The A5, A44, A55, A458, A470, A479, A483, A487, A489 and A494 Trunk Roads (Various Locations in North and Mid Wales) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles) Order 2020
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2020/1153 |
| Year | 2020 |
2020No. 1153 (W. 262)
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
The A5, A44, A55, A458, A470, A479, A483, A487, A489 and A494 Trunk Roads (Various Locations in North and Mid Wales) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles) Order 2020
Made20October2020
Coming into force25October2020
The Welsh Ministers, being the traffic authority for the A5, A44, A55, A458, A470, A479, A483, A487, A489 and A494 trunk roads, are satisfied that traffic on specified lengths of the trunk roads should be prohibited due to the likelihood of danger to the public arising from the transportation of abnormal indivisible loads.
The Welsh Ministers, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 14(1) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984( 1), make this Order.
Title, Commencement and Interpretation
1. The title of this Order is the A5, A44, A55, A458, A470, A479, A483, A487, A489 and A494 Trunk Roads (Various Locations in North and Mid Wales) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles) Order 2020 and it comes into force on 25 October 2020.
2. (1) In this Order:
“exempted vehicle”(“cerbyd esempt”) means any vehicle being used by the emergency services or in connection with the transportation of the abnormal indivisible loads giving rise to this Order;
“the trunk roads”(“y cefnffyrdd”) means the lengths of the main carriageways, roundabouts and laybys of the A5 London to Holyhead Trunk Road, A44 Newtown to Aberystwyth Trunk Road, A55 Chester to Bangor Trunk Road and London to Holyhead Trunk Road, A458 Shrewsbury to Dolgellau Trunk Road, A470 Cardiff to Glan Conwy Trunk Road, A479 Glanusk Park (Crickhowell) to Llyswen Trunk Road, A483 Swansea to Manchester Trunk Road, A487 Fishguard to Bangor Trunk Road, A489 Newtown to Aberystwyth Trunk Road and Caersws to Machynlleth Trunk Road and A494 Dolgellau to South of Birkenhead Trunk Road in the counties of Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham, Conwy, Powys, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire;
“transportation period”(“cyfnod y cludo”) means that period commencing at 00:01 hours on 25 April 2019 and ending when the movement of the abnormal indivisible loads has been completed.
(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order.
Prohibition
3. No person may, during the transportation period, drive or cause or permit any vehicle, other than an exempted vehicle, to proceed on the lengths of the trunk roads specified in the Schedule to...
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