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In this Schedule—

  • “diverge nose” means a nose between a motorway and an off-slip road or a linking carriageway which diverges from a motorway;

  • “Heathrow Spur” means the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M4 connecting junction 4A with the gyratory at junction 4 and the carriageways leading to and from the westbound carriageway of the M4 at junction 4;

  • “linking carriageway” means a carriageway linking one motorway with another which begins at the diverge from one motorway and ends where the carriageway merges with the other motorway whether or not the carriageway has merged with another carriageway before its merger with that other motorway;

  • “nose” means a paved piece of land approximately triangular in shape which is marked with road markings of a type shown in diagram 1042 in Part 6 of Schedule 9 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions;

  • “off-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic exiting the M4;

  • “on-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic entering the M4;

  • “slip road” means a road (or a specified length of road) which connects the M4 with another road other than a motorway; and

  • “tip” means the point at the most acute angle of a nose.