Notice is hereby given that on 1 June 2020 the Council of the London Borough of Camden made the above order under Sections 6 and 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The general nature and effect of the order is set out below:

SHAFTESBURY AVENUE - Vehicular entry prohibited at all times to the section of Shaftesbury Avenue which run south-west from the junction with Coptic Street adjacent to nos. 210-236 Shaftesbury Avenue, and the section which lies adjacent to the Shaftesbury Theatre (the eastern arms). Cyclists are exempted from this restriction. A lane for vehicles will be provided between the junctions with West Central Street and Grape Street along which vehicles must proceed from north-east to south-west only.

Vehicles will be permitted to travel both in both directions along the section of Shaftesbury Avenue which lies adjacent to the Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church and the section which lies adjacent to nos. 219-229 Shaftesbury Avenue.

WEST CENTRAL STREET - Traffic to proceed in one direction only, from the junction with Museum Street towards the junction with Shaftesbury Avenue

HIGH HOLBORN - Vehicular traffic to be permitted to proceed eastwards in High Holborn between the junctions with St. Giles High Street and Museum Street. Vehicles travelling eastwards must not proceed past the junction with Museum Street and must turn left.

BUCKNALL STREET - Vehicles to be prohibited from turning left into Shaftesbury Avenue.

These proposals were initially published on 16 April 2020 together with further proposals. A decision in respect of the remaining proposals has been deferred. Copies of the order, which will come into force on 8 June 2020, and the Council’s Statement of Reasons for making the orders may be obtained by contacting traffic.orders@camden.gov.uk or inspected at 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG, London. 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 powers conferred by 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 may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Peter Mardell, Head of Parking Operations

4 June 2020