# Highways Act 1980, Section 63: Relief of main carriageway of trunk road from local traffic.

Extent: E+W

Without prejudice to section 10(3) above, the Ministeror a strategic highways company may construct as part of a trunk road a highway for the purpose of relieving a main carriageway of the trunk road from local traffic; but this section does not authorise the construction of a highway which is separated from the remainder of the trunk road by intervening land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-63
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