Road Traffic Acts

LambethSW2 1EG51.45931-0.117273Road Traffic Regulation Act 19842023-08-25TSO (The Stationery Office), customer.services@thegazette.co.uk442868664156

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

CONTINUATION ON BAN ON NORTH-EASTBOUND MOTOR VEHICLES USING LARKHALL RISE AS A THROUGH ROUTE AT THE BRIDGE OVER

THE RAILWAY AND RE-ARRANGEMENT OF CYCLE LANES [

NOTE: This Notice is about continuing indefinitely the ban of motor vehicles from proceeding on Larkhall Rise bridge in a north-easterly direction while making changes to the way pedal cyclists can cross the bridge so as to provide sections of carriageway for pedestrian use.

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth on 25 August 2023 made the Lambeth (Prescribed Routes) (No. 6) Traffic Order 2023 under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The general effect of the Order, which will be to continue: -

(a) Continue the ban on motor vehicles from proceeding in a north-easterly direction in the part of Larkhall Rise that comprises the bridge over the railway (between Edgeley Road and No. 63 Larkhall Rise); and,

(b) Continue the ban on all vehicles, except pedal cycles in the middle of the road, from proceeding in a south-westerly direction in the part of Larkhall Rise described in 2(a).

3. The Order is necessary to reduce traffic flows on Larkhall Rise below the upper limit for a Healthy Street and to create a safer route for cycling and improved pedestrian facilities.

4. If you have any enquiries about this matter, please contact the Council’s Environment Team by email to: healthyroutes@lambeth.gov.uk.

5. A copy of each of the proposed Orders and other documents giving detailed particulars about them are available for inspection online at: www.lambeth.gov.uk/traffic-management-orders and at the offices of Lambeth Council’s Highways and Enforcement Team (Resident’s Services), 3rd Floor, Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1EG, between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive (except on bank/public holidays), until the Orders cease to have effect. To arrange inspection please telephone 020 7926 0209 or email: Trafficorders@lambeth.gov.uk

6. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders are made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 25 August 2023

Ben Stevens, Highway Network Manager