1. This Instrument may be cited as “The Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Grange Canal Bridge) Scheme 2020 Confirmation Instrument 2021” and shall come into force on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980.

2. The Stoke-on-Trent CityCouncil (Grange Canal Bridge) Scheme 2020 (“the Scheme”) is hereby confirmed.

3. The Scheme as confirmed is set out in the Schedule (including the plans) and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plans are deposited at the offices of the Department for Transport, MHCLG, 1 Priory Square, Priory Street, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1EA and at the offices of Stoke-on-Trent CityCouncil at the Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke ST4 1HH.

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THE SCHEDULE THE STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY COUNCIL (GRANGE CANAL BRIDGE) SCHEME 2020

The Stoke-on-Trent CityCouncil (“the Council”) make this Scheme in exercise of their powers under section 106(3) of the Highways Act 1980 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf.

1. The Council are authorised to construct over the navigable waters of the Trent and Mersey Canal the bridge specified in the Schedule to this Scheme as part of the highway they are proposing to construct from the eastern roundabout off the A500 Wolstanton Junction to Festival Way in the District of Etruria in the City of Stoke-on-Trent and in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the County of Staffordshire.

2. The Scheme may be cited as the Stoke-on-Trent CityCouncil (Grange Canal Bridge) Scheme 2020.

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THE SCHEDULE TO THE SCHEME

Plans and Specifications of the Grange Canal Bridge

The location and general design of the Bridge are shown on plans numbered 70058503/ODBO/0001 and 70058503/ODBO/0002 and marked The Stoke-on-Trent CityCouncil (Grange Canal Bridge) Scheme 2020.

Points of Commencement and Termination

The Grange Canal Bridge is 556 metres east of the mid-point of A500 Wolstanton underpass and 136 metres west of Festival Way.

Span

Skew Span approximately 27 metres.

Headway

Required headway 2.7 metres over towpath. Headway provided is not less than 3 metres to any part of the Canal or Towpath.

Waterway

The current minimum square width of the Canal beneath the Bridge is approximately 13.5 metres.

Overall Dimensions

The Bridge will be 15.8 metres wide overall and will carry a 7.3 metres wide carriageway. There will be a 2.5 metres minimum wide raised hard verge on the north of the bridge and a 3.7 metres wide combined footway and cycleway on the south of the Bridge.