The M48 Motorway (Severn Bridge) (Temporary Prohibition of Heavy Goods Vehicles) Order 2025

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“appointed person” has the meaning given in section 23 of the Severn Bridges Act 1992(1);

“goods vehicle” has the meaning given in Schedule 1 to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016(2);

“length of carriageway” means—

(a)

the westbound carriageway of the M48 from a point 239 metres west of the tip of the nosing of the westbound entry slip road at junction 1 (Aust) to a point 47 metres west of the mechanical joint at the western end of the M48 Severn Bridge; and

(b)

the eastbound carriageway of the M48 from a point 47 metres west of the mechanical joint at the western end of the M48 Severn Bridge to a point 239 metres west of the tip of the nosing of the westbound entry slip road at junction 1 (Aust);

“M48” means the M48 motorway;

“maximum gross weight” has the meaning given in Schedule 1 to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016;

“period of danger” means the period starting at 00:01 hours on Tuesday 27th May 2025 and ending when the likelihood of danger has ended or after 18 months, whichever is sooner;

“tip of the nosing” means the first point where an entry slip road joins the carriageway of a motorway or the last point where an exit slip road leaves the carriageway of a motorway.

(1)

1992 c. 3.

(2)

S.I. 2016/362.