1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Merton, on 19 September 2017, made the above-mentioned Order under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the “Bus Priority” Order will be to revoke the Merton (Bus Priority) (No. 1) Traffic Order 2017 and re-introduce its provisions with the following amendments:-

(a) taxis will be permitted to use the bus lane in London Road, the north-west side, from a point 28 metres south-west of a point opposite the south-western kerb-line of Chatsworth Place, north-eastward to a point 10 metres south-west of a point opposite the south-western kerb-line of Langdale Avenue;

(b) local buses and pedal cycles only will be permitted in the lengths of roads specified in the Schedule to this notice, rather than buses and pedal cycles.

3. A copy of the Order, which will come into force on 29 September 2017, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order, including a plan specifying the lengths of roads affected by the Order, can be inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Order was made at Merton Link, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5DX.

4. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained 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 of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Paul McGarry, Head of futureMerton, London Borough of Merton, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden Surrey SM4 5DX

Dated: 19 September 2017.

LONDON ROAD, Mitcham

the north-west side, a north-eastbound contra-flow bus route between its junction with Raleigh Garden and its junction with Upper Green West.

LONDON ROAD, Mitcham

between the north-eastern kerb-line of Upper Green West, the south-west arm, and the southern kerb-line of St Mark’s Road.

ST MARK’S ROAD, Mitcham

the south side, a westbound bus route, from a point 6 metres west of the western kerb-line of the service road at the rear of Nos. 203 to 223 London Road, westward for a distance of 9.5 metres.