The A48 Trunk Road (Between Highbeech Roundabout and Wye Bridge, Chepstow, Monmouthshire) (Temporary Traffic Prohibitions and 10 mph Speed Limit) Order 2020
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2020/495 |
2020No. 495 (W. 117)
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
The A48 Trunk Road (Between Highbeech Roundabout and Wye Bridge, Chepstow, Monmouthshire) (Temporary Traffic Prohibitions and 10 mph Speed Limit) Order 2020
Made29April2020
Coming into force5May2020
The Welsh Ministers, as traffic authority for the A48 Trunk Road, are satisfied that traffic on specified lengths of the trunk road should be prohibited and/or restricted because of works proposed on or near the road.
The Welsh Ministers, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 14(1), (4) and (7) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984( 1), make this Order.
Title, Commencement and Interpretation
1. The title of this Order is the A48 Trunk Road (Between Highbeech Roundabout and Wye Bridge, Chepstow, Monmouthshire) (Temporary Traffic Prohibitions and 10 mph Speed Limit) Order 2020 and it comes into force on 5 May 2020.
2. In this Order—
“exempted vehicle”(“cerbyd esempt”) means:
(a) any vehicle being used for the purposes described in section 87 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Act( 2) or in connection with the works giving rise to this Order;
(b) any vehicle being used for naval, military or air force purposes and being driven by a person for the time being subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown, who is a member of the special forces—
(i) in response, or for practice in responding, to a national security emergency by a person who has been trained in driving at high speeds; or
(ii) for the purpose of training a person in driving vehicles at high speeds;
“special forces”(“lluoedd arbennig”) means those units of the armed forces the maintenance of whose capabilities is the responsibility of the Director of Special Forces or which are for the time being subject to the operational command of that Director;
“the trunk road”(“y gefnffordd”) means the A48 London to Fishguard Trunk Road;
“works period”(“cyfnod y gwaith”) means intermittent periods commencing at 20:00 hours on 5 May 2020 and ending when the temporary traffic signs for each period of works are removed.
Prohibitions and Restriction
3. No person may, during the works period, drive any vehicle, other than an exempted vehicle, on the length of the trunk road specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
4. No person may, during the works period, drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 10 miles per hour on the length of the trunk road specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
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