Halton Borough Council

RULE 14(1)

TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992

THE TRANSPORT AND WORKS (APPLICATIONS AND OBJECTIONS PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2006

THE PROPOSED RIVER MERSEY (MERSEY GATEWAY BRIDGE) ORDER

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER

Notice is hereby given that Halton Borough Council (“the Applicant”) of Municipal Building, Kingsway, Widnes, Cheshire WA8 7QF has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport under section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 for the above-mentioned Order under section 3(1)(b) of that Act (the “Application”).

The draft Order makes provision for:

1. statutory authority to construct a new road bridge across the River Mersey between Runcorn and Widnes in the Borough of Halton being works which interfere with rights of navigation in the River Mersey, the Manchester Ship Canal, the Bridgewater Canal, and the St. Helens Canal;

2. authorisation for permanent and temporary changes to the highway network in the Borough of Halton;

3. authorisation for the compulsory acquisition of land and rights in land for the purposes of the construction of the Mersey Gateway Bridge;

4. authorisation for the charging, levying, setting and collection of tolls or charges including penalty charges for the use of the works and the creation of summary offences in connection with non-payment;

5. authorisation for the making of byelaws and their enforcement, including the creation of summary offences;

6. application and/or disapplication of legislation relevant to the works including inter alia legislation relating to the compulsory acquisition of land, landlord and tenant law, and the provisions of the Transport Act 2000;

7. making of arrangements for the letting of a concession to operate and manage the works and their construction; and

8. authorisation for ancillary, incidental and consequential provisions as are necessary and/or convenient.

The Application is made subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment.

The Application includes a statement that a direction for deemed planning permission is being applied for under section 90(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

A copy of the Application, and of all plans and other documents submitted with it, may be inspected free of charge at the following locations and during the hours set out below:

Halton Borough Council	Halton Lea Library	Runcorn Library
Planning Department, 2nd Floor, Rutland House, Halton Lea, Runcorn WA7 2G	Halton Lea, Runcorn, WA7 2PF	Egerton Street, Runcorn WA7 1JL
Monday	9.30am - 5.00pm	9.00am - 5.30pm	9.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Tuesday	9.30am - 5.00pm	9.00am - 5.30pm	9.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Wednesday	9.30am - 5.00pm	9.00am - 5.30pm	Closed
Thursday	9.30am - 5.00pm	9.00am - 7.00pm	9.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 7.00pm
Friday	9.30am - 5.00pm	9.00am - 7.00pm	9.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Saturday	Closed	9.00am - 4.00pm	9.30pm - 4.00pm

Kingsway Learning Centre (Library)	Halton Direct Link
Victoria Road, Widnes WA8 7QY	Church Street, Runcorn WA7 1LX 7 Brook Street, Widnes WA8 6NB Queens Avenue, Ditton, Widnes WA8 8HR Concourse Level, Rutland House, Halton Lea WA7 2ES
Monday	9.00am - 9.00pm	9.00am - 5.30pm
Tuesday	9.00am - 9.00pm	9.00am - 5.30pm
Wednesday	9.00am - 9.00pm	9.00am - 5.30pm
Thursday	9.00am - 9.00pm	9.00am - 7.00pm
Friday	9.00am - 5.30pm	9.00am - 7.00pm
Saturday	9.00am - 4.00pm	9.00am - 1.00pm

Any objections to, or other representations about, the proposals in the Application should be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport c/o TWA Orders Unit, Zone 9/09, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DT email: transportandworksact@dft.gov.uk. An objection or representation MUST (i) be received by the Secretary of State on or before Friday 18 July 2008, (ii) be made in writing (whether sent by post or email), (iii) state the grounds of the objection or other representation (iv) indicate who is making the objection or representation, and (v) give an address to which correspondence relating to the objection or representation may be sent. (If you are sending your objection or other representation by email, please provide a postal address).

The Secretary of State may make complete copies of objections and other representations public, including any personal information contained in them, and will copy them to the applicant for the Order.

DLA Piper UK LLP, Solicitors acting on behalf of Halton Borough Council

4 June 2008.