1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (“The Council”), with the agreement of the Council of the London Boroughs of Ealing and the Council of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, on 22 August 2016 made the above-mentioned Order under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The Order will come into force on 5 September 2016.

2. The general effect of the Order will be as an experiment, to introduce a 20 mph speed limit on—

(a) all the roads and parts of roads being a public highway in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham which are not currently so restricted by speed limit Traffic Orders, except for the roads and parts of roads specified in the Schedule to this Notice;

(b) Hammersmith Bridge Road, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, from the common boundary of Nos. 92 and 94 to its junction with Castelnau; and

(c) Old Oak Road, in the London Borough of Ealing, from its junction with Westway to its junction with Uxbridge Road.

Note: This will have the effect of making the whole of Hammersmith and Fulham, part of Hammersmith Bridge Road in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and part of Old Oak Road in the London Borough of Ealing, subject to 20 mph controls for all motor vehicles, except for the exemptions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.

3. The 20 mph speed limit referred to in paragraph 2 above will not apply to any vehicle being used – (a) by Special Forces whilst responding or making preparations to respond, to a national security emergency; or (b) for emergency service purposes if staying within the speed limit will compromise emergency response times.

4. Where it appears necessary for certain purposes, the Council’s Chief Transport Planner, Transport & Highways, or some other person authorised in that behalf by him or her, may modify or suspend the Order or any provision in it, while it is in force.

5. A copy of the Order which will come into operation on 5 September 2016, and may continue in force for a period of up to 18 months as an experiment, a statement of reasons for making the Order and proceeding by way of an experiment, and any other documents giving more particulars of the Order, can be inspected and obtained during office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until the Order ceases to have effect at Transport and Highways, Environment Services, Town Hall Extension, King Street, Hammersmith, W6 9JU.

6. The Council will be considering in due course whether the provisions of the Order should be continued in force indefinitely by means of a permanent Order made under section 84(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Any person may object to the making of the permanent Order within a period of six months beginning with the day on which the experimental Order comes into force or, if the Order is varied by another Order or modified pursuant to section 10(2) of the 1984 Act, beginning with the day on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification came into force. Any such objection or other representation relating to the Order must be made in writing and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made and should be sent to the Chief Transport Planner at the address stated in paragraph 5 above.

7. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order or of any provision provided therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or any relevant regulations made thereunder have not been complied with in relation to the Order, may within six weeks of the date on which the Order is made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 23rd August 2016

Nicholas Ruxton-Boyle

Chief Transport Planner

Transport and Highways

Schedule [see paragraph 2(a)]

(exemptions from the experimental 20 mph speed limit)

The whole of the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN) including side roads.

The following boundary streets with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea—

Freston Road – from the northern wall of No. 78 Freston Road to its junction with Hunts Close; Hunt Close – from its junction with Freston Road for its entire length; Norland Road – from its junction with Queensdale Road for its entire length; Olaf Street – from its junction with Freston Road for its entire length; St. Ann’s Road – from outside St. James Road to Nos. 13-16 Dorrit House; Swanscombe Road – from its junction with St. Ann’s Road for its entire length.

The following boundary streets with the London Borough of Brent—

Harrow Road – from the north western boundary wall of No. 691 Harrow Road to the south eastern boundary wall of No. 986 Harrow Road.

The following boundary streets with the London Borough of Ealing—

Old Oak Common Lane – from its junction with Wulfstan Street to its junction with Westway and Western Avenue; The Vale – from the north-eastern extent of No. 1 The Vale to its junction with Askew Road/Old Oak Road.

The following streets in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham—

Addison Gardens – from its junction with Sinclair Gardens to the borough boundary; Alma Place – its entire length; Dawes Road – from its junction with the roundabout at Munster Road to the south-west boundary wall of No. 18 Dawes Road; Fulham Road – (a) from the north-west corner of No. 663 Fulham Road to its junction with the roundabout at Fulham Palace Road/Fulham High Street; (b) from the north-eastern corner of Nos. 517-513 Fulham Road to the borough boundary; Fulham High Street – from its junction with Putney Bridge Approach to its junction with the roundabout at Fulham Palace Road/Fulham Road; Fulham Palace Road – from the south-east corner of No. 52 Fulham Palace Road to its junction with the roundabout at Fulham Road/Fulham High Street; Goldhawk Road – from its junction with Kings Street to the north-eastern corner of No. 67 Goldhawk Road; Hammersmith Road – from a point in line with the north-eastern corner of No. 161 eastwards to the borough boundary; King’s Road – from its junction with New King’s Road to the borough boundary; Lillie Road – (a) from its junction with Fulham Palace Road to a point 3.5 metres east of its junction with Mulgrave Road; (b) from the south-western corner of No. 68 Lillie Road to the borough boundary; Munster Road – from its junction with the roundabout at Lillie Road to its junction with the roundabout at Dawes Road; New King’s Road – from its junction with Fulham High Street to its junction with King’s Road; North Pole Road – from the borough boundary to its junction with Scrubs Lane; Putney Bridge Approach – from its junction with Fulham High Street to its junction with Putney Bridge; Putney Bridge – from its junction with Putney Bridge Approach to the borough boundary; Scrubs Lane – from the borough boundary to its junction with Wood Lane; Shepherd’s Bush Road (A219) – from the north-eastern corner of Hammersmith Fire Station (Nos. 190-192) to a point in line with the south-east corner of No. 106 Shepherds Bush Road; Uxbridge Road – from its junction with Old Oak Road/Askew Road to a point in line with the north-east boundary wall of No. 15 Uxbridge Road; Wandsworth Bridge Road – from its junction with New King’s Road to the borough boundary; Wandsworth Bridge - from it junction with Wandsworth Bridge Road to the borough boundary; Wood Lane – from its junction with Scrubs Lane to its junction with Ariel Way.