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1999 No. 2344

ROAD TRAFFIC

The A3 Trunk Road (Wandsworth) Red Route Traffic Order 1999

Made

17th August 1999

Coming into force

31st August 1999

The Traffic Director for London, in accordance with a direction given to him by the Secretary of State under section 58(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991(1) and in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(2) and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order-

Commencement and citation

1. This Order may be cited as The A3 Trunk Road (Wandsworth) Red Route Traffic Order 1999, and shall come into force on 31st August 1999.

Interpretation

2. In this Order-

(a)a reference to an article or a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the article of, or the schedule to, this order so numbered;

(b)"carriageway" has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980(3);

(c)causing includes permitting;

(d)"disabled person", "disabled person's badge" and "disabled person's vehicle" have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986(4), and "relevant position" in relation to a disabled person's badge has the same meaning as in regulation 2A of those regulations;

(e)"the trunk road red route" means the lengths of road specified in column (2) of the table in schedule 1;

(f)"vehicle" includes part of a vehicle;

(g)an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in a schedule to this order applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule;

(h)"bus" has the meaning given by regulation 22(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994(5);

(i)"bus stop" means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words "bus stop"; and

(j)"bus stand" means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words "bus stand".

(k)"London Regional Transport" has the meaning given by the London Regional Transport Act 1984(6).

(l)"pedal cycle" has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994.

General prohibition of stopping

3.-(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, and of articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop in the trunk road red route during the restricted hours.

(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, and of articles 5(1), 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop at any time in any lengths of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 4.

(3) The controls specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article do not apply in respect of any area of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 2A.

(4) In this article "the restricted hours" means, in relation to a length of the trunk road red route specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 1, the hours specified in that item in column (3) of that table.

Exemptions for parking

4. The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.

Miscellaneous exemptions for parking

5.-(1) Licensed taxi cabs: The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle being used under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869(7) to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in schedule 2D.

(2) Buses: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a bus to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2E during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.

(3) Doctors' vehicles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2F during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, provided that-

(a)there is displayed in the windscreen of the vehicle a badge issued by, or with the authority of, the Traffic Director for London to a medical practitioner, and which specifies-

(i)the name of the person to whom it was issued, and

(ii)the premises in relation to which it applies; and

(b)the vehicle was parked by, or with the permission of, the person whose name is specified on the badge and for so long only as the person who parked the vehicle is engaged in work at the premises specified on the badge.

(4) Solo motor bicycles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a motor bicycle without a side-car to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2G during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.

Exemptions for loading and unloading

6. The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which is being loaded or unloaded to stop at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the tables in schedules 3A and 3B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for as long as is needed to load or unload the vehicle or 20 minutes, whichever is the less, provided that not less than 20 minutes has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.

Exemptions for disabled persons

7.-(1) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person's vehicle which displays a disabled person's badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.

(2) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person's vehicle which displays a disabled person's badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2C during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.

(3) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person's vehicle which displays a disabled person's badge in the relevant position, and a parking disc on which is shown the time at which the period of parking began, to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 3A during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, for a period of up to 3 hours not being a period separated by an interval of less than 1 hour from a previous period when that vehicle was parked in that length of road.

Exemptions at bus stops and stands

8.-(1) The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing:

(a)a bus to stop at a bus stop for as long as may be required to enable passengers to board or alight; or

(b)a bus to stop at a bus stop or a bus stand and being used for operational reasons in the course of providing a London bus service (as defined in section 34 of the Transport Act 1985(8)) under an agreement with London Regional Transport or training drivers to allow such a service to be provided.

(2) In this article "operational reasons" means:

(i)to enable passengers to board and alight;

(ii)to enable crew changes to take place;

(iii)to maintain the scheduled timetable subject, in the case of a bus stop, to a maximum wait of two minutes.

Other exemptions

9.-(1) The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to stop if that person is-

(a)required by law to cause the vehicle to stop or not to proceed;

(b)obliged to stop the vehicle so as to avoid an accident;

(c)prevented from proceeding in the vehicle by circumstances beyond the person's control;

(d)getting or giving help in consequence of an accident or an emergency, or otherwise taking action for public safety;

(e)opening or closing a gate or other barrier at the entrance to premises to which the vehicle is being driven or from which it has emerged if it is not reasonably practicable to cause the vehicle to stop elsewhere for the purpose;

(f)using the vehicle for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(g)using the vehicle in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;

(h)using the vehicle in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any length of road specified in schedule 1;

(i)using the vehicle under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a passenger to get on or off the vehicle; or

(j)using a disabled person's vehicle which displays a disabled person's badge in the relevant position to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a disabled person to get on or off the vehicle.

(2) The controls specified in article 3(1)and (2) do not apply in respect of a vehicle which bears the Royal Mail livery which is waiting at the edge of a carriageway for as long as may be necessary for the purpose of collecting or delivering letters in pursuance of any statutory duty of the Post Office to collect or deliver letters.

(3) The controls specified in article 3(1)and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.

(4) The controls specified in article 3(1)and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a pedal cycle to be parked at a facility specifically provided for the purpose of pedal cycle parking by, or with the consent of, the highway authority.

Revocation or variation of existing Orders

10.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the A3 Trunk Road (Wandsworth) Experimental Traffic Order 1998(9) and the Wandsworth (Waiting and loading) order 1976 are hereby revoked, in so far as its provisions relate to any of the trunk road red route.

(2) The revocation specified in paragraph (1) of this article shall take effect in respect of any provision contained in the A3 Trunk Road (Wandsworth) Experimental Traffic Order 1998(9) and the Wandsworth (Waiting and loading) order 1976 only from the time at which the traffic sign indicating the effect of that provision has been obliterated.

Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State

Derek Turner

Traffic Director for London

17th August 1999

Articles 2 and 3(1)

SCHEDULE 1The Trunk Road Red Route Table

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours
1.	A3, East Hill-between its junction with Wandsworth High Street and its junction with St. John's Hill.	7am-�7pm Monday-�Saturday Inclusive
2.	A3, Marcilly Road-between its junction with St John's Hill and its junction with Wandsworth Common North Side.
3.	A3, Huguenot Place-between its junction with East Hill and its junction with Wandsworth Common North Side.
4.	A3, Wandsworth Common, North Side-between its junction with Huguenot Place and its junction with Battersea Rise.
5.	A3, Battersea Rise-between its junction with Wandsworth Common North Side and its junction with Clapham Common North Side.
6.	A3, Clapham Common North Side-between its junction with Clapham Common West Side and its junction with The Avenue.
7.	A3, Clapham Common West Side-between its junction with Clapham Common North Side and its junction with The Avenue.

Article 3(3)

SCHEDULE 2ALengths of the trunk road red route to which the prohibitions and restrictions specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply.

Table

(1)	(2)
Item	Length of Road
	No items.

Articles 4 and 7(1)

SCHEDULE 2BLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for parking and disabled persons' vehicles.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours	Maximum Period of Parking	Minimum Interval
1.	A3, East Hill-Northwest Side, between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos 70 and 72 East Hill and a point 24 metres northeast.	7am-�7pm Monday-�Saturday Inclusive	None	None
2.	A3, Battersea Rise-North Side, between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos 34 and 36 Battersea Rise and a point 15 metres east.	10am-�4pm Monday-�Saturday Inclusive	20 minutes	40 minutes
	A3, East Hill-Southeast Side
3.	Between a point 5 metres northeast of the common party wall of Nos 82 and 84 East Hill and a point 10 metres northeast.	10am-�4pm Monday-�Saturday Inclusive	1 hour	2 hours
4.	Between a point 2 metres south west of the common party wall of Nos 60 and 62 East Hill and a point 15 metres southwest.
5.	Between a point opposite the north eastern flank wall of Nos 23 and 25 East Hill and a point 6 metres southwest.
6.	Between a point 11 metres southwest of the north eastern flank wall of Nos 23 and 25 East Hill and a point 6 metres southwest.
7.	Between a point 22 metres southwest of the north eastern flank wall of Nos 23 and 25 East Hill and a point 5 metres southwest.
8.	Between a point opposite the south western flank wall of No 21 East Hill and a point 35 metres northeast.
9.	Between a point opposite the south western boundary wall of Nos 7 and 9 East Hill (Timber Yard) and a point 25 metres southwest.

Article 7(2)

SCHEDULE 2CLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for parking by disabled persons' vehicles only.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Length of Road	Item	Restricted Hours
10.	A3, East Hill-Southeast Side, Southeast Side, between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos 82 and 84 East Hill and a point 5 metres northeast.	10am-�4pm Monday-�SaturdayInclusive
11.	A3, Battersea Rise-�North Side, between a point 1 metre southwest of the party wall of Nos 102 and Nos 104 to 108 Battersea Rise and a point 5 metres northeast.

Article 5(1)

SCHEDULE 2DLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for licensed taxi cabs only.

Table

(1)	(2)
Item	Length of Road
	No items.

Article 5(2)

SCHEDULE 2ELengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for coaches only.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours	Maximum Period of Parking	Minimum Interval
	No Items.

Article 5(3)

SCHEDULE 2FLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for doctors' vehicles.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Length of Road	Item	Restricted Hours
	No items.

Article 5(4)

SCHEDULE 2GLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for solo motor cycles only.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours
	No items.

Articles 6 and 7(3)

SCHEDULE 3ALengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for loading or unloading and for disabled persons' vehicles.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours
	A3, East Hill-Southeast Side
1.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 91 and 93 East Hill and a point 10 metres southwest.	10am-�4pm Monday-�
2.	Between a point opposite the south western flank wall of No. 105 East Hill and a point 10 metres northeast.
3.	A3, Huguenot Place-Southeast Side, between a point 4 metres northeast of the common party wall of Nos. 8 and 10 Huguenot Place and a point 20 metres southwest.
	A3, Battersea Rise-Southside
4.	Between a point 1 metre southwest of the common party wall of Nos. 101 and Nos. 103 to 105 Battersea Rise and a point 30 metres northeast.
5.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 39 and 41 Battersea Rise and a point 13 metres southwest.
6.	A3, East Hill-Southeast Side, between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 61 and 63 East Hill and a point 24 metres southwest.	7am-�4pm Monday-�Saturday inclusive

Article 6

SCHEDULE 3BLength of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for loading or unloading.

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours
	A3, East Hill-Northwest Side
7.	Between a point opposite the north eastern boundary wall of East Hill Baptist Church and a point 7 metres southwest.	10am-�4pm Monday-�Saturday inclusive
8.	Between a point 10 metres southwest of the south western flank wall of No. 102 East Hill and a point 12 metres southwest.
9.	A3, East Hill-Southeast Side, between a point 1 metre southwest of the north eastern flank wall of Nos. 131 to 133 East Hill and a point 10 metres southwest.
10.	A3, Marcilly Road-East Side, between a point opposite the northern property boundary of No. 1 Marcilly Road and a point 14 metres south.
11.	A3, Wandsworth Common North side-Northwest Side
	Between a point 7 metres northeast of the common boundary of Nos. 94 and 96 Wandsworth Common North Side and a point 12 metres northeast.
	Between a point 10 metres west of the common boundary of Nos. 60 and 62 Wandsworth Common North Side and a point 12 metres west.
	A3, Battersea Rise-Northwest Side
12.	Between a point 1 metre southwest of the common party wall of Nos. 102 and Nos. 104 to 108 Battersea Rise and a point 10 metres southwest.
13.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 76 and 78 Battersea Rise and a point 8 metres northeast.
14.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 64c and 66a Battersea Rise and a point 12 metres southwest.
15.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 58 and 60 Battersea Rise and a point 10 metres northeast.
16.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 40 and 42 Battersea Rise and a point 10 metres southwest.
17.	Between a point 2 metres west of the common party wall of Nos. 28 and 30 Battersea Rise and a point 10 metres east.
	A3, Battersea Rise-Southeast side
18.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 73a and 73 Battersea Rise and a point 8.5 metres east.
19.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 49 and 51 Battersea Rise and a point 10 metres southwest.
20.	Between a point 1 metre south west of the common party wall of Nos. 23 and 25 Battersea Rise and a point 20.5 metres southwest.
21.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 1 and 3 Battersea Rise and a point 10 metres southwest.

Article 3(2)

SCHEDULE 4Lengths of the trunk road red route on which stopping is prohibited at all times.

Table

(1)	(2)
Item	Length of Road
	A3, East Hillmdash;Northwest Side
1.	Between its junction with Fairfield Street and a point opposite the south western flank wall of East Hill Baptist Church.
2.	Between a point 31 metres southwest of the south western flank wall of No. 102 East Hill and a point 23 metres southwest.
3.	Between a point 8 metres southwest of the party wall of Nos. 56 and 58 East Hill and the south western kerbline of Trinity Road off slip.
4.	Between a point 18 metres northeast of a point opposite the south western boundary wall of Nos. 7-9 East Hill (Timber Yard) and a point 15 metres northeast of the southwestern flank wall of No. 48 East Hill.
	A3, East Hill-Southeast Side
5.	Between a point 11 metres southwest of the north eastern flank wall of Nos. 131-133 East Hill and its junction with St. Ann's Hill.
6.	Between a point 1 metre southwest of the north eastern flank wall of Nos. 131-133 East Hill and a point 6 metres northeast.
7.	Between a point opposite the south western flank wall of No. 105 East Hill and 19 metres southwest.
8.	Between a point 15 metres northeast of a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 82 and 84 East Hill and a point 35 metres northeast.
9.	Between a point 2 metres southwest of a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 60 and 62 East Hill and a point 1 metre southwest of the south western flank wall of Nos. 23-25 East Hill.
	A3, Huguenot Place-Northwest Side
10.	Between a point 7 metres northeast of the common boundary of Nos. 94 and 96 Huguenot Place and a point 9 metres southwest.
11.	Between a point 19 metres northeast of the common boundary of Nos. 94 and 96 Huguenot Place and its junction with Woodwell Street.
	A3, Huguenot Place-Southeast Side
12.	Between a point 4 metres northeast of the common party wall of Nos. 9 and 10 Huguenot Place and a point 25 metres northeast.
13.	Between a point 2 metres northeast of the north eastern flank wall of No. 1 Huguenot Place and its junction with Wandsworth Common North Side.
	A3, Wandsworth Common-North Side
14.	Between its junction with Woodwell Street and a point opposite the eastern flank wall of No. 72 Wandsworth Common North Side.
15.	Between a point 2 metres west of the common boundary of Nos. 48 and 50 Wandsworth Common North Side and a point 19 metres east.
16.	Between a point 19 metres west of the western property boundary of No. 4 Wandsworth Common North Side and its junction with Battersea Rise.
	A3, Wandsworth Common North Side, South Side
17.	Between its junction with Huguenot Place and a point opposite the western kerbline of Trinity Road southbound on slip.
18.	Between a point opposite the common boundary of Nos. 60 and 62 Wandsworth Common North Side and the eastern kerbline of Trinity Road southbound on slip.
19.	Between a point 6 metres west of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Wandsworth Common North Side and a point 19 metres east.
20.	Between a point opposite the south western property boundary of No. 4 Wandsworth North Side and its junction with Battersea Rise.
	A3, Battersea Rise, Northwest Side
21.	Between its junction with Wandsworth Common North Side and a point 20 metres south west of a point opposite the south western kerbline of Chivalry Road.
22.	Between a point 20 metres north east of the south western kerbline of Chivalry Road and a point 11 metres south west of the south western property boundary of St. Mark's Church.
23.	Between a point 60 metres north east of the south western property boundary of St. Mark's Church and the south western kerbline of Boutflower Road.
24.	Between the north eastern kerbline of Boutflower Road and a point 21 metres northeast.
25.	Between a point 1 metre north east of the party wall of Nos 76 and 78 Battersea Rise and a point 46 metres southwest.
26.	Between a point 8 metres northeast of the party wall of Nos 76 and 78 Battersea Rise and a point 12 metres southwest of the party wall of Nos. 64c and 66a Battersea Rise.
27.	Between a point opposite the eastern flank wall of No. 2 Battersea Rise and a point 15 metres west.
28.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 54 and 56 Battersea Rise to the southwestern kerbline of Hafer Road.
29.	Between a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 14 and 16 Battersea Rise and a point 30 metres south west.
30.	Between a point opposite the northeastern flank wall of 8 Battersea Rise to the southwestern kerbline of Lavender Sweep.
31.	Between a point 3 metres south west of a point opposite the northeastern kerbline of Leathwaite Road and a point 2 metres south west of the common boundary of Nos. 119 and 120 Clapham Common North Side.
	A3, Battersea Rise, Southeast Side
32.	Between its junction with Wandsworth Common North Side and a point 12 metres southwest of the south western kerbline of Chivalry Road.
33.	Between a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 161 and 163 Battersea Rise and a point 1 metre northeast of the south western property boundary of St. Mark's Church.
34.	Between a point 1 metre south west of the common party wall of Nos. 137 and 139 Battersea Rise to the northeastern kerbline of Buckmaster Road.
35.	Between a point 5 metres north east of the north eastern flank wall of 133 Battersea Rise and a point 1 metre south west of the common party wall of Nos. 101 and 103 Battersea Rise.
36.	Between a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 91 and 93 Battersea Rise and a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 73 and 73a Battersea Rise.
37.	Between a point 9 metres east of the common party wall of Nos. 73 and 73a Battersea Rise and a point opposite the common party wall of Nos. 55 and 57 Battersea Rise.
38.	Between a point 3 metres east of the common party wall of Nos. 33 and 35 Battersea Rise to the eastern kerbline of Webbs Road.
39.	Between a point 1 metre west of the common party wall of Nos. 23 and 25 Battersea Rise and a point 48 metres east.
40.	Between a point opposite the north eastern kerbline of Leathwaite Road and its junction with Clapham Common West Side.
	Clapham Common North Side, North Side
41.	Between a point 4 metres east of the western flank wall of No. 110 Clapham Common North Side and a point 19 metres east.
42.	Between a point 1 metre west of the common boundary wall of Nos. 115 and 116 Clapham Common North Side and a point 82 metres east.
43.	Between its junction with Sugden Road and its junction with Marney Road.
	Clapham Common North Side, South Side
44.	Between its junction with Clapham Common West Side and the eastern kerbline of The Avenue.
	A3, Clapham Common West Side, East and North Sides
45.	Between its junction with Clapham Common North Side and a point 12 metres east of the common party wall of Nos. 104 and 105 Clapham Common West Side.
	A3, Clapham Common West Side, West Side and South Side
46.	Between its junction with Battersea Rise and a point opposite the western property boundary of No. 134 Clapham Common West Side.
47.	Between a point 5 metres east of the common party wall of Nos. 122 and 123 Clapham Common West Side and a point 19 metres east.

(1)

1991 c. 40.

(2)

1984 c. 27.

(3)

1980 c. 66.

(4)

S.I. 1986/178 as amended by S.I. 1991/2709.

(5)

S.I. 1994/1519.

(6)

1984 c. 32.

(7)

1869 c. 115.

(8)

1985 c. 67.

(9)

S.I. 1998/939.