Highways Agency

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

THE A12 TRUNK ROAD (HATFIELD PEVEREL TO WITHAM LINK ROAD) ORDER 20

THE A12 TRUNK ROAD (HATFIELD PEVEREL TO WITHAM LINK ROAD SIDE ROADS) ORDER 20

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions hereby gives notice that he proposes to make the following Orders: An Order under section 10 of the Highways Act 1980 which will provide that two new slip roads which he proposes to construct to connect the A12 Trunk Road with another new highway at Witham in the District of Braintree in the county of Essex shall become trunk roads from the date when the Order comes into force. An Order under sections 12, 14 and 125 of the Highways Act 1980, in relation to the A12 Trunk Road and the new Trunk Roads to be constructed by him at Witham, which will authorise him to: (a)improve highways; (b)stop up highways; (c)construct new highways; (d)stop up private means of access to premises; and (e)provide new means of access to premises, at Hatfield Peverell and Witham; and provide for the transfer of each new highway to the Essex County Council as highway authority as from the date on which he notifies them that it has been completed and is open for traffic. Copies of the draft Order and the plans referred to in them, and of the environmental statement which the Secretary of State has published in relation to the construction of the new highways and the improvement of existing highways referred to in the draft Orders referred to above, may be inspected, free of charge, at all reasonable hours from 25th January 2001 until 9th March 2001, or within 6 weeks from the date of first publication of this notice if that period expires later, at the Highways Agency, c/o Julia Florin, QP(QIM), Room G/44, St. Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0ET, at the offices of the Highways Agency, Project Services Division, Heron House, 49-53 Goldington Road, Bedford MK40 0LL, and at the following: Essex County Council, Head of Transportation and Operational Services, County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH; Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex CM7 9HB; Witham Town Council, Town Hall, Newland Street, Witham, Essex CM8 9HB; Hatfield Peverel Parish Council, Council Brewery Cottage, The Green, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex; and at Witham Library, 18 Newland Street, Witham, Essex CN8 2AQ; and Hatfield Peverel Library, The Street, Hatfield Peverell, Essex CM3 2DP. Any person may object to the making of any of these Orders not later than 9th March 2001, or within 6 weeks from the date of first publication of this notice if that period expires later, by notice to the Secretary of State at the offices of the Highways Agency, Project Services Division, Heron House, 49-53 Goldington Road, Bedford MK40 3LL, quoting Ref. HA 65/01/36 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 may be communicated to other people who may be affected by it. W. S. C. Wadrup, Divisional Director, South East Region 23rd January 2001.