Transport for London

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A13 TRUNK ROAD (TOWER HAMLETS) RED ROUTE (BUS PRIORITY) TRAFFIC ORDER 1999 EXPERIMENTAL VARIATION ORDER (NO 2) 2002

1. Transport for London, hereby gives notice that it made the above-named Experimental Variation Order under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on 3 April 2002. The Order comes into effect on 18 April 2002, and can remain in force for up to 18 months.
2. The provisions introduced through this Order will contribute to a new scheme of traffic control being introduced experimentally on Bus Route 115 as part of the London Bus Initiative to assist bus operations, bus passenger journeys and bus stop accessibility. The general nature and effect of the Order will be to designate additional lanes of carriageway for use by buses, taxis and pedal cycles only (bus lanes).
3. The road affected by the Order is East India Dock Road, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
4. While the Order is in force Transport for London, or any person authorised by it, may modify or suspend the Order or any provisions in it if it appears essential to do so for the certain purposes.
5. In due course Transport for London will be considering whether or not the provisions of the Order should be continued in force indefinitely. Within the period of 6 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 grounds on which it is made, and sent to Transport for London, Street Management, Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL, quoting Ref SS/AD/SF-TO GLA/2002/116. Any objection may be communicated to other persons who may be affected.
6. A copy of the Order, a statement of Transport 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 the normal office hours at the offices of:

Transport for London—Street Management, Traffic Orders—Statutory Functions, 1st Floor Annexe, 25 Eccleston Place, London SW1W 9NF; and
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Municipal Offices, 60 Southern Grove, London E3 4NP.

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.
G F Fernandes, Transport for London, Street Management
Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL.
11 April 2002.