Road Traffic Acts
Transport for London
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE GLA ROADS AND GLA SIDE ROADS (CITY OF LONDON) RED ROUTE CONSOLIDATION TRAFFIC ORDER 2007 THE A10 GLA ROADS (BISHOPSGATE AND GRACECHURCH STREET) VARIATION ORDER 2023
THE GLA ROADS (CITY OF LONDON) (BUS PRIORITY) CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2009 A10 GLA ROADS (BISHOPSGATE AND GRACECHURCH STREET) ORDER 2023
THE A10 GLA ROADS (NORTON FOLGATE, BISHOPSGATE AND GRACECHURCH STREET, CITY OF LONDON) (BANNED TURNS AND PRESCRIBED ROUTE) TRAFFIC ORDER 2023
1. Transport for London, hereby gives notice that on 12th July 2023 it made the above named orders under section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
2. The GLA/2022/0073-0075 Orders 2022 (“the experimental Order”) were made under sections 9 and 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and came into force on 16th January 2022.
3. The general nature and effects of the Orders were to;
(1) prohibit any vehicle except buses and pedal cycles to turn right into Norton Folgate from Worship Street;
(2) prohibit any vehicle to turn right into Middlesex Street from Bishopsgate;
(3) prohibit any vehicle to turn right into Artillery Lane from Bishopsgate ;
(4) prohibit any vehicle except pedal cyclists to turn right into Bishopsgate from Primrose Street;
(5) prohibit any vehicle except pedal cyclists to turn right into Gracechurch Street from Cornhill;
(6) remove the ‘2 minute pick up and set down only’ parking bay outside No.155 Bishopsgate replacing it with double red lines (no stopping at any time);
(7) change the operational timings of the loading and unloading only bay outside Nos.152-154 Bishopsgate from no stopping at any time except 10am-4pm and 7pm-7am loading for a maximum 20 minutes to no stopping at any time except Monday to Sunday 7pm-7am and Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm loading for a maximum of 20 minutes;
(8) change the operational timings of the loading, unloading and disabled persons’ vehicle bay outside No.1 Bishopsgate from no stopping at any time except 10am-4pm and 7pm-7am loading for a maximum 20 minutes and disabled persons vehicles to park for a maximum of 3 hours to no stopping at any time except Monday to Sunday 7pm-7am and Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm loading for a maximum of 20 minutes and disabled persons vehicles to park for a maximum of 3 hours;
(9) prohibit any vehicles except buses and pedal cycles to proceed in northerly direction on Bishopsgate each Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm on the western kerb-line of Bishopsgate between its junction with Liverpool Street and a point 10 metres in northerly direction;
(10) prohibit any vehicles except buses and pedal cycles to proceed in southerly direction on Bishopsgate each Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm on the western kerb-line of Bishopsgate between its junction with Middlesex Street and a point 11 metres in southerly direction;
(11) formalise the removal of the loading and unloading bay adjacent to No.78 Bishopsgate replacing it with double red lines (no stopping at any time);
(12) formalise the removal of the ‘2 minute pick up and set down only’ parking and disabled persons’ vehicle bay outside No.55 Bishopsgate replacing it with double red lines (no stopping at any time);
(13) formalise the removal of licensed taxi bay outside No.55 Bishopsgate replacing it with double red lines (no stopping at any time);
(14) prohibit any vehicles except local buses and pedal cycles to proceed in southerly direction on Bishopsgate each Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm on the eastern kerb-line of Bishopsgate between its junction with Threadneedle Street and a point 8 metres in south-westerly direction;
(15) change the operational timings of the loading, unloading and disabled persons’ vehicle bay outside No.7 Gracechurch Street from no stopping at any time except 10am-4pm loading for a maximum 20 minutes and disabled persons vehicles to park for a maximum of 3 hours to no stopping at any time except Monday to Sunday 7pm-7am and Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm loading for a maximum of 20 minutes and disabled persons vehicles to park for a maximum of 3 hours;
(16) change the operational timings of the loading, unloading and disabled persons’ vehicle bay outside Nos.77-82 Gracechurch Street from no stopping at any time except 10am-4pm and 7am-7pm except loading for a maximum 20 minutes and disabled persons vehicles to park for a maximum of 3 hours to no stopping at any time except Monday to Sunday 7pm-7am and Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm loading for a maximum of 20 minutes and disabled persons vehicles to park for a maximum of 3 hours and move the bay 18 metres in a northerly direction;
(17) prohibit any vehicles except local buses and pedal cycles to proceed in southerly direction on Gracechurch Street each Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm between its junction with Eastcheap to a point 30 metres in north-easterly direction;
(18) prohibit any vehicles except local buses and pedal cycles to proceed in northerly direction on Gracechurch Street each Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm on the western kerb-line of Gracechurch Street(central link) between its junction with King William Street to a point 20 metres in north-easterly direction;
(19) prohibit any vehicles except local buses and pedal cycles to proceed in northerly direction on Gracechurch Street each Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm between its junction with Lombard Street and for a point 12 metres in the northerly direction;
(20) prohibit any vehicles except local buses and pedal cycles to proceed in northerly direction on Bishopsgate each Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm between its junction with Cornhill and for a point 19 metres in the northerly direction;
(21) prohibit any vehicles except local buses and pedal cycles to proceed in southerly direction on Gracechurch Street each Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm between its junction with Leadenhall Street and for a point 6 metres in the southerly direction.
This Order will also:
(22) require all vehicles proceeding on Liverpool Street to turn right only upon reaching its junction with Bishopsgate;
(23) require all vehicles except pedal cycles to turn left into Gracechurch Street at its junction with Fenchurch Street;
(24) allow all vehicles to turn left into Bishopsgate from Cornhill;
(25) require all vehicles travelling northbound on Gracechurch Street upon reaching its junction with Lombard Street to proceed in an ahead only direction, except buses and pedal cycles who will be permitted to turn right into Fenchurch Street and pedal cycles who will be permitted to turn left into Lombard Street.
4. Transport for London has carefully considered whether or not the provisions of the experimental Orders should be continued indefinitely and has decided that they should be so continued.
5. Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on Local Authorities’ by section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and in accordance with regulation 23 of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996, Transport for London has made the GLA/2023/0452-0454 Orders 2023 (“the permanent Order”). Those Orders will come into force on 15th July 2023, and the effect of those Orders will be to continue in force indefinitely the provisions of the experimental Orders.
6. The roads affected by the permanent Orders are the A10 GLA Roads – Norton Folgate, Bishopsgate and Gracechurch Street.
7. A copy of the permanent Orders, a map indicating the location and effect of the Orders and a copy of the experimental Orders can be inspected by appointment at our offices at the address below by emailing trafficordersection@tfl.gov.uk. Copies of the documents may be requested via email at trafficordersection@tfl,gov.uk, or by post at the following address quoting reference NP/REGULATION/STOT/SW/TRO/GLA/2023/0452-0454:
• Transport for London
Streets Traffic Order Team
(NP/REGULATION/STOT)
Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road
London, SE1 8NJ
Please note access to post may be restricted and requests for documents may be delayed due to hybrid working.
8. Any person wishing to question the validity of the permanent Order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that they are not within the relevant powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirement of the Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which that Order is made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.
Dated this 14th day of July 2023
Gerard O’ Toole
Network Regulation Manager
Transport for London
