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TR13/21 Eccleshall, Cold Meece, Swynnerton and Yarnfield Speed Limits

Implementation Notice and Order

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Staffordshire County Council (Yarnfield Road (Swynnerton/Cold Meece) A519 Newcastle Road (Eccleshall) Meece Road (Cold Meece) Yarnfield Lane (Yarnfield) Main Street/Yarnfield Road (Swynnerton) Cold Meece Road (Cold Meece) Swynnerton Road (Eccleshall) A519 Castle Street and A519 Newcastle Road (Eccleshall))

(30, 40 and 50 MPH Speed Limit) Order 2024

  1. Staffordshire County Council on 07 May 2024 made a Traffic Regulation Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 that imposed the following speed limits:

30mph - A519 Newcastle Road and A519 Castle Street (Eccleshall)

40mph - A519 Newcastle Road (Eccleshall), Meece Road (Cold Meece), Yarnfield Lane (Yarnfield), Main Street/Yarnfield Road (Swynnerton), Cold Meece Road (Cold Meece)/Swynnerton Road (Eccleshall)

50mph - Yarnfield Road, (Swynnerton/Cold Meece)

  1. Documents may be examined during office hours at 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2DH and during opening hours at Eccleshall Library, 20 High Street, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, Stone Library, High Street, Stone, Staffordshire and Clayton Library, Dartmouth Avenue, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
  2. Persons questioning the validity or provisions of the Order on the grounds that such powers are not conferred by the Act, or that any requirement or instrument made under the Act has not been complied with, may within 6 weeks from the date the Order was made apply to the High Court.
  3. The Order will commence on 13 May 2024.

Date: 08 May 2024

John Tradewell, Director of Corporate Services,

2 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2DH.

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Staffordshire County Council (Yarnfield Road (Swynnerton/Cold Meece) A519 Newcastle Road (Eccleshall) Meece Road (Cold Meece) Yarnfield Lane (Yarnfield) Main Street/Yarnfield Road (Swynnerton) Cold Meece Road (Cold Meece) Swynnerton Road (Eccleshall) A519 Castle Street and A519 Newcastle Road (Eccleshall))

(30, 40 and 50 MPH Speed Limit) Order 2024

The Staffordshire County Council ("the Council") in exercise of its powers under Sections 84(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984 ("the Act") and all other enabling powers, and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, hereby makes the following Order:-

  1. No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 30 mph on the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
  2. No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 40 mph on the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
  3. No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 mph on the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.
  4. No speed limit imposed by this Order applies to vehicles falling within regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011 when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations.
  5. This Order may be cited as the Staffordshire County Council (Yarnfield Road (Swynnerton/Cold Meece) A519 Newcastle Road (Eccleshall) Meece Road (Cold Meece) Yarnfield Lane (Yarnfield) Main Street/Yarnfield Road (Swynnerton) Cold Meece Road (Cold Meece) Swynnerton Road (Eccleshall) A519 Castle Street and A519 Newcastle Road (Eccleshall)) (30, 40 and 50 mph Speed Limit) Order 2024 and shall come into operation on 13 May 2024.

Schedule 1 (30 mph)

A519 Newcastle Road and A519 Castle Street, Eccleshall – from the end of the proposed 40 MPH Speed Limit (located approximately 78 metres south of the junction with C2 Swynnerton Road) for a distance of approximately 138 metres to a point next to the street lighting column adjacent to the entrance to Eccleshall Castle. The remaining 84 metres up to the existing 30 MPH will then assume Restricted Road Status.

Schedule 2 (40 mph)

A519 Newcastle Road, Eccleshall - for a distance of approximately 398m in a northern direction measured from a point located approximately 78m south of the junction of A519 with C2 Swynnerton Road.

C87 Meece Road, Cold Meece - for a distance of approximately 617m in a southern direction from the junction of C87 Meece Road with C2 Yarnfield Road/Cold Meece Road.

 C88 Yarnfield Lane, Yarnfield - for a distance of approximately 280m in an eastern direction from the junction of C88 Yarnfield Lane with C87 Meece Road and for a distance of approximately 315m in a generally eastern direction from a point measured approximately 176m to the east of its junction with D2433 Ashdale Park.

C2 Main Street/Yarnfield Road, Swynnerton - for a distance of approximately 340m in a southern direction from a point measured approximately 65m north of the junction of C314 Cotes Lane.

C2 Yarnfield Road/Cold Meece Road/Swynnerton Road, Cold Meece - for a distance of approximately 4.44km in a southern direction from a point measured approximately 278m north of the junction of C87 Meece Road to its junction with A519 Newcastle Road.

Schedule 3 (50 mph)

C2 Yarnfield Road, Swynnerton - for a distance of approximately 1.98km in a southern direction from a point measured approximately 275m south of the junction of C314 Cotes Lane.

The Common Seal of the Staffordshire County Council was hereunto affixed day of May 2024 in the presence of:-

 

Authorised Signatory

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