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The A47 Trunk Road (Thorney Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/2722 · Made 15 October 2003

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HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND

Made 15th October 2003

Coming into force 5th November 2003

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980 f1 and now vested in him f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 66.

f2

S.I. 2001/2568.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule THELENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

1

This Order may be cited as the A47 Trunk Road (Thorney Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 5th November 2003.

2

In this Order—

(i)

“classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;

(ii)

“the new trunk road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct referred to in article 2 of the A47 Trunk Road (Thorney Bypass) Order 2003f1;

(iii)

“the trunk road” means the A47 Trunk Road.

3

The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the Peterborough City Council that the new trunk road is open for traffic.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

P. Wallwork

A Divisional Director in the Highways Agency

15th October 2003

Schedule THELENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of the trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road is situated between the starting and termination points of the route of the new trunk road 40 metres east of the junction of the trunk road with the vehicular access to Hightrees Farm at Thorney in the City of Peterborough and 212 metres east of the junction of the trunk road with the B1167 New Cut and is shown by broad black dashes on the plan numbered HA 10/OD/384, marked “The A47 Trunk Road (Thorney Bypass) (Detrunking) Order 2003 ” signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, ODPM-DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA.