Road Traffic Acts
HEATHROW AIRPORT LIMITED
HEATHROW AIRPORT
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
(WASHINGTON ROAD)
NO.3 TEMPORARY ORDER 2024
Heathrow Airport Limited GIVES NOTICE that it intends to make the above Order in exercise of its powers under Sections 6, 14(1) and 16(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended), and all other enabling powers, to enable maintenance works to take place at Terminal 5 (T5) Departures, Heathrow Airport.
The effect of this Order will be a temporary prohibition of driving for all vehicles on Washington Road, from its junction with Wayfarer Road at entry to its junction with Wayfarer Road at exit, i.e. for its entire length of T5 Departures forecourt Lane 1. Traffic would be temporarily diverted via Wayfarer Road, at T5 Departures forecourt Lane 2. The provisions of any other temporary Orders, which are made prior to commencement of this Order, are thereby revoked by only in so far as they are affected by the restrictions imposed by this Order.
This Order will come into operation at 23:00 hours on 24th July 2024, and will remain in force between the hours of 23:00 and 04:30, for a maximum period of eighteen months until 04:30 on 23rd January 2026. The closure will be effective only when the relevant signs are erected and will remain in place only when indicated by the traffic signs prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
Excepted from all the restrictions above include:
- Anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police officer, traffic warden or traffic police community support officer in uniforms;
- Vehicle used for ambulance, fire service or police purposes in an emergency;
- Any vehicle proceeding in accordance with any restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed pursuant to section 66 or section 67 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; - Any persons or vehicles used in connection with the works providing that such persons have been authorised to enter the road closure area.
Dated: 17 July 2024
Tonia Fielding, Director of Services