Welsh Office

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

THE SWANSEA-MANCHESTER TRUNK ROAD (A483) (SOUTH OF WELSHPOOL BYPASS DETRUNKING) ORDER 1999

The Secretary of State for Wales hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under section 10 of the Highways Act 1980 providing that the length of the Swansea-Manchester Trunk Road at Welshpool in the county of Powys from a point about 18 metres south of its junction with Lime Kiln Lane extending in a north-easterly direction for about 0.204 kilometres to its junction with the A458 Trunk Road shall cease to be a trunk road as from the date on which notice of the reclassification is given by him to the county council of Powys. Copies of the Order and of the relevant plan have been deposited at the Welsh Office Highways Directorate, Cathays Park, Cardiff and at the Offices of Powys County Council, County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, where they are open to inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours. Copies of the Order, the title of which is The Swansea-Manchester Trunk Road (A483) (South of Welshpool ByPass Detrunking) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999 No. 1196) can be purchased through booksellers or direct from government bookshops (HMSO). Any person aggrieved by the Order and desiring to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the Highways Act 1980, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act, or of regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks from 7th May 1999, or within 6 weeks from the date of publication of this notice if such period shall expire later, apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Order or of any provision contained therein. R. D. Chaffey, Highways Directorate.