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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order relieves the Manchester Ship Canal Company from any obligation to open Trafford Road bridge. The Order also makes provision for the minimum level at which the underside of the bridge is to be maintained. In addition, the Order enables the Company to make agreements with highway authorities with respect to the transfer of bridges crossing the Manchester Ship Canal and rights and obligations relating thereto. The Order effects consequential repeals in the Company’s enactments.

The applicant for the Order is the Manchester Ship Canal Company, Dock Office, Trafford Road, Manchester, M5 2XB.