The A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool Highway Development Consent Order 2020

Classification of roads etc.

11.—(1) On the date on which the authorised development is completed and open for traffic—

(a) the roads described in columns (1) and (2) of Part 1 (trunk roads) of Schedule 3 are to become trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order 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) the road described in columns (1) and (2) of Part 2 (classified roads) of Schedule 3 is to be classified as the A585 and is to be—

(i) a principal road for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as principal roads; and

(ii) a classified road 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;

(c) the roads described in columns (1) and (2) of Part 3 (unclassified roads) of Schedule 3 are to become unclassified roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to unclassified roads;

(d) the public right of way described in Part 4 (other public rights of way) of Schedule 3 will be of the type described in column (1) of that Part to the extent described in column (2).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), on such day as the undertaker may determine, the road described in Part 5 (roads to be de-trunked) of Schedule 3 are to cease to be trunk roads as if they had ceased to be trunk roads by virtue of an order made under section 10(2) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to cease to be trunk roads.

(3) The undertaker may only make a determination for the purposes of paragraph (2) with the consent of the Secretary of State, who must consult the local highway authority before deciding whether to give that consent.

(4) From the date on which the roads specified in Part 6 (speed limits) of Schedule 3 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 (3) of Part 6 of Schedule 3 along the lengths of road identified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.

(5) On such day as the undertaker may determine, the order specified in column (3) of Part 7 (revocations and variations of existing traffic regulation orders) of Schedule 3 is to be varied or revoked as specified in the corresponding row of column (4) of that Part in respect of the lengths of roads specified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.

(6) On such day as the undertaker may determine, the orders specified in column (3) of Part 8 (new traffic regulation orders sought) of Schedule 3 are to be made in respect of the roads specified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.

(7) The application of paragraphs (1) to (6) may be varied or revoked by any instrument made under any enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such matters.