Highways Agency - Safe roads, Reliable journeys, Informed travellers

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under sections 12, 18 and 125 of the Highways Act 1980, in relation to the M6 Toll motorway and the connecting roads constructed by him in the County of Staffordshire. The Order is entitled M6 Toll (The Birmingham Northern Relief Road) Supplementary (Side Roads) Order 2005 and it:

1. authorises him to -
   1. improve highways,
   2. stop up highways,
   3. construct new highways,
   4. stop up private means of access to premises,
   5. provide new means of access to premises,
   all in the vicinity of the route of the new motorway mentioned above; and
2. provides for the transfer of each new highway to the Staffordshire County Council as highway authority from the date on which he notifies them that it has been completed and is open for traffic.

COPIES of the Order and the plans referred to in it have been deposited at the Highways Agency, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1BL and the offices of Staffordshire County Council, Highway House, Riverway, Stafford, ST16 3TJ; Stafford Borough Council, Civic Offices, Riverside, Stafford, ST16 3QA; South Staffordshire District Council, Council Offices, Codsall, Staffordshire, WV8 1PX; Lichfield District Council, District Council House, Frog Lane, Lichfield, WS13 6YZ; Walsall MBC, Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1TP where they are open to inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.

COPIES of the order can be obtained from the Highways Agency, Traffic Operations Midlands Division, C4 Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1BL.

ANY PERSON AGGRIEVED by the Order who desires to question its validity, or the validity of any provision in it, on the ground that-

1. it is not within the powers of the Highways Act 1980, or
2. any requirement of that Act or of regulations made under that Act has not been complied with in relation to that Order,

may apply to the High Court within 6 weeks from the date of first publication of this notice. On such an application, the Court may suspend or quash that Order or any provision in it.

Stephen Amor
Highways Agency