Highways Agency

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

THE A5195 TRUNK ROAD (BIRMINGHAM NORTHERN RELIEF ROAD LINK ROAD) (DETRUNKING) ORDER 200 

The Secretary of State for Transport hereby gives notice that he proposes to make an Order under section 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980 which will provide that lengths of the A5195 Trunk Road:
Between its junction with the A5 at Brownhills and the Boundary of Walsall and the County of Staffordshire at New Town;
Between the boundary of Walsall and the County of Staffordshire at New Town and the southern boundary of its roundabout junction with the M6 Toll, excluding the circulatory carriageway of that roundabout;
shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which the Order comes into force.
Copies of the draft Order and the plans referred to in it may be inspected free of charge during normal opening times; at:

The Highways Agency, Information Point, Ground Floor, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3HW; the Highways Agency, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL; Staffordshire County Council, Development Services Department, Riverway, Stafford SG15 3TJ; South Staffordshire District Council, Council Offices, Codsall, Staffordshire WV8 1PX; Warwickshire County Council, PO Box 43, Warwick CV34 1AB; North Warwickshire Borough Council, Council House, South Street, Atherstone CV19 1AW; Walsall MBC, Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 1TP; Birmingham City Council, Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB; Lichfield District Council, District Council House, Frog Lane, Lichfield WS13 6YU.

Any person may object to the making of this Order not later than 28 August 2003 or within 6 weeks from the date of first publication of this notice, if that period expires later. Any objection must be made in writing to the Secretary of State at the Highways Agency, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL, quoting Ref HA/065/018/000136 and stating the grounds of objection. In the preparation of an objection and the statement of grounds of objection, it should be borne in mind that the substance of any objection or representation might be communicated to other people who may be affected by it.
S Amor, Highways Agency