Highways Agency

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A38 TRUNK ROAD (SUTTON COLDFIELD BYPASS) (DERESTRICTION) ORDER 2005

The Secretary of State for Transport hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under sections 82(2) and 83(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, on the A38 Trunk Road at Langley Mill in the City of Birmingham and the County of Warwickshire.
The effect of the Order, which comes into force on 28 February 2005, will be to maintain the national speed limit on lengths of the A38 at Langley Mill between points:

(a) 70 metres north and 75 metres south of its northern roundabout junction with the slip road leading from the southbound carriageway of the M6 Toll, including that roundabout, in the county of Warwickshire, and
(b) 515 metres north and 350 metres south of its southern roundabout junction with the slip road leading from the northbound carriageway of the M6 Toll, including that roundabout, in the county of Warwickshire and the city of Birmingham, which would otherwise be subject to a speed limit of 30 miles per hour as a result of the installation of street lighting.

A copy of the Order, together with plans illustrating the proposals and a statement of the Secretary of State’s reasons for making the Order, may be inspected during opening hours at Sutton Coldfield Library, Lower Parade, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B72 1XX; Walmley Library, Walmley Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B76 1NP; or may be seen at or obtained by application to the Highways Agency, Traffic Operations Divisional Management Team, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL.
For further information contact Karen Eustace on 0121 678 8420.
M Lloyd, a Higher Executive Officer in the Highways Agency