The M25 Junction 10/A3 Wisley Interchange Development Consent Order 2022

Classification of roads, etc. E+W

[F1 13.— (1) The roads described in Part 1 (special roads) of Schedule 3 (classification of roads, etc.) will be—

(a) classified as special roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as special roads; and

(b) provided for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 (classes of traffic for purposes of special roads) to the 1980 Act.

(2) From the date on which the undertaker notifies the Secretary of State that the roads described in Part 1 of Schedule 3 have been completed and open for traffic—

(a) the undertaker will be the highway authority for those roads; and

(b) they are classified as trunk roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as trunk roads.

(3) On or after the date on which the roads described in Part 2 (trunk roads) of Schedule 3 are completed and open for traffic, they are to be trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order under section 10(2) (general provision as to trunk roads) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to become trunk roads.

(4) On or after the date on which the roads described in Part 3 (classified roads) of Schedule 3 are completed and open for traffic they are to become—

(a) principal roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as principal roads; and

(b) classified roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to highways classified as classified roads,

as if such classification had been made under section 12(3) (general provision as to principal and classified roads) of the 1980 Act.

(5) On or after the date on which the roads described in Part 4 (unclassified roads) of Schedule 3 are complete and open for traffic, they are to become unclassified roads for the purpose of any enactment or instrument which refers to unclassified roads.

(6) The public rights of way described in Part 8 (other public rights of way) of Schedule 3 are to be of the types described in column (1) to the extent described in column (2) are open for use on or after the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic.

(7) On or after the date on which the roads specified in Part 5 (speed limits) of Schedule 3 are open for traffic, no person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the limit in miles per hour specified in column (3) of that Part in respect of the lengths of road identified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.

(8) Subject to article 17 (clearways), on and after the date on which the roads specified in Part 6 (traffic regulation measures (clearways and prohibitions)) of Schedule 3 are open for traffic, the restrictions specified in column (3) of that Part are to apply to the lengths of the road identified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.

(9) On such day as the undertaker may determine, the orders specified in column (2) of Part 7 (revocations and variations of existing traffic regulation measures (clearways and prohibitions)) of Schedule 3 are to be varied or revoked as specified in the corresponding row of column (3) of that Part in respect the lengths of roads specified in the corresponding row of column (1) of that Part.

(10) The application of paragraphs (1) to (8) may be varied or revoked by any instrument made under any enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such matters.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 13 substituted (19.1.2023) by The M25 Junction 10/A3 Wisley Interchange Development Consent (Correction) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/46), arts. 1, 2(4)