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The M5 Motorway (Junctions 4a to 6)(Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2017

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Regulation 3(2)(a)

SCHEDULETHE SPECIFIED ROADS

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1.  The specified roads are—

(a)that length of the northbound carriageway of the M5 beginning at a point which is 200 metres south of the southern edge of the southernmost bridge carrying the circulatory carriageway of the M5, A449, A4440 and A4538 at junction 6 and ending at the southern edge of the bridge at junction 4a carrying northbound traffic to the M42 eastbound;

(b)that length of the southbound carriageway of the M5 beginning at the southern edge of the bridge carrying the northbound traffic of the M42 over the M5 at junction 4a and ending at the northern edge of the southernmost bridge carrying the circulatory carriageway of the M5, A449, A4440 and A4538 at junction 6;

(c)the carriageways of the northbound slip roads;

(d)the carriageways of the southbound slip roads; and

(e)the linking carriageways.

2.  Any reference in this Schedule to—

(a)the letter “M” followed by a number is a reference to the motorway known by that name;

(b)the letter “A” followed by a number is a reference to the road known by that name;

(c)a junction followed by a number, or a number and a letter, is a reference to the junction of the M5 of that number, or of that number and letter, as the case may be.

3.  In this Schedule—

“on-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic entering the M5; and

“off-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic exiting the M5.

4.  The northbound slip roads are—

(a)the on-slip roads which connect—

(i)the A38 with the northbound carriageway of the M5 at junction 5; and

(ii)the A4440, the A449 and the A4538 with the northbound carriageway of the M5 at junction 6; and

(b)the off-slip road which connects the northbound carriageway of the M5 at junction 5 with the A38.

5.  The southbound slip roads are—

(a)the on-slip road which connects the A38 and the Stoke Road with the southbound carriageway of the M5 at junction 5; and

(b)the off-slip roads which connect the southbound carriageway of the M5 at—

(i)junction 5 with the A38; and

(ii)junction 6 with the A4440, the A449 and the A4538.

6.  The linking carriageways are—

(a)the southbound carriageway from the M42 to junction 4a, beginning at the southern edge of the bridge carrying the M42 northbound traffic and ending at the merge with the M5 southbound; and

(b)the eastbound carriageway from junction 4a to the M42, beginning at the diverge from the M5 northbound and ending at a point 180 metres north of the northern edge of the bridge carrying Fockbury Mill Lane over the M5.

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