Highways Agency

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

THE A449 AND A456 TRUNK ROADS (KIDDERMINSTER, BLAKEDOWN AND HAGLEY BYPASS AND SLIP ROADS) ORDER 1996 (REVOCATION) ORDER 20  

The Secretary of State for Transport hereby gives notice that he proposes to make an Order under sections 10 and 41 of the Highways Act 1980, providing that the A449 and A456 Trunk Roads (Kidderminster, Blakedown and Hagley Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 1996 be revoked. The Order to be revoked authorises the Secretary of State to construct the A449/A456 Kidderminster, Blakedown and Hagley Bypass and slip roads along the route shown in the plan folio HA 10/2 WM 158. Copies of the draft Revocation Order, the Order to be revoked and the plans referred to in it may be inspected, free of charge, at all reasonable hours from 28 February 2006 until 3 May 2006, or within 9 weeks from the date of first publication of this notice if that period expires later. Please contact the inspection centre to check hours of opening and/or make an appointment. Reception, Highways Agency, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL, telephone 0121 678 8555; Wyre Forest District Council, Duke House, Clensmore Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire DY10 2JX, telephone 01562 732928; Worcester Library, Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1DT, telephone 01905 765312; Hagley Library, Worcester Road, Hagley, Stourbridge DY9 0NW, telephone 01562 883441; Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Council House, Priory Road, Dudley DY1 1HF, telephone 01384 812345; Head of Highways and Transportation Management, Environmental Services, Worcestershire County Council, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NP, telephone 01905 763763; Dudley Reference Library, St James Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 1HR, telephone 01384 815557; and Kidderminster Library, Market Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire DY10 1AB, telephone 01562 824500. Any person may object to the making of the Revocation Order not later than 3 May 2006, or within 9 weeks from the date of first publication of this notice if that period expires later, by notice to the Secretary of State for Transport at the offices of the Highways Agency, c/o Liz Talbot, Special Projects Manager, Room C4, 5 Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL, quoting Ref HA 065/032/000053, 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. The contact for any further information relating to this notice is Liz Talbot, Highways Agency, Room C4 Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL, telephone 0121 678 8746. R Whale, Highways Agency