LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET

The Barnet (Cycle Lanes) (Experimental) (No. 1) Traffic Order 1998

Notice is hereby given that the Council of the London Borough of Barnet on 11th March 1998, made the above-mentioned Order under section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by section 8 and Schedule 5, of the Local Government Act 1985, and the Road Traffic Act 1991, and all other enabling powers.   The general nature and effect of The Barnet (Cycle Lanes) (Experimental) (No. 1) Traffic Order 1998, will be to introduce lengths of experimental cycle lane as specified in the Schedule to this notice as part of the Church End Area Initiative.   The Order provides that subject to the provisions of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Council’s Director of Environmental Services or some person authorised in that behalf by him, may, if it appears to him or that person essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient or safe movement of traffic or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by this Order runs, modify or suspend the Order or any provision thereof.   A copy of the proposed Order, which will come into operation on Monday, 23rd March 1998, a plan of the relevant area and the Council’s statements of reasons for making the Order can be inspected between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive, within the period of 6 months from 12th March 1998, at:   (a) Traffic Section, Room 1006, Barnet House, 1255 High Road, Whetstone, London N20 0EJ;   (b) The Town Hall, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BG.   Further information may be obtained by telephoning the London Borough of Barnet (Traffic Section), on 0181-359 4334.   Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order or any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the relevant powers 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 the Order, may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the Order is made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.   If the provision of the Order continue in operation for a period of not less than 6 months, the Council will consider in due course whether or not the provisions of the Order should be reproduced or continued in force indefinitely by means of Order under section 6 of the said Act of 1984. Anyone who wishes to object to the making of such Order for the purpose of such reproduction and continuation in force may, within the period of 6 months referred to above, send a statement in writing of their objection and the grounds thereof to the Director of Environmental Services (Traffic Section), London Borough of Barnet, Barnet House, 1255 High Road, London N20 0EJ. M. M. Caller, Chief Executive Town Hall, Hendon,   London NW4 4BG.

Schedule

Cycle Lane operative at any time

High Road, London N.12, and High Road, London N.2, both sides, between its junction with Summers Lane/Granville Road, N.12, and its junction with Chambers Gardens, London N.2. 12th March 1998.