Thorn, Bedfordshire to Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire - 50mph Speed Limit

National Highways

THE A5 TRUNK ROAD (THORN, BEDFORDSHIRE TO
GREAT BRICKHILL, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE)
(50 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT)  ORDER 202_

National Highways Limited(a) gives notice that it proposes to make an Order under section 84(1)(a) and (2) of, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on lengths of the A5 Trunk Road (“the A5”) in the Counties of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

The effect of the Order would be to impose on the A5 between Thorn in Bedfordshire and Great Brickhill in Buckinghamshire, a speed limit of 50 miles per hour, on the –

•    northbound and southbound carriageways from 20 metres north of their junctions with the northwestern side of Thorn Roundabout, Thorn to a point 446 metres south of their junction with Tebworth Road, Tebworth,  a distance of 1644 metres, and

•    northbound and southbound carriageways from a point 972 metres north of their junction with Augustus Road, Hockiliffe to a point 225 metres south of where the A5 becomes dual carriageway at Great Brickhill, a distance of 6830 metres.

A copy of the proposed Order, together with a location plan and a statement of National Highways reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be inspected between 21 November and 12 December 2024 at Toddington Library,  9 Market Square, Toddington, Dunstable, LU5 6BP or Leighton Buzzard Library, Ground Floor Library Building, Lake St, Leighton Buzzard LU71RX, or obtained by application to National Highways, Operations Division, Orders Section, Woodlands, Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7LW or by e-mailing OpsEastOrders@nationahighways.co.uk.

Any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should write to National Highways Limited at the address below, stating the reasons for the objection, no later than 12 December 2024 or within 3 weeks of this publication, whichever is the latest.

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI), the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR)).

L Walton, National Highways Limited

(a) Registered in England and Wales under company no. 9346363. Registered office Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ.

General Enquiries relating to this notice may be made in writing to Adrian Clothier, National Highways Limited, Woodlands, Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7LW, by telephoning on 0300 123 5000 or emailing  EastSafetyConsultation@ nationalhighways.co.uk