A68/A6091/A7/A702 Trunk Roads, Temporary Speed Restrictions

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THE A68 (LAUDER AND JEDBURGH) A6091/A7 (SELKIRK AND HAWICK) A702 (WEST LINTON AND CARLOPS) TRUNK ROADS (TEMPORARY 20MPH SPEED RESTRICTION) ORDER 2022
THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS give notice that they have made the above Order under sections 2(1), 4(1) and 14(l)(b) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, temporarily restricting speed to 20mph on the following lengths of trunk roads -
1. That length of the A68 Edinburgh - Carter Bar Trunk Road at Jedburgh from a point 27.5 metres south of its junction with High Street, northwards on Bongate and Edinburgh Road to a point 33 metres 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 south of its junction with Thirlestane Drive, north westwards on East High Street, West High Street and Edinburgh Road to a point 38 metres 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 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 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 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 17 metres north of its junction with Chapel Street, a distance of 746 metres or thereby.
5. That length of the A702 Edinburgh - Abington Trunk Road at West Linton from a point 88 metres north east of its junction with Chapel Brae, north eastwards on Dolphinton Road and Carlops Road to a point 167 metres 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 north of its junction with the unnamed road to Kitleyknowe, northwards to a point 58 metres north of its junction with Allan Ramsay Square, a distance of 313 metres or thereby. The Order, which is required to facilitate 20mph speed limits on the local road network and for road safety, will be in operation from 4th October 2022 until 4th 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. No speed restriction imposed by this Order applies to vehicles falling within regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011(S.I. 2011/935) when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations, or vehicles being used in an emergency for coastguard purposes. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES
An alternative route for traffic is not required. A copy of the Order and this Notice will be available on the Transport Scotland website at

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