Road Traffic Acts

Scottish Executive

THE A9 TRUNK ROAD (PORTGOWER) (40MPH SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 200

The Scottish Ministers hereby give notice that they propose to make the above Order under section 84(1)(a) as read with section 124(1)(d) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 which will have the effect of imposing a 40mph speed limit on that length of the A9 Edinburgh–Stirling–Thurso Trunk Road from a point 223 metres or thereby northeast of the extended northeast gable of No 8 Braehead Terrace, southwestwards to a point 15 metres or thereby southwest of the extended southwest gable of No 1, Portgower, a distance of 760 metres or thereby.

The Edinburgh–Thurso Trunk Road (A9) (Portgower) (40mph Speed Limit) Order 1992 is revoked by this Order.

Full details of the proposal are contained in the Order which, together with a plan showing the length of road involved, a copy of the existing Order to be revoked and a statement of the Scottish Ministers’ reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be examined free of charge during normal business hours from 25 February 2005 until 25 March 2005 at the Scottish Executive Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department, Network Management Division, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh and the offices of BEAR Scotland Ltd, Balblair Quarry, Beauly IV4 7BG.

Any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should send details of the grounds for objection in writing to the Scottish Executive Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department, Network Management Division, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, quoting reference UM/NNW/D/O/2/18 by 25 March 2005.

J G Barton, Director, Network Management Division, a Member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

Scottish Executive Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.