SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL (A30 WINDWHISTLE, CRICKET ST THOMAS) (TEMPORARY 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2016
NOTICE is hereby given that Somerset County Council proposes to make the above Order in pursuance of the provisions of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, the effect of which will be to introduce a temporary 30 mph speed limit on the length of road specified in the Schedule to this Notice.
The Order is required to facilitate highway works and is necessary for the safety of the workforce whilst carrying out their duties. The restrictions may not be effected for the whole period but it is anticipated that the roads will be restricted as and when traffic signs are in position and only for so long as is necessary to execute the works.
The Order becomes effective on the 17th March 2016 and will remain in force for eighteen months.
The works are expected to start on the 22nd March 2016 and to last for 8 days.
A copy of the Order and maps as drafted may be inspected at (i) South Somerset Area Highways Office, Mead Avenue, Yeovil, BA22 8RT and at (ii) Somerset Highways, B Block Reception, County Hall, Taunton or online at www.somerset.gov.uk/TRO
For information about the works being carried out please contact AFL Europe Services Ltd. by telephone: 01344 407800.
PATRICK FLAHERTY Chief Executive Dated: 25 February 2016
SCHEDULE Temporary 30 mph Speed Limit
A30, Windwhistle, From point 20 metres east of its junction Cricket St Thomas with New Lane for a distance of 400 metres in an easterly direction.
SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL (A30 WINDWHISTLE, CRICKET ST THOMAS) (TEMPORARY 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2016
SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL in exercise of its powers under Section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991 and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 of the Act of 1984 HEREBY MAKES THE FOLLOWING ORDER:-
1 This Order shall come into operation on the 17th day of March 2016 and shall remain in force for eighteen months. The restrictions may not be effected for the whole period but it is anticipated that the road will be restricted as and when traffic signs are in position and only for so long as is necessary to execute the works.
2 This order is required to facilitate highway works and is necessary for the safety of the workforce whilst carrying out their duties.
3 This Order shall be cited as The Somerset County Council (A30 Windwhistle, Cricket St Thomas) (Temporary 30mph Speed Limit) Order 2016.
DATED THIS 11TH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN
THE COMMON SEAL of the ) ) COUNTY COUNCIL OF SOMERSET ) ) was hereunto affixed in the ) ) presence of:- )
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SCHEDULE Temporary 30 mph Speed Limit
A30, Windwhistle, From point 20 metres east of its junction Cricket St Thomas with New Lane for a distance of 400 metres in an easterly direction.
STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR PROPOSING TO MAKE THE ORDER
For avoiding danger to persons, or other traffic using the road, or any other road, or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.