2017 No. 128

Road Traffic

The M9/A90/M90 Trunk Road (Kirkliston to Halbeath) (Variable Speed Limits and Actively Managed Hard Shoulder) Amendment Regulations 2017

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2), (3) and (3ZA) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 134(8)2 of that Act they have consulted with such representative organisations as they think fit.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the M9/A90/M90 Trunk Road (Kirkliston to Halbeath) (Variable Speed Limits and Actively Managed Hard Shoulder) Amendment Regulations 2017 and come into force on 26th May 2017.

Amendment of the M9/A90/M90 Trunk Road (Kirkliston to Halbeath) (Variable Speed Limits and Actively Managed Hard Shoulder) Regulations 20122

In the schedule of the M9/A90/M90 Trunk Road (Kirkliston to Halbeath) (Variable Speed Limits and Actively Managed Hard Shoulder) Regulations 20123 for paragraph 2 substitute—

2

The northbound carriageway from the point where the northbound on-slip merges with the northbound carriageway at Junction 1 Admiralty Interchange to a point 1380 metres or thereby north of the point where the northbound on-slip merges with the northbound carriageway at Junction 2 Masterton Interchange.

KEITH BROWNA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations )

These Regulations amend the M9/A90/M90 Trunk Road (Kirkliston to Halbeath) (Variable Speed Limits and Actively Managed Hard Shoulder) Regulations 2012 which, among other matters, make provision for variable speed limits on various sections of the road known as the M9/A90/M90 Edinburgh to Fraserburgh Trunk Road from Kirkliston at Humbie Rail Bridge to Halbeath (“the relevant road”).

Regulation 2 increases, by 1280 metres or thereby, the length of the northbound carriageway of the relevant road at Junction 1 Admiralty Interchange over which variable speed limits may be operated.