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- Transport
- Notice type:
- Road Traffic Acts
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- The Edinburgh Gazette
- Notice ID:
- 5004436
- Notice code:
- 1501
- Issue number:
- 29202
- Page number:
- 2173
PRESS NOTICE
THE A68 TRUNK ROAD (PATHHEAD) (20MPH AND 30MPH SPEED LIMITS) ORDER 202[]
THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS hereby give notice that they propose to make the above Order under sections 82(2)(a) and (b), 83,(1), 84(1)(a) and 124(1)(d) of, and paragraph 27 of schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 which will have the effect of imposing 20mph and 30mph speed limits on the following lengths of road:-
20mph Speed Limit
1. That length of the A68 Edinburgh – Carter Bar Trunk Road at Pathhead from a point 80 metres or thereby north of its junction of the B6367 Crichton Road, in a generally south easterly direction to a point 440 metres or thereby south of its junction with Roman Camp Road, a distance of 1.09 kilometres or thereby.
30mph Speed Limit
2. That length of the A68 Edinburgh – Carter Bar Trunk Road at Pathhead from a point 304 metres or thereby north of its junction of the B6367 Crichton Road, in a generally south easterly direction to a point 80 metres or thereby north of its junction of the B6367 Crichton Road, a distance of 230 metres or thereby.
Full details of the proposal are contained in the Order which, together with a plan showing the lengths of roads involved and a statement of the Scottish Ministers’ reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be examined free of charge during normal business hours from 28th November 2025 until 26th December 2025 at the offices of Transport Scotland, George House, 2nd Floor, 36 North Hanover Street, Glasgow, G1 2AD, Post Office, Day-Today Express, 139 Main Street, Pathhead EH37 5PT and Gorebridge Library, 98 Hunterfield Road, Gorebridge EH23 4TT.
A copy of the Order, Plan, Statement of Reasons, revoked orders and this Notice will be available on the Transport Scotland website at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/SouthEastRoadOrders
Any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should send details of the grounds for objection in writing to the Director of Roads, c/o Catriona Paterson, Transport Scotland, Fifth Floor, 177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER or via email to TRO-Objections@transport.gov.scot quoting reference SE/A68Pathhead/CP by 26th December 2025.
Scott Lees
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers
Transport Scotland Fifth Floor 177 Bothwell Street Glasgow G2 7ER