1.  The Essex County Council (Maldon Bypass) (Blackwater Canal Bridge) Scheme 1986 is hereby confirmed without modifications.

2.  The said Scheme as confirmed (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”) is set out in the Schedule hereto. Copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plans are deposited at the offices of the Department of Transport, and at the offices of the Chief Executive and Clerk, Essex County Council at County Hall, Chelmsford.

3.  The Scheme will become operative on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980.

4.  This Instrument may be cited as the Essex County Council (Maldon Bypass) (Blackwater Canal Bridge) Scheme 1986 Confirmation Instrument 1987.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

G. D. Crane

Regional Director Eastern Region

Department of Transport

6th May 1987