A61 Alfreton - County Boundary & Adjacent Roads - Restricted Road, 40mph, 50mph And Derestricted Speed Limit
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DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (A61 ALFRETON TO COUNTY BOUNDARY AND ADJACENT ROADS)
(RESTRICTED ROAD, 40MPH, 50MPH AND DERESTRICTED SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2025
Notice is hereby given that, on the 17th April 2025 the Derbyshire County Council made an Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
The Order will come into operation on the 28th April 2025 and its effect is to introduce:
RESTRICTED SPEED LIMIT (30MPH)
A61 (Chesterfield Road and Main Road) in the Parish of Shirland and Higham
from a point 179 metres north of its junction with Well Lane in a south-easterly direction to a point 1 metre north of its junction with Cross Lane.
40MPH SPEED LIMIT
A61 (Derby Road) in Alfreton
from a point 66 metres south of its junction with the A615 Eachwell Lane in a southerly direction to include the roundabout junction with the A38(T) at Watchorn Island.
DERESTRICTED SPEED LIMIT (This is an administrative change only and speed limit signs on site will remain in their current location)
A61 (Dronfield – Unstone Bypass southbound exit slip road to Broombank Road/B6057 Sheffield Road) in Chesterfield
from its junction with the mainline A61 in a south-easterly direction to its junction with Broombank Road / B6057 Sheffield Road.
The opportunity will be taken to incorporate, into the made order, existing speed restrictions already in place and unaltered by this proposal. Any permanent Traffic Regulation Orders made prior to this Order, insofar as they relate to the lengths of road listed above, will be revoked. A copy of the Order and documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order are available for inspection at the County Council’s principal offices known as County Hall on Smedley Street in Matlock between 9am and 5pm on each day from Monday to Friday and on request by emailing
Place.permanentTRO@derbyshire.gov.uk
until 6 weeks after the Order is made until 29th May 2025.Any person who wishes to question the validity of the Order, or any provision contained in it, on the ground that it is not within the powers of The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or on the ground that a requirement of that Act or any relevant regulation made under it has not been complied with may, within 6 weeks from the 17th of April 2025 make application for the purpose to the High Court.
Dated: 24th April 2025
Julian Gould, Highways Director, Place, Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 3AG
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