Without prejudice to section 10(3) above, the Ministeror a strategic highways company may construct as part of a trunk road a highway for the purpose of relieving a main carriageway of the trunk road from local traffic; but this section does not authorise the construction of a highway which is separated from the remainder of the trunk road by intervening land.
Section 63: Relief of main carriageway of trunk road from local traffic.
Highways Act 1980 · 1980 c. 66View on legislation.gov.uk
Part V: Improvement of Highways
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