1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. In this Order-

(a)all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(b)(i)"the deposited plan" means the plan numbered GLRT 065/5010/10/029/ 2, marked "The A40 Trunk Road (Western Circus Junction Improvement, Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1991", 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

(iii)"the trunk road" means the parts of the A40 Trunk Road known as Western Avenue and Westway.

5. This Order shall come into force on 25th July 1991 and may be cited as the A40 Trunk Road (Western Circus Junction Improvement, Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1991.

SCHEDULE IROUTE OF THE MAIN NEW TRUNK ROAD

The route of the main new trunk road is a route about 0.52 kilometres in length commencing at a point on the trunk road 20 metres west of its junction with Glendun Road, in East Acton in the London Borough of Ealing, proceeding in a generally easterly direction along the existing route of Western Avenue and Westway and ending at a point 40 metres east of the junction of the trunk road with Hilary Road in Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (the main new trunk road along this route being given the reference number 1 on the deposited plan).

SCHEDULE 2ROUTES OF THE SLIP ROADS

The routes of the slip roads are four routes to connect the eastbound and westbound carriageways of the main new trunk road with a roundabout to be constructed over the main new trunk road at the junction of Western Avenue, Westway, Old Oak Common Lane and Old Oak Road in East Acton and Shepherds Bush aforesaid (the new trunk roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 on the deposited plan).