Road Traffic Acts

London Borough of Southwark

GRANGE ROAD AND SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD CORRIDOR: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (20 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT) (GRANGE ROAD AND SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD) (NO. 1) TRAFFIC ORDER 2011, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS) (AMENDMENT NO. *) ORDER 2011, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (FREE PARKING PLACES) (NO. *) ORDER 2011, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (FREE PARKING PLACES) (DISABLED PERSONS) (NO. *) ORDER 2011, AND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (PRESCRIBED ROUTE) (SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD CYCLE LANE) (REVOCATION NO. 1) TRAFFIC ORDER 2011

• 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Southwark (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) propose to make the above-mentioned Orders under Legislation section: sections 6, Legislation section: 84 and Legislation section: 124 of and Legislation section: Part IV of Legislation section: Schedule 9 to the Legislation: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
• 2 The general effect of the Orders would be:- (a) to impose a 20 m.p.h. speed limit in GRANGE ROAD and SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD between its junctions with Spa Road and St. James’s Road; (b) to introduce new lengths of ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions in part of BALACLAVA ROAD, LONGLEY STREET, MONNOW ROAD, SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD and SPA ROAD; (c) to provide three new free short-term parking places in SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD in which vehicles may be left between 9 am and 5 pm on Monday to Friday for a maximum of 30 minutes (no return within two hours); (d) to rationalise certain existing free parking, waiting and loading restrictions in Southwark Park Road; and (e) to revoke the existing cycle lane in Southwark Park Road.
• 3 FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council has approved, under Legislation section: section 23 of the Legislation: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the construction of a raised “toucan” crossing for the use of both pedestrians and cyclists in SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD, the centre of which would be located 2.5 metres west of the common boundary of Nos. 58 and 60 Southwark Park Road. “Zig-zag” markings, on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times, would be laid both sides of the road for a distance of 22 metres either side of this crossing.
• 4 FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Southwark (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”), propose to construct under Legislation section: section 65(1) of the Legislation: Highways Act 1980 Cycle Tracks in SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD as follows:- (a) a one-way eastbound segregated cycle track (for the use of pedal cycles only) - comprising all that part of the northern footway as is bounded on the north by a line drawn 2.1 metres north of and parallel to the northern kerb-line of Southwark Park Road and on the south by a line drawn 0.3 m north of and parallel to that kerb-line, as extends from a point 64 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Henley Drive to a point 49 metres west of the western wall of No. 57 Southwark Park Road; (b) a one-way eastbound shared-use cycle track, (for the use of both pedestrians and pedal cycles) - comprising all that part of the northern footway of Southwark Park Road, as extends from a point 49 metres west of the western wall of No. 57 Southwark Park Road to a point 34 metres west of the western wall of No. 57 Southwark Park Road; and (c) a one-way westbound segregated cycle track (for the use of pedal cycles only) - comprising all that part of the southern footway as is bounded on the north by a line drawn 0.3 metres south of and parallel to the southern kerb-line of Southwark Park Road and on the south by a line drawn 2.1 m south of and parallel to that kerb-line, as extends from the western kerb-line of Alma Grove to a point 2 metres south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 10 and 12 Southwark Park Road.
• 5 FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council, under sections 90A to 90I of the Legislation: Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Legislation: Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1999 and the Legislation: Highways (Traffic Calming) Regulations 1999, propose to construct:- (a) speed tables of flat top construction, 100 millimetres in height and covering the entire width of the carriageway at the following locations: (i) BALACLAVA ROAD, at its junction with Southwark Park Road, extending from the southern kerb-line of Southwark Park Road southward for a distance of 10 metres, (ii) GRANGE ROAD, at its junction with Spa Road, extending from a point 4.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of The Grange to a point 5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Spa Road, (iii) GRANGE ROAD, at its junction with Alscot Road, extending from the north-western kerb-line of Alscot Road north-westward for a distance of 9 metres, (iv) SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD, at the ‘toucan’ crossing location referred to above, extending from a point 3.5 metres west of the common boundary of Nos. 58 and 60 Southwark Park Road eastward for a distance of 10.5 metres, and (v) SPA ROAD, at its junction with Grange Road, extending north-eastward from the north-eastern kerb-line of Grange Road north-eastward for a distance of 19 metres; (b) speed cushions of flat top construction, 100 millimetres in height, 1.6 metres wide and 2.8 metres in length constructed 2-abreast across the carriageway in SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD, the centres of which would be located: (i) 4.4 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 12 and 14 Southwark Park Road, and (ii) 1.6 metres east of the common boundary of Nos. 38 and 40 Southwark Park Road; and (c) speed cushions of flat top construction, 100 millimetres in height, 1.6 metres wide and 2.8 metres in length constructed singly (as an offset pair) in SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD: (i) in the eastbound carriageway at the western wall of No. 57 Southwark Park Road, and (ii) in the westbound carriageway opposite the common boundary of Nos. 59 and 61 Southwark Park Road.
• 6 Further information may be obtained by telephoning Mr. Chris Mascord of the Council's Capital Projects team on: 020 7525 5385 .
• 7 Copies of the proposed Order and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the proposals can be inspected upon request at Environment & Housing, Public Realm, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 or e-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk to make an appointment.
• 8 Persons desiring to object to the proposals, or make any other representations in respect of them, should send a statement in writing to that effect, and in the case of an objection, stating the grounds thereof to, either: Network Development (Traffic Orders), Southwark Council, Environment & Housing, Public Realm, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX, or via e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference PR/ND/RDH/TMO1011-031 by 10 February 2011 .
• 9 Under the Legislation: Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, any letter you write in response to this Notice may be made available to the press and to the public, who would be entitled to take copies of it if they so wished.