The Secretary of State for Transport hereby gives notice that he proposes to make an Order under sections 1(1), 2(1) and (2) and 4(1) of, and paragraph 27(1) of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on lengths of the A47 Trunk Road in the City of Peterborough and the Counties of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.

• 1 The effect of the Order would be to prohibit a vehicle from waiting at any time on any day on any part (other than in a lay-by) of the A47 Trunk Road specified in Part I of the Schedule to this notice. Orders to be revoked or amended by the Order are listed in Part II of the Schedule to this notice.
• 2 Trading from a lay-by or a verge, adjacent to a length of the A47, would be prohibited.
• 3 Exceptions have been provided in the Order to enable a vehicle to wait for so long as may be necessary—

3.1 to enable it to be used—

3.1.1 in connection with—

• the removal of any obstruction to traffic;

• the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the trunk road or any services therein;

3.1.2 by a local authority or water company in pursuance of their respective statutory powers or duties; or

3.1.3 for police, fire and rescue authority, ambulance or traffic officer purposes; and

3.2 when the person in control of the vehicle is required to stop—

• by law;

• in order to avoid an accident; or

• due to circumstances outside the person’s control.

• 4 A copy of the proposed Order, together with a location plan and a statement explaining the Secretary of State’s reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be inspected during normal office hours, between 6 December 2012 and 4 January 2013, at the offices of Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DH, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Town Hall, Hall Plain, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2QF, Peterborough City Council, Bayard Place, Broadway, Peterborough, PE1 1FB, Wisbech Library, 5 Ely Place, Wisbech, PE13 1EU, or obtained by application to the Highways Agency, Network Delivery and Development, Orders Section, Woodlands, Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7LW, quoting reference HA 41/02/80.
• 5 Any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should write to the Highways Agency at the above address stating the reasons for the objection no later than 4 January 2013, or within 4 weeks of the date of this publication, whichever is the latest.
• 6 Information provided in response to this notice, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004).

Mrs A V Middleton

An official of the Highways Agency

Any enquiries relating to this notice can be made in writing to Andy Jobling of the Highways Agency at the above address or by telephoning 01234 796622 or emailing andy.jobling@highways.gsi.gov.uk

THE SCHEDULE

PART I

Lengths of A47 Trunk Road and connecting roads in the City of Peterborough, and the Counties of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk—

City of Peterborough and Counties of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk—

• 1 from its junction with the western side of the western roundabout at A1 Wansford Interchange, City of Peterborough to its junction with Hill Road, North Runcton, Norfolk;

County of Norfolk—

• 2 from a point 220 metres east of its junction with Station Road, Middleton, Norfolk to a point 60 metres west of its junction with Church Lane, East Winch, Norfolk;
• 3 from a point 157 metres east of its junction with Station Road, East Winch, Norfolk to a point 516 metres west its junction with Station Road, Little Fransham, Norfolk;
• 4 from a point 256 metres east of its junction with Crown Lane, Little Fransham to its junction with the A12 (N) Vauxhall Roundabout, Great Yarmouth;

Slip Roads leading to or from the A47—

• 5 in the City of Peterborough at—

• Castor Interchange,

• A1260 Thorpe Wood Interchange J15,

• A15 Bretton Gate Interchange J16,

• Bretton Way Interchange J17, including the eastbound and westbound link roads between J17 and J18,

• A15 Interchange J18, and

• Fulbridge Road Interchange J19;

• 6 in the County of Norfolk—

• Walpole Highway, Lynn Road junction,

• Terrington St John,,Church Road junction,

• A148 Saddlebow junction, King’s Lynn,

• A10/A149 Hardwick Road Interchange, King’s Lynn,

• Lynn Road junction, Swaffham,

• A1065 Castleacre Road Interchange, Swaffham,

• A1075/B1135 Interchange Toftwood, Dereham,

• B1147 Etling Green junction, Dereham,

• North Tuddenham, Fox Lane junction,

• A1074 Longwater Interchange, Norwich,

• B1108 Watton Road Interchange, Norwich,

• A11 Newmarket Road/Thickthorn Interchange, Norwich,

• A140 Ipswich Road Interchange, Norwich,

• A146 Trowse Interchange, Norwich,

• A1042 Postwick Interchange, Norwich,

• Blofield junction,

• Norwich Road junction, Acle; and

• Beighton Road junction, Acle.

PART II

• 1 The Birmingham – Great Yarmouth Trunk Road (Prohibition of Waiting) (Clearways) Order 1971 is hereby varied by deleting section 3 in the Schedule to that Order.
• 2 The A47 Trunk Road (Birmingham-Great Yarmouth) (24 Hour Main Carriageway Clearway) Order 1986 is hereby varied by deleting paragraphs 1, 2 and 6 in the Schedule to that Order.

The following Orders are hereby revoked—

• 3 The A47 Trunk Road (Birmingham – Great Yarmouth) (24-Hour Main Carriageway Clearway) Order 1985,
• 4 The A47 Trunk Road (Castor - Ailsworth Bypass) (24 Hour Clearway) Order 1993,
• 5 The A47 Trunk Road (East Winch to Little Fransham) (24 Hour Clearway) Order 1993,
• 6 The A47 Trunk Road (Walpole Highway/Tilney High End Bypass, Norfolk) (24 Hours Clearway) Order 1996, and
• 7 The A47 Trunk Road (Little Fransham to Acle Road Roundabout, Great Yarmouth) (24 Hours Clearway) Order 2007.