1.  This Order may be cited as the A5 Trunk Road (Weeford-Fazeley Improvement) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003.

2.  In this Order—

(1) tall measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.

(2) (i) “the main new road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(ii) “the new trunk roads” means the main new road and the slip roads;

(iii) “the plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/MP/015, marked “The A5 Trunk Road (Weeford-Fazeley Improvement) Order 2003”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, and deposited at the ODPM-DfT, Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA.

(iv) “the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order and which connect the main new road with other highways or proposed highways at the places stated in that Schedule.

3.  The main new road and the slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force.

4.  The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan.

5.  The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk roads that—

(a) where the highway is 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 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 relevant route is opened for traffic.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

David Harvey

A Divisional Director Highways Agency

22nd October 2003