Draft order P2056

Draft order P2056

North Northamptonshire Council Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

North Northamptonshire Council (Eastern Relief Road and Irthlingborough Road area, Wellingborough) (30 mph and 40 mph speed limit) Order 20XX

North Northamptonshire Council, in exercise of its powers under Sections 82, 83, and 84 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the Act”) and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

1. Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the “North Northamptonshire Council (Eastern Relief Road and Irthlingborough Road Area, Wellingborough) (30 mph and 40 mph Speed Limit) Order 20XX” and shall come into force on [Insert date].

2. 30 mph Speed Limit

No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 30 mph along the length of road specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.

3. 40 mph Speed Limit

No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 40 mph along the lengths of road specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

4. Revocation

The provisions of any existing speed limit Order made by North Northamptonshire Council, or by any of its predecessor authorities under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or earlier legislation, insofar as they relate to the lengths of road specified in the Schedules to this Order, are hereby revoked.

5. Exemptions

Nothing in Articles 2 and 3 shall apply to any vehicle 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, anything done with the permission of, or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.

Executed as a deed by affixing the common seal of North Northamptonshire Council on the day of in the presence of:

Authorised Signatory

Schedule

(30 mph speed limit)

ItemRoad / PlaceTown / VillageDescription
1.Waverley DriveWellingboroughFrom its junction with the Eastern Relief Road proceeding southwestwards and then southwards to its junction with Irthlingborough Road
2.Riding WayWellingboroughFrom its southern junction with Irthlingborough Road proceeding eastwards and then northeastwards to its northern junction with Irthlingborough Road
3.Irthlingborough RoadWellingboroughFrom a point 190 metres west of its junction with Sidegate Lane proceeding westwards for a distance of 325 metres

Schedule 

(40 mph speed limit)

ItemRoad / PlaceTown / VillageDescription
1.Eastern Relief RoadWellingboroughFrom its junctions with Wellingborough Road proceeding southeastwards for a distance of 1,235 metres
2.Irthlingborough RoadWellingboroughFrom its junction with Sidegate Lane proceeding west for a distance of 190 metres

Last updated 30 July 2026