Statutory Orders
Transport Scotland is responsible for promoting statutory Orders and related statutory procedures required for improving and maintaining the trunk road and motorway network in Scotland. These Orders seek and provide the necessary legal authority to do this. Trunk Road Orders are published as local Scottish Statutory Instruments (SSIs). Copies of made SSIs can be found on the Office of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland website.
Trunk Road and Motorway Schemes
These involve the drafting and publication of statutory Line, Side Roads and Compulsory Purchase Orders.
• Line Orders - establish the route of a new road.
• Side Roads Orders - cover connecting local roads associated with a new road scheme and the stopping up and providing new local roads/private means of access and any improvements required to the local road network as a consequence of a new trunk road or motorway road.
• Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) - secure the necessary land purchase and rights in relation to the line and or Side Roads Orders.
Notice of draft road Orders are published in the local press and in the Edinburgh Gazette, notice of CPOs are also published in the local press. Draft road Orders and draft CPOs are open to objection. Should an objection from a Statutory Consultee be unresolved this may lead to a Public Local Inquiry. The procedure for promoting road Orders is set out in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and for draft CPOs in The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Scotland) Regulations 2003.
Copies of draft road Orders and draft CPOs are available for inspection locally during their objection period and at Transport Scotland’s office in Glasgow. They are published on the relevant projects page of the Transport Scotland website.
Traffic Regulation Orders
These involve both Temporary and Permanent Traffic Regulation Orders promoted under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 that either restrict or prohibit traffic on trunk roads and motorways for safety reasons.
Permanent Traffic Regulation Orders (PTROs) are required to ensure the safe movement of traffic (introducing a speed limit, prohibiting parking, prohibiting certain movements etc) on a permanent basis and are open to objection. The procedure for promoting PTROs is set out in The Secretary of State’s Traffic Orders (Procedure)(Scotland) Regulations 1987.
Notice of PTROs is published in the local press and in the Edinburgh Gazette. PTROs are available for inspection locally during their objection period and at Transport Scotland’s office in Glasgow. They are published on the Traffic Orders page of the Transport Scotland website.
Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTROs) are mainly required in connection with maintenance, repair and construction works. They are not open to objection although certain statutory procedures need to be followed as set out in the regulations relating to the TTROs
The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Procedure Regulation 1992
The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Procedure Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005
Notice of TTROs is published in the local press and current TTROs can be viewed on the Traffic Orders page of the Transport Scotland website.
M8 Junction 4a at Whitburn (Heartlands)
Draft orders and environmental reports associated with the new junction on the M8 at Whitburn are available to view online.
Page updated July 2008
