The A68 (Lauder and Jedburgh) A6091/A7 (Selkirk and Hawick) A702 (West Linton and Carlops) Trunk Roads (Temporary 20mph Speed Restriction) Order 2023

The Scottish Ministers give notice that they have made the above Order under sections 2(1), 4(1) and 14(1)(b) and (4) and 124(1)(d) of, and paragraph 27(1) of schedule 9 of of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which will have the effect of imposing a 20mph speed restriction on the following lengths of road –

1. That length of the A68 Edinburgh – Carter Bar Trunk Road at Jedburgh from a point 27.5 metres or thereby south of its junction with High Street, northwards on Bongate and Edinburgh Road to a point 33 metres or thereby north of its junction with Headrig, a distance of 733 metres or thereby.
2.  That length of the A68 Edinburgh – Carter Bar Trunk Road at Lauder from a point 112 metres or thereby south of its junction with Thirlestane Drive, north westwards on East High Street, West High Street and Edinburgh Road to a point 38 metres or thereby north west of its junction with the DL18/5 Whitlaw Road Industrial Estate, a distance of 1.55 kilometres or thereby.
3. That length of the A6091/A7 Melrose – Galashiels – Carlisle Trunk Road at Hawick from a point 41 metres or thereby north east of its junction with East Stewart Place, southwards on Wilton Hill, along North Bridge Roundabout circulation lanes, south westwards on Commercial Road, southwards on Albert Road, along Sandbed Roundabout circulation lanes, westwards on Buccleuch Street and Buccleuch Road to a point 242 metres or thereby south west of its junction with the private road known as Buccleuch Road, a distance of 2.25 kilometres or thereby.
4. That length of the A6091/A7 Melrose – Galashiels – Carlisle Trunk Road at Selkirk from a point 154 metres or thereby south east of its junction with High School Lane, generally westwards on Hillside Terrace, Tower Street, High Street, Market Place and then generally northwards on Ettrick Terrace to a point 83 metres or thereby north of its junction with Chapel Street, a distance of 963 metres or thereby.
5. That length of the A702 Edinburgh – Abington Trunk Road at West Linton from a point 88 metres or thereby north east of its junction with Chapel Brae, north eastwards on Dolphinton Road and Carlops Road to a point 167 metres or thereby north east of its junction with School Brae, a distance of 420 metres or thereby.
6. That length of the A702 Edinburgh – Abington Trunk Road at Carlops from a point 112 metres or thereby north of its junction with the unnamed road to Kitleyknowe, northwards to a point 58 metres or thereby north of its junction with Allan Ramsay Square, a distance of 313 metres or thereby.

The Order, which is required for the interest of road safety will be in operation from 28 December 2023 until 4 April 2024 and will only have effect in relation to such part or parts of the length of road as is indicated by the appropriate traffic signs.

The Order does not apply to vehicles falling within regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011 when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations; or vehicles being used in an emergency for coastguard purposes.

The A68 (Lauder and Jedburgh) A6091/A7 (Selkirk and Hawick) A702 (West Linton and Carlops) Trunk Roads (Temporary 20mph Speed Restriction) Order 2022 is revoked.

Alternative Routes

An alternative route is not required.

For information about roadworks on motorways and trunk roads visit the Traffic Scotland website. 

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Transport Scotland
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