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The A47 Wansford to Sutton Development Consent Order 2023

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Classification of roads, etc.E+W+S

13.—(1) On and after the date on which the roads described in Part 1 (trunk roads) of Schedule 3 (classification of roads, etc) and identified on the classification of roads plans are completed and open for traffic, they are to become trunk roads as if they had become so by virtue of an order under section 10(2)(1) (general provision as to trunk roads) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to become trunk roads.

(2) On and after the date on which the roads described in Part 2 (classified C roads) of Schedule 3 and identified on the classification of roads plans are completed and open for traffic, they are to become 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.

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

(4) On and after the date on which the roads specified in Part 4 (speed limits) of Schedule 4 (permanent stopping up of highways and private means of access & provision of new highways and private means of access) and identified on the traffic regulation plans 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 along the lengths of road identified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.

(5) On such day as the undertaker may determine, the order specified in column (3) of Part 5 (revocations and variations of existing traffic regulation orders) of Schedule 3 is to be varied or revoked as specified in the corresponding row of column (4) of that Part in respect of the lengths of roads specified in the corresponding row of column (2) of that Part.

(6) Unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local highway authority, the footpaths, cycle tracks, footways and bridleways set out in Part 6 (footpaths, cycle tracks, footways and bridleways) of Schedule 3 and identified on the rights of way and access plans are to be constructed by the undertaker in the specified locations and open for use from the date on which the authorised development is open for traffic.

(7) On the date on which the roads described in Part 7 (roads to be detrunked) of Schedule 3 and identified on the detrunking plans are completed and open for traffic, they are to cease to be trunk roads as if they had ceased to be trunk roads by virtue of an order made under section 5(2)(a) of the 1980 Act specifying that date as the date on which they were to cease to be trunk roads.

(8) The application of paragraphs (1) to (7) may be varied or revoked by any instrument made under any enactment which provides for the variation or revocation of such matters.

Commencement Information

I1Art. 13 in force at 10.3.2023, see art. 1

(1)

Section 10(2) was amended by section 22(2)(a) of the 1991 Act, and by section 1(6) of, and paragraph 10(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015.

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