1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the A596 Trunk Road (Northside Junction, Workington) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 31st October 2001.
(2) In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.
2. The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force.
3. The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered HA 10/PS/284 marked “The A596 Trunk Road (Northside Junction, Workington) Order 2001”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and deposited at the DTLR Deposit Document Service, Floor 13, Ashdown House, St. Leonards-on-Sea. TN37 3GA.
4. The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that -
(a)where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and
(b)where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be latter than the date on which the new trunk road is opened for traffic.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Kevin Lasbury
Divisional Director, Highways Agency
29th October 2001