1.  The length of the trunk road described in Schedule 1 to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the London Borough of Waltham Forest that the new trunk roads are open for through traffic.

2.  The length of the trunk road described in Schedule 2 to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the London Borough of Waltham Forest that the new trunk roads are open for through traffic.

3.  In this Order:— (1) All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(2) (i) “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purpose of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;

(ii) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/2 EC 99, consisting of two sheets bound together, marked “The London—Norwich Trunk Road (A11) (Leytonstone Road and High Road Leytonstone Detrunking) Order 1988”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(iii) “principal road” as a classification for a highway means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State;

(iv) “the new trunk roads” means the trunk roads to be constructed by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the London—Great Yarmouth Trunk Road (A12) (Eastway to Eastern Avenue and Slip Roads at Wanstead) Order 1986(1); and

(v) “the trunk road” means the London—Norwich Trunk Road (A11).

4.  This Order shall come into force on 3rd November 1988 and may be cited as the London—Norwich Trunk Road (A11) (Leytonstone Road and High Road Leytonstone Detrunking) Order 1988.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

P. Wood

An Under Secretary in the

Department of Transport

26th October 1988