Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
Made
20th June 2000
Coming into force
26th June 2000
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:-
1. This Order may be cited as the A13 Trunk Road (Tower Hamlets) Red Route Traffic Order 2000, and shall come into force on 26th June 2000.
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";
(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); and
(l)"pedal cycle" has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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(7)) 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.
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.
10.-(1) The A13 Trunk Road (Tower Hamlets) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1998, The A13 Trunk Road (Tower Hamlets) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1998 Experimental Variation Order 1999 and The A13 Trunk Road (Tower Hamlets) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1998 Experimental Variation (No.2) Order 1999 are hereby revoked.
(2) The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Waiting and Loading Order 1976 No. 394 is hereby revoked, in so far as its provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
20th June 2000
Articles 2 and 3(1)
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Length of Road | Restricted Hours |
1. | Length of road between the junction of Commercial Road (A13) /Butcher Row/White Horse Road and a point opposite the party wall of Numbers 259 and 261 East India Dock Road (A13). | 7 am-7 pm Monday to Saturday inclusive |
Article 3(3)
(1) | (2) |
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Item | Area of Road |
Articles 4 and 7(1)
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
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Item | Length of Road | Restricted Hours | Maximum Period of Parking | Minimum Interval |
Article 7(2)
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Length of Road | Restricted Hours |
Article 5(1)
(1) | (2) |
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Item | Length of Road |
Article 5(2)
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
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Item | Length of Road | Restricted Hours | Maximum Period of Parking | Minimum Interval |
Article 5(3)
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Length of Road | Restricted Hours |
Article 5(4)
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Length of Road | Restricted Hours |
Articles 6 and 7(3)
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Length of Road | Restricted Hours |
1. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point 2.5m east of the common boundary of Nos 607 and 609 Commercial Road and a point opposite the eastern flank wall of No 623 Commercial Road. | 10 am-4 pm Monday to Saturday inclusive |
2. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point opposite the western flank wall of No 653 Commercial Road and point opposite the party wall of Nos 661 and 663 Commercial Road. | |
3. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point 4m east of the common boundary of Nos 797 and 799 Commercial Road and a point opposite the eastern flank wall of No 809 Commercial Road. | |
4. | Commercial Road (A13), south side, between a point 1m west of a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 562 and 564 Commercial Road and a point 1m east of a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 568 and 570 Commercial Road. | |
5. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, between a point opposite the western flank wall of No 197 East India Dock Road and a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 219 and 221 East India Dock Road. | |
6. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, from a point 4m east of a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 251b and 253 East India Dock Road eastwards for a distance of 13m. |
Article 6
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Item | Length of Road | Restricted Hours |
1. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point 2m west of the common boundary of Nos 633 and 635 Commercial Road and a point 2m east of the common boundary of Nos 639 and 641 Commercial Road. | 10 am-4 pm Monday to Saturday inclusive |
Article 3(2)
(1) | (2) |
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Item | Length of Road |
1. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between the junction with White Horse Lane and a point 2.5m east of the common boundary of Nos 607 and 609 Commercial Road. |
2. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point opposite the eastern flank wall of No 623 Commercial Road and point 2m west of the common boundary of Nos 633 and 635 Commercial Road. |
3. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point 2m east of the common boundary of Nos 639 and 641 Commercial Road and a point opposite the western flank wall of No 653 Commercial Road. |
4. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point opposite of the western flank wall of No 683 Commercial Road and a point 30m east of the eastern flank wall of No 711 Commercial Road. |
5. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point 17m east of the western flank wall of No 747 Commercial Road and a point 19m west of the common boundary of Nos 767 and 769 Commercial Road. |
6. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, from a point 8m west of the common boundary of Nos 785 and 787 Commercial Road eastwards for 19m. |
7. | Commercial Road (A13), north side, between a point opposite the eastern flank wall of No 809 Commercial Road and the western kerbline of Burdett Road. |
8. | Commercial Road (A13), south side, between the eastern kerbline of Butcher Row and a point 1m west of a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 562 and 564 Commercial Road. |
9. | Commercial Road (A13), south side, from a point 1m east of a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 568 and 570 Commercial Road eastwards for 23m. |
10. | Commercial Road (A13), south side, between a point 15m west of the common boundary of Nos 582 and 584 Commercial Road and a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 663 and 665 Commercial Road. |
11. | Commercial Road (A13), south side, from a point 23m east of the common boundary of Nos 606 and 608 Commercial Road eastwards for 105m. |
12. | Commercial Road (A13), south side, between a point 8m west of the western kerbline of Newell Street and a point 26.5m east of the eastern flank wall of Limehouse Town Hall. |
13. | Commercial Road (A13), south side, between a point 7.5m east of the western flank wall of No 660 Commercial Road and the south western kerbline of West India Dock Road. |
14. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, from the eastern kerbline of Burdett Road to a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 16 and 18 East India Dock Road. |
15. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, from a point 173m west of the western kerbline of Saracen Street eastwards for 19m. |
16. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, between a point 52m west of the western kerbline of Upper North Street and a point 44m east of the eastern kerbline of Upper North Street. |
17. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, from a point 14m east of the eastern kerbline of Duff Street eastwards for 19m. |
18. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, between a point 86m east of the eastern flank wall of No 157 East India Dock Road and a point opposite the western flank wall of No 197 East India Dock Road. |
19. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, between a point 86m east of the eastern flank wall of No 157 East India Dock Road and a point opposite the western flank wall of No 197 East India Dock Road. |
20. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, between a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 219 and 221 East India Dock Road and a point 4m east of a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 251b and 253 East India Dock Road. |
21. | East India Dock Road (A13), north side, from a point 17m east of a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 251b and 253 East India Dock Road to a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 259 and 261 East India Dock Road. |
22. | East India Dock Road (A13), south side, between the north eastern kerbline of West India Dock Road and a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 16 and 18 East India Dock Road. |
23. | East India Dock Road (A13), south side, from a point 80m east of the eastern kerbline of Birchfield Street eastwards for 19m. |
24. | East India Dock Road (A13), south side, between a point 40m west of the western kerbline of Saltwell Street and a point 46m east of the eastern flank wall of No 104 East India Dock Road. |
25. | East India Dock Road (A13), south side, from a point 50m east of the eastern kerbline of Hale Street eastwards for 19m. |
26. | East India Dock Road (A13), south side, between the eastern kerbline of Poplar Bath Street and a point opposite the common boundary of Nos 259 and 261 East India Dock Road. |