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The A456 Trunk Road (Detrunking) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/585 · Made 3 March 2008

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HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND

Made 3rd March 2008

Coming into force 28th April 2008

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980f1 and now vested in herf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 66.

f2

S.I. 1997/2971.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule THE: LENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD
  6. 1Paragraph 1
  7. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the A456 Trunk Road (Detrunking) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 28th April 2008.

2

In this Order—

(i)

“the plan” means the plan folio numbered HA10/TD/020 consisting of sheets 1 and 2 and marked “A456 (Detrunking) Order 2008”. signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at DETR Records Management Branch, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1 6DE;

(ii)

“principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; and

(iii)

“the trunk road” means the A456 Trunk Road.

3

The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which this Order comes into force.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Graham Bowskill

A Divisional Director Highways Agency

3rd March 2008

1

The length of the trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road is situated between a point 5m east of the centre of the A449/A456 junction in Kidderminster to a point 112m west of the centre of the A456/M5 junction 3, coincident with the intersection of the A456 and the circulatory carriageway of the roundabout and is shown by broad black dashes on the plan numbered HA10/TD/020, marked “The A456 Trunk Road (Worcestershire and Dudley) (Detrunking) Order 2008”, signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, DETR Records Management Branch, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1 6DE.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order reclassifies the length of the road situated between a point 5m east of the centre of the A449/A456 junction in Kidderminster to a point 112m west of the centre of the A456/M5 junction 3, coincident with the intersection of the A456 and the circulatory carriageway of the roundabout, so that it is no longer a trunk road, but becomes a principal road.