The A5 Trunk Road (Halton Roundabout to Whitehurst Roundabout, Chirk, Wrexham County Borough) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles) Order 2017

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CitationSI 2017/527

2017No. 527 (W. 110)

ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES

The A5 Trunk Road (Halton Roundabout to Whitehurst Roundabout, Chirk, Wrexham County Borough) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles) Order 2017

Made29March2017

Coming into force1April2017

The Welsh Ministers, being the traffic authority for the relevant length of the London – Holyhead Trunk Road (A5) (“the trunk road”), are satisfied that traffic in a specified length of the trunk road should be prohibited 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) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984( 1), make this Order.

Title, Interpretation and Commencement

1. This Order comes into force on 1 April 2017 and its title is The A5 Trunk Road (Halton Roundabout to Whitehurst Roundabout, Chirk, Wrexham County Borough) (Temporary Prohibition of Vehicles) Order 2017.

2. —(1) In this Order:

“exempted vehicle”(“cerbyd esempt”) means any vehicle being used by the emergency services or in connection with the works giving rise to this Order;

“the length of the trunk road”(“y darn o'r gefnffordd”) means the length of the trunk road north of Chirk in the County Borough of Wrexham that extends from the western side of Halton Roundabout to the eastern side of Whitehurst Roundabout;

“works period”(“cyfnod y gwaith”) means intermittent periods commencing at 19:00 hours on 1 April 2017 and ending when the temporary traffic signs for each period of works are removed.

(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 shall, during the works period, drive or cause or permit any vehicle, other than an exempted vehicle, to proceed in the length of the trunk road.

Application

4. The prohibition in article 3 applies only during such times and to such extent as indicated by traffic signs.

Duration of this Order

5. The maximum duration of this Order shall be 12 months.

Signed under authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, one of the Welsh Ministers.

Dated the 29 March 2017

Nina Ley

Head of Business Unit, Network Management

Welsh Government

(1) 1984 c. 27; Section 14 was substituted by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991 (c. 26), section 1(1) and Schedule 1. By virtue of S.I. 1999/672, article...

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