Commentary on Sections Part 5: Highways and Roads Section 60: Strategic Roads in London: initial designation by Secretary of State
168.Section 60 provides that the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument designate roads and proposed roads in Greater London as strategic roads, other than roads for which the Secretary of State or Transport for London is the traffic authority. A strategic road is a road in respect of which the powers in section 301A of the Highways Act 1980, and section 121B of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 may be exercised (as those sections are amended by sections 62 and 63).
169.Subsection (2) provides that any road or proposed road so designated shall become a strategic road from the date specified in the order. Subsection (3) provides that no order under the section may be made in respect of a road or proposed road in a London borough if an order under that subsection has been made in respect of any other road or proposed road in that borough. This means that the Secretary of State is able, if he thinks fit, to designate the strategic roads in separate orders for individual boroughs or groups of boroughs, but cannot revisit a designation in relation to a borough.