Highways Agency

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

THE A565 TRUNK ROAD (BOOTLE—SOUTHPORT) (DETRUNKING) ORDER 2003

The Secretary of State for Transport hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980 which will provide that a length of the A565 Trunk Road shall cease to be a trunk road, and shall be classified as a principal road, from 1 April 2004. Copies of the Order and the plan referred to in it have been deposited at the Highways Agency, Information Point-Room 614, Sunley Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BE; and at Southport Reference Library, Lord Street, Southport PR8 1DJ, where they are open to inspection free of charge during normal opening times. Copies of the Order can be purchased through booksellers or direct from government bookshops (The Stationery Office). The A565 Trunk Road (Bootle-Southport) (Detrunking) Order 2003 is numbered SI 2003 No 3149 and is priced £1.50. Copies of the plan can be obtained, free of charge, from the Highways Agency, Information Point - Room 614, Sunley Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BE. Any person aggrieved by the Order mentioned in this notice who desires to question its validity, or the validity of any provision in it, on the ground that: (a) it is not within the powers of the Highways Act 1980, or (b) any requirement of that Act or of regulations made under that Act has not been complied with in relation to that Order, may apply to the High Court within 6 weeks from the date of first publication of this notice. On such an application, the Court may suspend or quash that Order or any provision in it. J Mather, Highways Agency