CORPORATION OF LONDON

Bus Lanes in Queen Victoria Street and St. Paul’s Churchyard

Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of London on 20th February 1998, made the City of London (Bus Lanes) (No. 1) Order 1998 and the City of London (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Special Parking Area) (Amendment No. 15) Order 1998 under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Local Government Act 1985.   Notice of the Common Council’s intention to make the Orders was first given in The London Gazette on 3rd June 1997, page 6480/1, ref. 488 and the effect of the Orders will be the same as given in that notice.   The effect of the bus lane Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from entering or proceeding in any area of carriageway (known as “a bus lane”) lying within or adjacent to:   (1) the length of Queen Victoria Street specified in Schedule 1 to this notice and between the north-western edge of the carriageway and a longitudinal single white line (which would be broken by a gap opposite Sise Lane) marked on the carriageway of that length of road;   (2) the length of St. Paul’s Churchyard specified in Schedule 1 to this notice and between the northern edge of the carriageway and a longitudinal single white line (broken by a gap opposite the entrance to St. Paul’s Churchyard Coach Park) marked on the carriageway of that length of road, between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. and between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.   The prohibition will not apply, in relation to:   (a) a bus, a pedal cycle and a taxi as defined in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994;   (b) a vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes in an emergency;   (c) any vehicle being used in connection with the removal of any obstruction in a bus lane;   (d) a vehicle being used in the service of a local authority for the purpose of cleansing or for the purpose of collecting refuse from premises adjacent to a bus lane, in connection with the improvement or reconstruction of the highway in or adjacent to a bus lane, the laying, erection, alteration or repair in or adjacent to a bus lane of any sewer or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricty, or of any telecommunication system, or the placing, maintenance or removal of any traffic sign, provided that in all the circumstances it is reasonably necessary for the vehicle to enter a bus lane;   (e) a Royal Mail liveried vehicle—     (i) while postal packets addressed to premises adjacent to a bus lane are being unloaded from that vehicle or, having been unloaded therefrom, are being delivered; or     (ii) while postal packets are being collected for loading on the vehicle from premises or posting boxes adjacent to a bus lane or, having been so collected, are being loaded thereon;   (f) any person causing or permitting any vehicle to enter or proceed in a bus lane:     (i) if that person is obliged to do so in order to avoid an accident and forthwith causes that vehicle to leave a bus lane;     (ii) for the sole purpose of waiting for so long as may reasonably be necessary to enable a person suffering from any disability or injury (including blindness) which seriously impairs his ability to walk, to board or alight from that vehicle;     (iii) from Sise Lane if that vehicle forthwith leaves the Queen Victoria Street bus lane through the gap in the single white line situated opposite and adjacent to the junction of that road with that bus lane;     (iv) from any part of Queen Victoria Street which does not comprise the Queen Victoria Street bus lane at a point opposite Sise Lane if that vehicle forthwith enters that road;     (v) from any part of St. Paul’s Churchyard which does not comprise the St. Paul’s Churchyard bus lane at a point opposite the entrance to St. Paul’s Churchyard Coach Park if that vehicle forthwith enters that Coach Park;     (vi) if that person is obliged to do so in order to avoid an accident and forthwith causes that vehicle to leave a bus lane;     (vii) if that person is required by law to stop and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter causes that vehicle to leave a bus lane;   (g) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform;   (h) any person who causes any vehicle to proceed 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.   The effect of the waiting restriction Order will be to further amend the City of London (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Special Parking Area) Order 1994, so that in the lengths of streets specified in Schedule 2 to this notice, the hours during which the prohibition on waiting by vehicles:   (a) (otherwise than for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) applies will be changed so that such prohibition will apply between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. throught the week;   (b) for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle applies will be changed so that such prohibition will apply between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. and between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.   A copy of the Orders which will come into operation on 2nd March 1998, of the above-mentioned Order of 1994 (and of the Orders which have amended that Order), and of a plan showing the affected streets can be inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive, until the end of 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders were made in the City Secretary’s Department, The Guildhall, London EC2P 2EJ.   Copies of the Orders may be obtained from the City Engineer’s Department, Guildhall, London EC2P 2EJ.   Any person desiring to question the validity of either of the Orders or of any provision contained therein on the ground that it is not within the powers of the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to either of the Orders may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. R. F. V. Aylott, City Engineer

Schedule 1

   Queen Victoria Street, between a point 35 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Queen Street and a point 12 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Poultry.    St. Paul’s Churchyard, between a point 5 metres south-east of a point opposite the north-western wall of No. 5 St. Paul’s Churchyard and a point 73 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of New Change.

Schedule 2

   Queen Victoria Street, between the south-western kerb-line of Bucklersbury and the eastern kerb-line of Queen Street.    St. Paul’s Churchyard. 23rd February 1998.