The A701 Trunk Road (Amisfield) (Temporary 30mph and 20mph Speed Restrictions and Temporary Prohibition on Use of Road) Order 2017

The Scottish Ministers hereby give notice that they have made the above Order, under sections 2(1) and (2), 4(1) and 14(1)(b) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which will have the effect of imposing temporary speed restrictions of 30mph and 20mph on that length of the A701 Bloomfield – Beattock Trunk Road from a point 200 metres or thereby north of the extended centre line of the junction with the unclassified road to Shieldhill (Lanegate Road), to a point 520 metres south or thereby of the extended centre line of  that junction, a distance of 710 metres or thereby.

The Order will also have the effect of temporarily prohibiting the use of parts of that length of the A701 Bloomfield – Beattock Trunk Road from a point 130 metres or thereby south of the extended centre line of the junction with the unclassified road to Shieldhill (Lanegate Road), to a point 330 metres or thereby south of the extended centre line of  that junction, a distance of 200 metres or thereby.

The Order will be in place from 2 October 2017 to 7 October 2017 and is required to ensure that a roadside interview survey may be undertaken safely. A risk to staff working within the site has been identified while traffic is travelling at the normal road speed.

Alternative Routes

An alternative route for traffic during the restriction is not required.

For information about roadworks on motorways and trunk roads visit www.trafficscotland.org.uk

A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers
Transport Scotland
Buchanan House
58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow G4 0HF