Article 3
The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highwaywhich crosses the route of the new trunk road that—
where the highway is a highway maintainable at the public expenseby a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintainedby that authority, and
where the highway is not a highway so maintainable and is notmaintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosureor prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty tomaintain the part in question,
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until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given bythe Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. Thedate specified will not be later than the date on which the relevantroute is opened for the purpose of through traffic.