1. This scheme may be cited as the M11 Motorway (Thremhall Avenue Connecting Roads) Scheme 2004 and shall come into force on 15th March 2004.

2. In this Scheme:

(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway:

(2) (i) “connecting road” means a special road along a route described in the Schedule to this Scheme;

(ii) “the northbound slip road” and “the southbound slip road” means respectively the special roads numbered C and D described in the Schedule to The M11 Motorway (Junction 8) Connecting Roads Scheme 2001( 3 );

(iii) “the plan” means the plan numbered HA16/MP/006, marked “The M11 Motorway (Thremhall Avenue Connecting Roads) Scheme 2004”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at ODPM-DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA; and

(iv) “the special roads” means each connecting road.

3. The Secretary of State is authorised to provide the special roads for the exclusive use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980.

4. The centre line of each of the special roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan.

5. Each of the special roads shall become a trunk road on the date when this Scheme comes into force.

SCHEDULE

The routes of the connecting roads are:

• A route to connect the eastbound carriageway of Thremhall Avenue to the northbound slip road, from a point 240 metres east of Priory Wood Roundabout for 1,025 metres in a north-westerly direction. The centre line of this connecting road is shown on the plan and is given the reference letter A.

• A route to connect the westbound carriageway of Thremhall Avenue to the southbound slip road, from a point on Thremhall Avenue 240 metres east of Priory Wood Roundabout for 945 metres in a north-westerly direction. The centre line of this connecting road is shown on the plan and is given the reference letter B.

• A route to connect road A described above to Priory Wood Roundabout, from Priory Wood Roundabout for 575 metres in a north-westerly direction. The centre line of this connecting road is shown on the plan and is given the reference letter C.

• A route to connect Priory Wood Roundabout to road B described above, from Priory Wood Roundabout for 525 metres in a north-westerly direction. The centre line of this connecting road is shown on the plan and is given the reference letter D.