London Hackney Carriages
Highways Agency
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE A5 TRUNK ROAD (POTTERSPURY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE) (50 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 1999 VARIATION ORDER 199
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions hereby gives
notice that he proposes to make an Order under sections 84(1)(a) and (2) of, and paragraph
27(1) of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, on a length of the A5
Trunk Road at Potterspury in Northamptonshire.
The effect of the proposed Order would be to impose a 50 m.p.h. speed limit on the
A5 between points 80 metres north-west of the Yardley Gobion Turn and 80 metres south-east
of its junction with Puxley Road by varying the Order made in March 1999, which incorrectly
described the length of the A5.
A copy of the proposed Order, together with a copy of the Order to be varied, a plan
illustrating the proposals and a statement of the Secretary of State’s reasons for
proposing to make the Order may be inspected during normal office hours at the offices
of Northamptonshire County Council, Reception, County Hall, Guildhall Road, Northampton
NN1 1AT; South Northamptonshire Council, Springfields, Towcester, Northamptonshire
NN12 7AE; or obtained by application to the Highways Agency, Network and Customer
Services (Midland), Heron House, 49-53 Goldington Road, Bedford MK40 3LL.
Any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should write to the Highways Agency
at the above address stating the grounds of objection by a date not later than 9th
September 1999, quoting Ref. HA 28/03/12.
General enquiries relating to this notice can be made in writing to John Faulkner,
of the Highways Agency at the above address, or by telephoning 01234 796040.
T. Nash, a Higher Executive Officer in the Highways Agency