1. This Order shall come into force on 29th September 1994 and may be cited as the A419/A417 Trunk Road (Cirencester and Stratton Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1994.

2. The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct-

(a)along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order (the highway along this route being in this order referred to as "the main new trunk road"); and

(b)along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order which connect the main new trunk road with other highways at the places stated in that schedule (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as "the slip roads"),

shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force.

3. The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.

4. 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 a highway maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority; and

(b)where the highway is not a highway 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 part 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 the purpose of through traffic.

5. In this Order-

(1) All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(2) (i) "the deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA10/2/SWM102, marked "The A419/A417 Trunk Road (Cirences-� ter and Stratton Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1994", signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(ii)"the new trunk roads" means the main new trunk road and the slip roads and "a new trunk road" means one of those highways;

(iii)"the trunk roads" means the A419/A417 Trunk Road.

SCHEDULE 1ROUTE OF THE MAIN NEW TRUNK ROAD

The route of the main new trunk road is a route at Cirencester and Stratton in the District of Cotswold in the County of Gloucestershire. The route starts at a point on the A417 Trunk Road approximately 178 metres northwest of its junction with Dowers Lane (3/189) eastwards to a point approximately 47 metres northeast of the junction of the A419 Trunk Road with Northmoor Lane (40875), a distance of approximately 9.98 kilometres.

SCHEDULE 2ROUTES OF THE SLIP ROADS

Daglingworth Quarry Junction

1. Two routes given the reference numbers 1 and 2 on the deposited plan to connect the Cirencester and Stratton Bypass with the Daglingworth Quarry Junction.

Burford Road (A429) Junction

2. Four routes given the reference numbers 3, 4 , 5 and 6 on the deposited plan to connect the Cirencester and Stratton Bypass with the Burford Road (A429).