LAMBETH ROAD AND WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD EXPERIMENTAL CHANGES TO BUS LANES AND WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS
(NOTE: This notice is about experimental changes to the hours of operation of certain bus lanes in Lambeth Road and Westminster Bridge Road and the hours of operation of the waiting and loading restrictions within those bus lanes. Objections may be made to the changes being continued on a permanent basis – see paragraph 7.)
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth ('the Council'), with the agreement of Transport for London, on 25th October 2017 made the Lambeth (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (No. 1) Experimental Traffic Order 2017 and the Lambeth (Bus Priority) (Lambeth Road and Westminster Bridge Road) Experimental Traffic Order 2017 under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The Orders will come into force on 6th November 2017.
2. The general effect of the Orders will be to extend the operational hours of the following bus lanes and bans on waiting and loading by vehicles, so that they will operate between 7am and 7pm on Mondays to Sundays inclusive:-
(A) the bus lanes in -:
(1) Lambeth Road, (a) on the north side, between Pratt Walk and Kennington Road; and (b) on the south side, between Lambeth Walk and the entrance to China Walk Estate situated adjacent to Ferrybridge House; and (c) on the south side, between Sail Street and the roundabout at the junction of Lambeth Road, Albert Embankment, Lambeth Bridge and Lambeth Palace Road;
(2) Westminster Bridge Road, (a) on the north-east side, between Lower Marsh and Baylis Road; (b) on the south-west side, between King Edward Walk and Kennington Road; and (c) on the south-west side, between Kennington Road and a point 31 metres north-west of Upper Marsh;
(B) the ban on waiting and loading by vehicles in the bus lanes referred to in sub-paragraph 2(A) above, except in lengths where no waiting 'at any time' restrictions currently apply or where there are inset parking places or a taxi rank outside No. 109 Lambeth Road (Metropolitan Police building) and No. 113 Lambeth Road (Novotel), or partly outside Nos. 133-135 and outside No. 137 Westminster Bridge Road; and
(C) the ban on waiting by vehicles in the lay-by outside No. 113 Lambeth Road (Novotel).
3. The Orders are required to improve the reliability of bus services and improve journey times and to improve safety for pedal cyclists.
4. If you have any enquiries, please telephone the Council’s Highways Group on 020 7926 9318 or email: [email protected].
5. A copy of each of the Orders and other documents giving detailed particulars about them (including maps) are available for inspection between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive (except on bank/public holidays), until the Orders cease to have effect, at: the offices of Lambeth Council's Highways and Enforcement Group, 5th Floor, Blue Star House, 234-244 Stockwell Road, London SW9 9SP. To arrange inspection please telephone 020 7926 0209.
6. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.
7. The Council will consider in due course whether the provisions of the Orders should be continued in force indefinitely by means of permanent Orders made under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Any person may object to the making of the permanent Orders for the purpose of such indefinite continuation, within a period of six months beginning with the date on which the experimental Orders come into force or, if any of the Orders are varied by another Order or modified pursuant to section 10(2) of the 1984 Act, beginning with the date on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification comes into force. Any such objection must be made in writing and must state the grounds on which it is made and be sent to Barbara Poulter, Highways and Enforcement Group, London Borough of Lambeth, 5th Floor, Blue Star House, 234-244 Stockwell Road, London SW9 9SP. Any objection may be communicated to, or be seen by, other persons who may have an interest in this matter.
Dated 27th October 2017
Andrew Burton Head of Service – Neighbourhood Capital Programmes and Highways
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