Statutory Instruments
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
1st December 1989
Coming into force
18th December 1989
1. The lengths of the trunk road described in an item in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order and given the reference letters A, B, C and D in column 3 of that Schedule and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall as from the date on which the Secretary of State for Transport notifies the Council whose name is specified in that item in column 4 of that Schedule that the new motorway from Umberslade to Warwick is open for through traffic cease to be trunk road and be classified as principal road.
2. Each of the lengths of the trunk road described in an item in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order and given the reference letters E, F, G, H, J and K in column 3 of that Schedule and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall as from the date on which the Secretary of State for Transport notifies the Council whose name is specified in that item in column 4 of that Schedule that the new motorway from Warwick to Wendlebury is open for through traffic cease to be a trunk road and be classified as a classified road in the case of the lengths given the reference letters F, H, J and K in column 3 of that Schedule and as a principal road in the case of the lengths given the reference letters E and G in column 3 of that Schedule.
3. In this Order:–
(1) All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
(2) (i) “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;
(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 highways 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;
(iii)“the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/2 WMRO (L) VI marked “The A41 London–Birmingham Trunk Road (Bicester to South of Knowle) De-Trunking Order 1989”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;
(iv)“the trunk road” means the London–Birmingham Trunk Road (A41);
(v)“the new motorway” means the motorway to be provided by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the M40 London– Oxford–Birmingham Motorway (Umberslade to Warwick Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1976(3), and the M40 London–Oxford–Birmingham Motorway (Waterstock to Warwick Section) and Connecting Roads (No.1) Scheme 1984(4), (No.2) Scheme 1985(5), and (Supplementary) Scheme 1985(6).
4. This Order shall come into force on 18th December 1989 and may be cited as the A41 London–Birmingham Trunk Road (Bicester to South of Knowle) De-Trunking Order 1989.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
D.R. Ritchie
Regional Director West Midlands Region
Department of Transport
1st December 1989
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | From the east side of the bridge over the Grand Union Canal approximately 2 km south-east of Knowle to a point 180 m south-east of its junction with the road from Chadwick End to Balsall a distance of 2.9 km in the Metropolitan County of West Midlands. | A | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
| (2) | From a point 180 m south-east of its junction with the road from Chadwick End to Balsall to a point 370 m south-east of the same junction, a distance of 190 m in the County of Warwickshire. | B | Warwickshire County Council |
| (3) | From a point 370 m south-east of its junction with the road from Chadwick End to Balsall to a point 580 m south-east of the same junction, a distance of 210 m in the Metropolitan County of West Midlands. | C | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
| (4) | From a point 580 m south-east of its junction with the road from Chadwick End to Balsall to its junction with the A46 approximately 2 km west of Warwick, a distance of 10 km in the County of Warwickshire. | D | Warwickshire County Council |
| (5) | From a point 1,920 m west of its junction with the A46 at Longbridge approximately 3.5 km south-west of Warwick to the County Boundary 1 km north of its junction with the road to Hanwell a distance of 24 km in the County of Warwickshire. | E | Warwickshire County Council |
| (6) | From the County Boundary 1 km north of its junction with the road to Hanwell to its junction with the A423 trunk road in Banbury, a distance of 5 km in the County of Oxfordshire. | F | Oxfordshire County Council |
| (7) | From its junction with the A423 in Banbury to its junction with the A423 at East Adderbury, a distance of 5.6 km in the County of Oxfordshire. | G | Oxfordshire County Council |
| (8) | From its junction with the A423 at East Adderbury to the County Boundary 300 m north-west of its junction with the road to Kings Sutton on the bridge over the River Cherwell, a distance of 2.7 km in the County of Oxfordshire. | H | Oxfordshire County Council |
| (9) | From the County Boundary 300 m north-west of its junction with the road to Kings Sutton on the bridge over the River Cherwell to the County Boundary 1.4 km south of its junction with B4031 to Croughton, a distance of 4.4 km in the County of Northamptonshire. | J | Northamptonshire County Council |
| (10) | From the County Boundary 1.4 km south of its junction with the B4031 to Croughton to its junction with the A421 in Bicester, a distance of 11.2 km in the County of Oxfordshire. | K | Oxfordshire County Council |