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 identified 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. The Secretary of State is authorised to construct over the Trent and Mersey Canal as parts of the main new trunk road, the bridge specified in Schedule 3 to this Order, and the bridge over the River Trent specified in Schedule 4 to this Order.

5. In this Order-

(1) Except where otherwise expressly provided, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(2) (i) "the deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA10/EM70 marked "The A564 Trunk Road (Stoke-Derby Route) (Derby Southern Bypass and Slip Roads) (No. 2) Order 1992" 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 main new trunk road" and "the slip roads" have the meanings given in article 1 of this Order;

(iii)"the new trunk roads" means the highways mentioned in article 1 of this Order;

(iv)"the (No. 1) Order" means the A564 Trunk Road (Stoke-Derby Route) (Derby Southern Bypass and Slip Roads) (No. 1) Order 1992; and

(v)"the A6 Trunk Road" means the A6 London-Inverness Trunk Road.

6. This Order shall come into force on 14th February 1992 and may be cited as the A564 Trunk Road (Stoke-Derby Route) (Derby Southern Bypass and Slip Roads) (No. 2) Order 1992.

SCHEDULE 1ROUTE OF THE MAIN NEW TRUNK ROAD

The route of the mainnew trunk road is in the parishes of Swarkestone, Aston-upon-Trent and Shardlow and Great Wilne, in the County of Derbyshire, and of Castle Donington, and Lockington-Hemington in the County of Leicestershire. It is about 8.83 kilometres in length starting at a point on the A514 (Swarkestone Road) measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane 150 metres south-west of the southern boundary of the property known as Windmill Cottage,. This point is given the reference letter `B' on the deposited plan.

• The route then heads in a generally north-easterly direction crossing Chellaston Lane at Aston-upon-Trent and curves eastward to cross the Derby Road, Aston-on-Trent north-east of Brickyard Plantation. It continues in a south-easterly direction and crosses Aston Lane and the Trent and Mersey Canal east of Hickens Bridge where a new bridge as described in Schedule 3 to this Order will be constructed; then in an easterly direction to cross the River Trent north of the point where the high voltage electricity cables cross the river, where a new bridge as described in Schedule 4 will be constructed. The route then crosses Back Lane south of Cavendish Bridge, Donington Lane and the B6540, and terminates at a point on the A6 Trunk Road about 470 metres north of its junction with Netherfield Lane. This point is given the reference letter`C' on the deposited plan.

SCHEDULE 2ROUTES OF THE SLIP ROADS