(NOTE: This Notice refers to the continuation of restrictions on the movement of motor vehicles on Belvedere Road and Upper Ground around Waterloo Bridge, the conversion of the coach drop-off bays to “at any time” waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) on Waterloo Bridge Up-Ramp and a one-way working on Upper Ground with a contra-flow cycling provision as part of the South Bank Spine Route public Realm Project. These restrictions were introduced under an experimental Traffic Order but will now be continued in force indefinitely by the new Orders described below.)

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth (‘the Council’), on 1 April 2025 made the Lambeth (Moving Traffic Restrictions) (Amendment No. 5) Traffic Order 2025, The Lambeth (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 62) Traffic Order 2025 and The Lambeth (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No. 58) Traffic Order 2025, under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The general effect of the Moving Traffic Order will be to:-

(a) ban motor vehicles, proceeding in Upper Ground, past the slip road between Upper Ground and Waterloo Road (the up ramp) in a south-westerly direction;

(b) ban motor vehicles except local buses, proceeding in Upper Ground, past a point 11.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb line of Theatre Avenue, in a north-easterly direction;

(c) implement a compulsory left turn for vehicles, except cycles, traveling south-west bound in Upper Ground onto the slip road between Upper Ground and Waterloo Road (the up ramp);

(d) ban vehicles, except cycles, from entering Upper Ground at its junction with Barge House Street / Broadwall;

(e) provide a one-way working (south-west to north-east) in Upper Ground, between its junctions with Duchy Street and Barge House Street / Broadwall, with a contra-flow cycle lane.

3. The general effect of the Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Order will be to implement “at any time” waiting restrictions (indicated on the carriageway by double yellow lines) in:

(a) the slip road between Upper Ground and Waterloo Road (the up ramp), the north-east side, between a point 8.6 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Upper Ground and a point 73.4 metres south-east of that kerb-line; and

(b) Upper Ground, between its junctions with Duchy Street and Barge House Street / Broadwall.

4. The general effect of the Charged-For Parking Places Order will be to remove the coach parking places on the north-east side of the slip road between Upper Ground and Waterloo Road (the up ramp).

5. Copies of the Orders, which will come into operation on 14 April 2025, of maps of the relevant areas and of the Orders amended by these Orders are available for inspection online at: www.lambeth.gov.uk/traffic-management-orders and at the offices of Lambeth Council’s Parking and Enforcement Group (Resident 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). A copy of the Orders and the other documents are also available on request, by email to: Trafficorders@lambeth.gov.uk.

6. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Orders 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 may, within 6 weeks of the date on which these Orders were made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 4 April 2025

Ben Stevens, Highways Network Manager