The A487 Trunk Road (North of Dyfi Bridge to North of the B4404 Llanwrin Junction, Gwynedd) (Temporary Prohibitions, Speed Restrictions & No Overtaking) Order 2017
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2017No. 182 (W. 54)
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
The A487 Trunk Road (North of Dyfi Bridge to North of the B4404 Llanwrin Junction, Gwynedd) (Temporary Prohibitions, Speed Restrictions & No Overtaking) Order 2017
Made15February2017
Coming into force27February2017
The Welsh Ministers, being the traffic authority for the relevant length of the Fishguard – Bangor Trunk Road (A487) (‘the trunk road’), are satisfied that traffic in a specified length of the trunk road should be restricted and prohibited because of works proposed on or near the road.
The Welsh Ministers, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 14(1), (4) and (7) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984( 1), make this Order.
Title, Interpretation and Commencement
1. This Order comes into force on 27 February 2017. Its title is The A487 Trunk Road (North of Dyfi Bridge to North of the B4404 Llanwrin Junction, Gwynedd) (Temporary Prohibitions, Speed Restrictions & No Overtaking) Order 2017.
2.—(1) In this Order:
‘exempted vehicle’(‘cerbyd esempt’) means
(a) any vehicle being used by the emergency services or in connection with the works giving rise to this Order;
(b) any vehicle being used for naval, military or air force purposes, and being driven by a person for the time being subject to the orders of a member of the armed forces of the Crown, who is a member of the special forces—
(i) in response, or for practice in responding, to a national security emergency by a person who has been trained in driving at high speeds: or
(ii) for the purpose of training a person in driving vehicles at high speeds.
‘special forces’(‘lluoedd arbennig’) means those units of the home forces the maintenance of whose capabilities is the responsibility of the Director of Special Forces or which are for the time being subject to the operational command of that Director.
‘the length of the trunk road’(‘y darn o'r gefnffordd’) means the length of the A487 trunk road in the County of Gwynedd that extends from the northern side of Dyfi Bridge to a point 370 metres north of the B4404 Llanwrin Junction near Machynlleth;
‘works period’(‘cyfnod y gwaith’) means the period commencing at 06:00 hours on 27 February 2017 and ending when the temporary traffic signs are permanently removed.
(2) Any reference in this Order to a numbered article is a reference to the articles bearing that number in this Order.
Restrictions and Prohibitions
3. No person shall, during the works period...
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