1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the A292 (Hythe Road, Ashford) (Trunking) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 30th September 2003.

(2) In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.

• 2. The length of highway described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies Kent County Council that he is to be the highway authority responsible for this length of road.

• The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered HA 10/OD/445, marked “The A292 (Hythe Road, Ashford) (Trunking) Order 20..”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the DfT Records, Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonard on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, TN37 7GA.

THE SCHEDULE LENGTH OF HIGHWAY BECOMING A TRUNK ROAD

The length of highway becoming a trunk road is the A292 Hythe Road from the M20 Junction with the A2070 at Ashford in the county of Kent to the London bound on slip road of the M20 at Ashford in the county of Kent, a distance of about 500 metres.