The A27 Trunk Road (Polegate Bypass) Order 1993

1.  The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order (the highway along this route being in this Order referred to as “the new trunk road”) shall become a trunk road as from the date when this Order comes into force.

2.  The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.

3.  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 a highway 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 a highway 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 later than the date on which the new trunk road is opened for the purpose of through traffic.

4.  In this Order

(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(2) (i) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered PSE A27/13D/65/2/4, marked “The A27 Trunk Road (Polegate Bypass) Order 1993”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(ii) “the new trunk road” has the meaning given in article 1 above;

(iii) “the Trunk Road” means the Folkestone-Honiton Trunk Road (A27).

5.  This Order shall come into force on 1st June 1993 and may be cited as the A27 Trunk Road (Polegate Bypass) Order 1993.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

J. W. Fellows

Regional Director South East Region

Department of Transport

4th May 1993