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2004 No. 449
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND
The A66 Trunk Road (Darlington Eastern Transport Corridor) Order 2004
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Made |
17th February 2004 | |
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Coming into force |
19th April 2004 | |
The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 41 of the Highways Act 1980[1] and now vested in him[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf:
1.
This Order may be cited as the A66 Trunk Road (Darlington Eastern Transport Corridor) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 19th April 2004.
2.
In this Order -
(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 road;
(iii) "the plan" means the plan numbered HA 10/TD/008 marked "The A66 Trunk Road (Darlington Eastern Transport Corridor) Order 2004", signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at ODPM-DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA; and
(iv) "the slip road" 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 new main road and the slip road 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 any of the new trunk roads that -
(a) where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highways 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 past 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 theSecretary of State for Transport
Arthur Ashburner
A Divisional Director Highways Agency
17th February 2004
SCHEDULE 1
ROUTE OF THE MAIN NEW ROAD
The route of the main new road is a roundabout to be constructed on the A66 Trunk Road in the Borough of Darlington, centred 60 metres south of the centreline of the dismantled Stockton to Darlington Railway (marked "A" on the deposited plan).
SCHEDULE 2
ROUTE OF THE SLIP ROAD
A route from its junction with the westbound carriageway of the proposed B6279 (marked "B" on the deposited plan) to its junction with the northbound carriageway of the A66 Trunk Road in the Borough of Darlington (marked "C" on the deposited plan).
Notes:
[1]
1980 c. 66.back
[2]
S.I. 1981/238.back
ISBN
0 11 048755 9
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3 March 2004
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