ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

The A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 Experimental Variation Order 1998

The Traffic Director for London, following a direction given to him by the Secretary of State for Transport under section 58(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 to implement a Trunk Road Local Plan, hereby gives notice that he made the above-named experimental Order under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, on 19th January 1998. The Order comes into effect on 27th January 1998 and can remain in force for up to 18 months.   2. The general nature and effect of the Order will be to remove the exemption for boarding and alighting activities by taxis and disabled badge holders over the area of the bus lane on the east side of the A1 Upper Street between Duncan Street and Liverpool Road.   3. The roads affected by the Order are A1 Upper Street/Islington High Street in the London Borough of Islington.   4. While the Order is in force the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, may modify or suspend the Order or any provisions in it if it appears essential to do so for certain purposes.   5. In due course the Traffic Director for London will be considering whether or not the provisions of the Order should be continued in force indefinitely. Within the period of six months from the coming into force of the Order, or if the Order is subsequently varied by another Order or modified, from the coming into force of that variation or modification (whichever is the latest), any person may object to the making of an Order to continue indefinitely those provisions. Any such objection must be made in writing, giving the ground on which it is made, and sent to the Traffic Director for London, College House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LN, quoting reference A8.1.4.TRO404. Any objection may be communicated to other persons who may be affected.   6. A copy of the Order, a statement of the Traffic Director for London’s reasons for the proposals and for proceeding by way of experiment, a map indicating the location and effect of the Order and copies of any Order revoked, suspended or varied by the Order can be inspected during normal office hours at the offices of:   The Traffic Director for London, College House, Great Portland Street, London SW1P 3LN; and   London Borough of Islington, The Legal Department, Town Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London N1 2UD.   7. The documents will be available for inspection during the period within which objection can be made in accordance with paragraph 5 above.   8. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained in it on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers or that any of the relevant requirements have not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. D. Turner, Traffic Director for London 20th January 1998.