LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS

The Tower Hamlets (Bus Lanes) (No.  ) Traffic Order 1998

Notice is hereby given that the Council of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets proposes to make the above-mentioned Order under sections 6 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by section 8 of, and Part I of Schedule 5, of the Local Government Act 1985.   2. The general effect of the Order will be to:   (a) provide a contra-flow bus lane for local bus service vehicles to operate at all times in a generally southerly and easterly direction through Abbott Road Underpass between the junction with Zetland Street and the junction with Abbott Road;   (b) to compel all vehicles to turn left from Zetland Street onto Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach Road except those vehicles permitted to enter and proceed in the bus lane.   3. Exemptions to 2(a) above will be provided:   (a) for Emergency Service vehicles;   (b) in relation to a vehicle being used in connection with the removal of any obstruction in the bus lane; or   (c) in relation to a vehicle being used in connection with maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the highway in or adjacent to the bus lane; or   (d) to any person causing or permitting any vehicle to enter or proceed in the bus lane if that person is obliged to do so in order to avoid an accident and forthwith causes that vehicle to leave the bus lane or if required by law to stop and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter causes that vehicle to leave the bus lane.   4. A copy of the proposed Order, a plan showing the scheme layout and the statement of reasons for proposing to make the Order can be inspected at the Council Offices (Traffic Section), Southern Grove, Mile End, London E3 4PN, by prior appointment and during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until the expiration of a period of 21 days from the date on which this notice is published.   5. Further information may be obtained from the above address and any person desiring to object to the proposed Order should send a statement in writing of their objections and the grounds thereof to the Assistant Director, Street Services, at the above address within the aforementioned period of 21 days. N. Aziz, Assistant Director, Street Services 23rd January 1998.