1995 No. 1048

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The A61 Trunk Road (Tankersley Roundabout, Birdwell to Old County Borough Boundary, Barnsley) (Detrunking) Order 1995

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 19801, and now vested in him 2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf:—

1

This Order may be cited as the A61 Trunk Road (Tankersley Roundabout, Birdwell to Old County Borough Boundary, Barnsley) (Detrunking) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 5th May 1995.

2

In this Order:

i

“the plan”

means the plan numbered HA10/YHNMD 24, marked “The A61 Trunk Road (Tankersley Roundabout, Birdwell to Old County Borough Boundary, Barnsley) (Detrunking) Order 1995”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

ii

“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 high-ways 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; and

iii

“the trunk road”

means the Exeter—Leeds Trunk Road (A61).

3

The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which this Order comes into force.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

K. A. LasburyDirectorNorthern Network Management Division The Highways Agency

THE SCHEDULELENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of the trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road is situated between Tankersley Roundabout, Birdwell (marked A on the plan) and the Old County Borough Boundary, Barnsley (marked B on the plan), all in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, a total distance of approximately 5.50 kilometres. That length is shown by broad black dashes on the plan.