Article 15 Classification of roads etc.I1

England and Wales

(1)

The roads described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 4 (classification of roads, etc.) are to be—

(a)

classified as special roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as special roads; and

(b)

provided for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 (classes of traffic for purposes of special roads) to the 1980 Act.

(2)

From the date on which the undertaker notifies the Secretary of State that the roads described in Part 1 of Schedule 4 have been completed and are open for traffic—

(a)

the undertaker is the highway authority for those roads; and

(b)

they are classified as trunk roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as trunk roads.

(3)

From the date on which the roads described in Part 2 (trunk roads) of Schedule 4 are completed and open for traffic, they are to become trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order under section 10(2)^f1 (general provision as to trunk roads) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to become trunk roads.

(4)

From the date on which the roads described in Part 3 (classified roads) of Schedule 4 are completed and open for traffic, they are to become classified roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as 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.

(5)

From the date on which the roads described in Part 4 (unclassified roads) of Schedule 4 are completed and open for traffic, they are to become unclassified roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to unclassified roads.

(6)

From the date on which the roads specified in Part 5 (speed limits) of Schedule 4 are open for traffic, no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the limit in miles per hour specified in column (2) of that Part along the lengths of road identified in the corresponding row of column (1) of that Part.

(7)

From the date on which Work Nos. 4 and 5 are open for traffic, the M42 (Junctions 3A to 7) (Actively Managed Hard Shoulder and Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2005^f2 are amended as follows—

(a)

after paragraph 4(c) of the Schedule (relevant roads), insert—

“; and

(d)
on-slip road which connects the northbound carriageway of the M42 with Junction 5A”; and

(b)

after paragraph 5(c) of the Schedule, insert—

“; and

(d)
off-slip road which connects the southbound carriageway of the M42 with Junction 5A”.

(8)

The public rights of way set out in Part 6 (public rights of way) of Schedule 4 and identified on the rights of way and access plans are to be constructed by the undertaker in the specified locations and open for use from—

(a)

the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic; or

(b)

such date as soon as reasonably practicable after the construction of the public right of way as may be agreed by the undertaker and the local highway authority.

(9)

The application of paragraphs (1) to (8) may be varied or revoked by any instrument made under any enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such matters, including by an instrument made under the 1984 Act where the matter in question could have been included in an order made under that Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 15 in force at 11.6.2020, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Section 10(2) was amended by section 22(2)(a) of the 1991 Act and by section 1(6) of, and paragraphs 1 and 10(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015.
f2: S.I. 2005/1671.