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The (A46) Bath–Lincoln Trunk Road (Leicester Western Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1991

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SCHEDULE 1ROUTE OF THE MAIN NEW TRUNK ROAD

The route of the main new trunk road is a route in the Parishes of Glenfield, Groby, Anstey, Wanlip and Syston and in the City of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire, about 11 kilometres in length, starting at a point on the centre line of the dismantled railway measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane 513 metres north-east of the centre line of the M1 Motorway (marked “A” on the deposited plan). It proceeds in a north-easterly direction to form a junction with Groby Road (A50) and then eastwards to form a junction with Anstey Lane (B5327). The route curves northeastwards to form a junction with the (A6) London–Carlisle Trunk Road (known as Loughborough Road) and then eastwards to form a junction with Rectory Road at Wanlip. It terminates at a point measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane 337 metres north of the centre point of Wanlip Road Overbridge and 31 metres west of the centre line of the trunk road where it forms a junction with the trunk road (marked “B” on the deposited plan).

SCHEDULE 2ROUTES OF THE SLIP ROADS

1.  Four routes to connect the north-eastbound carriageway and the south-westbound carriageway of the main new trunk road with a roundabout to be constructed as part of Groby Road (A50) at Groby (the new trunk roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 on the deposited plan).

2.  Four routes to connect the north-eastbound carriageway and the south-westbound carriageway of the main new trunk road with a roundabout to be constructed as part of the B5327 road, south-east of Anstey (the new trunk roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 8, 9, 10 and 11 on the deposited plan).

3.  Four routes to connect the north-eastbound carriageway and the south-westbound carriageway of the main new trunk road with the roundabout described in paragraph 4 below (the new trunk roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 12, 13, 14 and 15 on the deposited plan).

4.  A roundabout numbered 16 on the deposited plan approximately 414 metres in circumference measured along the centre line of the roundabout the central point of which is 14 metres north of the junction of Loughborough Road (A6) and Fillingate (B673) and 2 metres west of the centre line of Loughborough Road (A6).

5.  A route numbered 17 on the deposited plan to connect the south-westbound carriageway of the main new trunk road to Rectory Road at Wanlip.

6.  A roundabout numbered 18 on the deposited plan approximately 165 metres in circumference measured along the centre line of the roundabout the central point of which is 348 metres north of the centre line of Wanlip Road Overbridge and 1 metre east of the trunk road.

SCHEDULE 3SPECIFICATION

Point of Commencement: a point on the west bank of the Grand Union Canal approximately 211 metres north of the northern side of the Wanlip Canal Bridge.

Point of Termination: a point on the east bank of the Grand Union Canal approximately 215 metres north of the northern side of the Wanlip Canal Bridge.

Headroom: not less than 3.8 metres above normal navigation level which is 47.49 metres above Ordnance Datum Newlyn, to be maintained for a distance of 5.5 metres each side of the centre line of the navigable waterway to provide a total width of 11 metres.

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