The London—Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) (Whitland By–Pass) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 1614

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The London—Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) (Whitland By–Pass) Order 1994

Made

15th June 1994

Coming into force

6th July 1994

The Secretary of State for Wales makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10, 12 and 326 of the Highways Act 1980(1) and of all other enabling powers:—

1.  The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct, along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order, 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 length of 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 classed as a classified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Dyfed that the new trunk road is open for through traffic.

4.  In this Order—

All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.

i. “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/2 WO 96 marked “The London—Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) (Whitland By–Pass) Order 1994”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales and deposited at the Welsh Office Repository, Curran Embankment, Cardiff;

ii. “the new trunk road” means the highway mentioned in article 1 of this Order;

iii. “the trunk road” means the London—Fishguard Trunk Road;

iv. “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.

5.  The London—Fishguard Trunk Road (Whitland By–Pass) Order 1939(2) is hereby revoked except for the part described in Schedule 2 of the London—Fishguard Trunk Road (Whitland By–Pass) (Variation No. 2) Order 1977(3).

6.  The London—Fishguard Trunk Road (Whitland By–Pass) (Variation) Order 1965(4) is hereby revoked.

7.  The London—Fishguard Trunk Road (Pontyfenni—Whitland Diversion) Order 1985(5) is hereby revoked.

8.  This Order shall come into force on 6th July 1994 and may be cited as the London—Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) (Whitland By–Pass) Order 1994.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

P. R. Marsden

A Grade 6 Officer in the Welsh Office

Dated the 15th June 1994

SCHEDULE 1

Route of the new trunk road.

The route of the new trunk road is a route at Whitland in the County of Dyfed as follows:—

A route about 3.64 kilometres in length starting at a point on the trunk road about 120 metres east of the roundabout at Black Bridge extending in an easterly direction to a point on the trunk road about 95 metres west of the western boundary of Llain Cottage.

SCHEDULE 2

Length of trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road.

The length of trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road is that length of the trunk road which is about 3.59 kilometres in length, starting at a point on the trunk road about 170 metres east of Black Bridge extending in an easterly direction to a point about 160 metres west of Llain Cottage.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Orders made under section 1 of the Trunk Road Act 1936 (c. 5), paragraph 29 of the Twenty–fourth Schedule to the Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), and sections 10 and 14 of the Highways Act 1980, which provided for a by–pass of the London—Fishguard Trunk Road at Whitland.

In their place, this Order lays down the centre line of a proposed trunk road, which, if constructed, would allow for a by–pass of the London—Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) at Whitland.

The Order provides for the detrunking of the length of the trunk road which would be superseded if the by–pass described above is constructed. The superseded length would be a classified road maintainable by the local highway authority.

(1)

1980 c. 66.

(2)

S.I. 1939 No. 404.

(3)

S.I. 1977 No. 951.

(4)

S.I. 1965 No. 1410.

(5)

S.I. 1985 No. 2068.