Highways England Company Limited (Company no. 9346363) hereby gives notice that it has made an Order under sections 84(1)(a) and (2) of, and paragraph 27(1) of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on the A449 Trunk Road between Coven Heath and Gailey in the County of Staffordshire.

The effect of the Order, which comes into force on 18 March 2016, will be to impose—

• a a 40 miles per hour speed limit on the A449 from, and including, the circulatory carriageway of its roundabout junction with the slip roads leading to and from the M54 (Junction 2), to a point 44 metres north of the centre point of its junction with Shaw Hall Lane;
• b a 50 miles per hour speed limit on the circulatory carriageway of the A449 at its roundabout junction with the A5 at Gailey; and
• c a 60 miles per hour speed limit on the A449 from a point 44 metres north of the centre point of its junction with Shaw Hall Lane to its roundabout junction with the A5 at Gailey.

A copy of the made Order, together with plans illustrating the proposals and a Statement of the reasons for making the Order, may be inspected during opening hours at South Staffordshire District Council, Council Offices, Codsall, Staffordshire, WS8 1PX; Brewood Library, Newport Street, Brewood, Staffordshire, ST19 9DT; or may be seen at or obtained by application to Highways England Company Limited, The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RN.

For further information please contact Karen Eustace on 300 470 2978.

Karen Eustace, an Officer in Highways England Company Limited

Highways England Company Limited (Company no. 9346363) Registered office: Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ.