Road Traffic Acts
London Borough of Newham
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
ROYAL DOCKS CORRIDOR SCHEME: WEST SILVERTOWN DLR AND VIADUCT PHASES
CHANGES TO PARKING PLACES, NEW 20MPH SPEED LIMIT, CHANGES TO TURNING MOVEMENTS AND NEW WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS
THE NEWHAM (ROYAL DOCKS WEST) (PARKING PLACES) (NO. 1, 2017) (AMENDMENT NO. 4) ORDER 2025
THE NEWHAM (20MPH SPEED LIMIT) (NO. 1) TRAFFIC ORDER 2025
THE NEWHAM (PRESCRIBED ROUTES) (NO. 1) TRAFFIC ORDER 2025
THE NEWHAM (WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTION) (AMENDMENT NO. 188) ORDER 2025
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Newham on 20 January 2025 made the above-mentioned Orders under Sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 84 (1) and (2) and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Parking Places Order will be to:
a) install a new permit holders only parking place in Knights Road, the north-west side, from a point 23.8 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of North Woolwich Road south-westward for a distance of 13.2 metres;
b) extend an existing shared use (permit holders and 4-hour cashless [pay by phone] short stay) parking place in Knights Road, the north-west side, opposite units 20 and 24 Greenshield Industrial Estate, north-eastward by 7 metres; and
c) reduce an existing parking place on the north-west side of Bradfield Road outside Nos. 30 to 40, by a distance of 16 metres south-westward from its north-eastern end which will be replaced by ‘at any time’ (double yellow line) waiting restrictions – see paragraph 5 (a) below.
3. The effect of the 20 mph Speed Limit Order will be to impose a 20 mph speed limit on motor vehicles proceeding in the roads and lengths of roads detailed in the Schedule to this Notice. Other roads which were in the notice of proposal advertised 20 December 2023 have since been included in the Newham (20 mph Speed Limit) (No.3) Order 2024 which came into effect 19 December 2024.
4. The effect of the Prescribed Routes Traffic Order will be:
a) to reverse the existing one-way working in Bradfield Road so that it flows from Knights Road to North Woolwich Road;
b) to reverse the existing one-way working in Knights Road so that it flows from North Woolwich Road to Bradfield Road;
c) to introduce right turn only from Tidal Basin Road into Silvertown Way;
d) to introduce right turn bans from Silvertown Way
(i) into Shirley Street,
(ii) into Tidal Basin Road, and
(iii) from the on-slip carriageway of Silvertown Way into the main carriageway of Silvertown Way;
e) to introduce a left turn ban from Tidal Basin Road into Silvertown Way; and
f) to introduce ‘U’ turn bans in both directions in:
(i) Connaught Bridge (between Connaught Road and North Woolwich Road);
(ii) North Woolwich Road (between Wray Avenue and Silvertown Way); and
(iii) Silvertown Way (between North Woolwich Road and Barking Road).
5. The general effect of the Waiting and Loading Order will be to introduce:
a) waiting restrictions operating ‘at any time’ (double yellow lines) in Bradfield Road, the north-west side, outside Nos. 30 to 40 for a distance of 16 metres - see paragraph 2 (c) above;
b) loading restrictions operating ‘at any time’ (double kerb blips) in:
(i) Bradfield Road, both sides, between the southern kerb-line of North Woolwich Road and a point 4.6 metres south of that kerb-line;
(ii) Knights Road, both sides, between the southern kerb-line of North Woolwich Road and a point 10.4 metres south of that kerb-line; and
c) waiting and loading restrictions operating ‘at any time’ in:
(i) North Woolwich Road, the main carriageway, both sides, between its junction with Silvertown Way and Fort Street;
(ii) Royal Crest Avenue, the westernmost north to south carriageway, so much as is public highway, both sides; and
(iii) Silvertown Way (along the main carriageway) on both sides, between its junctions with Shirley Street and North Woolwich Road; and both sides of the on-slip and off-slip carriageways.
6. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 27 January 2025 and documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection by appointment during normal office hours at Newham Dockside, 1000 Dockside Road E16 2QU, by telephoning 020 3373 6415 or by emailing traffic.orders@newham.gov.uk for a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made.
7. If any person wishes to question the validity of any of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirement of the Act or of any instrument made under the Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order is made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.
Dated 22 January 2025
JAMIE COOKE, Director of Highways, Parking and Transportation
SCHEDULE
Airport Roundabout; Barrier Point Road; Bradfield Road; Burt Road; Connaught Bridge (between its junction with North Woolwich Road and the Airport Roundabout); Dock Road; Fort Street (between the northern kerb-line of North Woolwich Road and the northern kerb-line of Pirie Street); Knights Road; North Woolwich Road; Royal Crest Avenue, the western north to south carriageway (so much as is public highway); Silvertown Way (including the on and off-slip carriageways); Thames Road, the north to south carriageway, (between the south-western kerb-line of North Woolwich Road and the east to west carriageway of Thames Road).