Road Traffic Acts
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
PEDAL CYCLEWAY 35: BERMONDSEY TO PECKHAM
THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK CYCLE TRACKS ORDER (PEDAL CYCLEWAYS) (NO. 7) 2020
THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (PRESCRIBED ROUTES) (COMMERCIAL WAY AND SUMNER ROAD) TRAFFIC ORDER 2020
THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS) (AMENDMENT NO. 98) ORDER 2020
1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 30 January 2020 it has made the above orders under sections 6 and 124 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or in the case of the cycle tracks order, under section 3 of the Cycle Tracks Act 1984, as amended, following the procedure set out in the Cycle Tracks Regulations 1984.
2. The general effect of the prescribed routes and the waiting and loading restrictions orders, are:-
(a) COMMERCIAL WAY to prohibit vehicles, except pedal cycles using the segregated two-way cycle track, from entering into or proceeding in that part of Sumner Road which is north of its junction with Commercial Way;
(b) SUMNER ROAD to prohibit northbound vehicles, except pedal cycles using the segregated two-way cycle track, from entering into or proceeding in that part of Sumner Road which is north of its junction with Commercial Way;
(c) introduce new, and convert existing single yellow line waiting restrictions to, ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions in: COOPER’S ROAD both sides at its junction with Rolls Road, south-east side at its junction with Harmony Place and its junction Mawbey Place; GLENGALL ROAD north-east side at its junction with Old Kent Road, and across the pinch-point north of Bianca Road; MAWBEY PLACE both sides at its junction with Cooper's Road; MAWBEY ROAD both sides at its junction with Mawbey Place; OXLEY CLOSE both sides at its junction with Rolls Road; and ROLLS ROAD both sides at its junction with Cooper’s Road and at its junction with Oxley Close so as to accommodate the provision of a new footway and carriageway layout in the Cycleway route.
3. The general effect of the cycle tracks order, in conjunction with the powers conferred by section 65(1) of the Highways Act 1980, are to introduce two-way segregated cycle tracks for use of pedal cycles only each of 2.5m in width and on the western footway at the following locations:- (a) west of Trafalgar Avenue, between a point 6 metres south of the southern kerb-line of Neate Street to a point 29 metres south of that kerb-line; (b) west of Trafalgar Avenue, between a point 51 metres south of the southern kerb-line of Neate Street and the northern kerb-line of St George’s Way; (c) west of Sumner Road, between the southern kerb-line of St George’s Way and the northern kerb-line of Davey Street; (d) west of Sumner Road, between the southern kerb-line of Davey Street and the north-western kerb-line of Sumner Road (o/s No. 40 Sumner Road); and (e) west of Sumner Road and across its junction with Commercial Way, between a point 4 metres north of the northern kerb-line of Commercial Way and a point 12 metres south of the southern kerb-line of Commercial Way.
4. Copies of the orders, which will come into force on 3 February 2020, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 020 7525 3497 or for details.
5. Any person desiring to question the validity of the order/s 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/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.
Dated 30 Jan 2020
Nicky Costin - Parking and Network Management Business Unit Manager, Regulatory Services
