THE A725 TRUNK ROAD (RAITH) (TEMPORARY 40MPH SPEED RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION OF SPECIFIED CLASSES OF TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS) ORDER 2017

Scottish Government RiaghaLtas na h-Alba gov.scot
TRANSPORT SCOTLAND
THE A725 TRUNK ROAD (RAITH) (TEMPORARY 40MPH SPEED RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION OF SPECIFIED CLASSES OF TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS) ORDER 2017
The Scottish Ministers give notice that they have made the above Order under sections 2(1), 4(1) and 14(1) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(a) temporarily restricting the speed of vehicles and temporarily prohibiting specified classes of traffic and pedestrians on the following lengths of road:
1. That length of road being the southbound carriageway of the A725/A726 from a point 546 metres or thereby southwest of the point at which the road passes over the east side of the West Coast Mainline Railway Overbridge to a point 330 metres or thereby northeast of the point at which the A725/ A726 passes under the centre line of the B7071 Bothwell Road, a distance of 1.1 kilometres or thereby.
2. That length of road being the northbound carriageway of the A725/A726 from a point 461 metres or thereby northeast from the point at which the road passes under the centre line of the B7071 Bothwell Road to a point 546 metres or thereby southwest from the point at which the A725/A726 passes over the west side of the West Coast Mainline Railway Overbridge, a distance of 925 metres or thereby.
The Order, which is required because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the said lengths of road and also because of danger not attributable to those works, will be in force from 1 February 2017 until 31 July 2018 and the speed restriction in the Order will only have effect in relation to such lengths of road specified above when indicated by the appropriate traffic signs.
The prohibitions on vehicles do not apply to vehicles being used in an emergency for fire and rescue,
coastguard, ambulance or police purposes, or to
vehicles while being used in connection with the works. The prohibition on pedestrians imposed also does not apply to a person while carrying out any duty in relation to the works, while carrying out any duty in relation to the maintenance or improvement of the trunk road, while carrying out any duty in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic, while engaged in connection with fire brigade, ambulance, police or coastguard purposes; or leaving a vehicle which is prevented from proceeding by circumstances
beyond their control. The speed restriction does not
apply to vehicles being used in an emergency for fire
and rescue, coastguard, ambulance or police purposes,
or to vehicles driven by the Special Forces for training
or national security purposes.
Alternative routes for traffic in relation to the length
of road affected by the Order during the prohibition
will be as signposted. Detailed descriptions can be obtained at Scottish Roads Partnership, Hermiston House, Unit B, M8 Central Business Park, Greenside Road, Newhouse, Motherwell ML1 5FL. A copy of the Order and this Notice will be available on the Transport Scotland website at http://www. transportscotland.gov.uk/road-and-traffic-orders For information about roadworks on motorways and trunk roads visit www.trafficscotland.org.uk
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers KSlS
KSlS
Transport Scotland, Buchanan House,
58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HF sotiand