Capability Green Eastbound Diverge Slip Road from the start of the diverge nosing at its junction with the A1081 Airport Way to a point 10 metres north-east of the end of the diverge nosing, a distance of 50 metres
9	Capability Green Westbound Merge Slip Road from a point 40 metres north-east of the merge nosing to the end of the slip road nosing at its junction with the A1081 Airport Way, a distance of 80 metres.

(1)

S.I. 2011/1015.

(2)

1984 c. 27.