# The Gatwick Airport (Northern Runway Project) Development Consent Order 2025, Article 17: Classification of roads, etc.

Extent: E+W

(1) On or after the date on which the new and realigned roads described in columns (1) and (2) of Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 5 (classification of roads) have been completed and are open for through traffic, they are to be classified as follows for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as such—
(a) those roads listed in Part 1 (new and realigned classified trunk roads) of Schedule 5 are to become trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order made under section 10(2) (general provision as to trunk roads) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to become trunk roads;
(b) those roads listed in Part 2 (new and realigned classified non-trunk roads) of Schedule 5 are to become classified roads as if such classification had been made under section 12(3) (general provision as to principal and classified roads) of the 1980 Act; and
(c) those roads listed in Part 3 (new and realigned unclassified roads) of Schedule 5 are to become unclassified roads,
and in respect of each road the body set out in column (1) of Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 5 (respectively) is the highway authority for those roads.
(2) From the date determined by the undertaker, the existing road described in Part 4 (roads to be de-trunked) of Schedule 5 is to cease to be a trunk road to the extent specified in column (2) of that Part of that Schedule as if it had ceased to be so by virtue of an order made under section 10(2) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which it was to cease to be trunk road and is to be the responsibility of the relevant highway authority set out in column (1) of that Part of that Schedule.
(3) From the date determined by the undertaker, being not before the date on which Work No. 35 (South Terminal Junction improvements) is completed and open for traffic, the roundabout circulatory carriageway at junction 9 of the M23 is to become a trunk road with an A-road classification as if it had become so by virtue of an order made under section 10(2) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which it was to become a trunk road.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1054/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gatwick-airport-northern-runway-project-development-consent-order-2025/article-17
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