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London Councils

AMENDMENT OF THE LONDON LORRY CONTROL SCHEME

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PROPOSAL

THE GREATER LONDON (RESTRICTION OF GOODS VEHICLES) TRAFFIC ORDER 1985 (AMENDMENT NO. 11) ORDER 2025

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the London Councils Transport and Environment Committee proposes to make the above-mentioned Order (“the Proposed Order”) under sections 6 and 124 of, and Part IV of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“1984 Act”) (as amended and, as set out in the order, section 101(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

2. The Proposed Order further amends The Greater London (Restriction of Goods Vehicles) Traffic Order 1985 to take into consideration The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, by providing for an exemption from access restrictions in the London Lorry Control Scheme for relevant zero emission two axle vehicles not exceeding 20T to encourage use of these vehicle types. The Order also makes minor changes to the Excluded Road Network (“ERN”) as set out in the Schedule to the Principal Order.

3. The general effect of the Proposed Order will be to remove the ERN in boroughs where it is no longer required due to land use and/or network changes, to create and rename existing ERN in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London Borough of Newham and London Borough of Tower Hamlets for the new Silvertown Tunnel link including direct access roads.

4. The roads affected by the Proposed Order are as follows:

a. Royal Borough of Greenwich: Blackwall Tunnel Approach Crossover, Boord Street, Edmund Halley Way, John Harrison Way, Millenium Way, Olympian Way, Peartree Way, Silvertown Tunnels, Silvertown Tunnel Southern Approach, West Parkside.

b. London Borough of Haringey: Broad Lane..

c. London Borough of Newham: Lower Lea Crossing, Silvertown Tunnels, Silvertown Tunnel Northern Approach, Silvertown Way off- slip, Tidal Basin Roundabout.

d. London Borough of Redbridge: Forest Road.

e. London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Blackwall Tunnels, Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach, Leamouth Road, Lower Lea Crossing, Orchard Place.

5. A copy of the Proposed Order and of The Greater London (Restriction of Goods Vehicles) Traffic Order 1985, as amended, can be inspected at London Councils London Lorry Control Scheme Webpage https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/london-lorry-control-llcs and during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays excluding bank holidays and public holidays until the end of 6 weeks from the date on which the Proposed Order is made, at London Councils, 4th floor, 12 Arthur Street, London EC4R 9AB.

6. Any person desiring to object to the provisions of the Proposed Order may, within a period of twenty- one days beginning with the date of this notice, write to the address below, stating the grounds of their objection.

Date of notice: 24 April 2025

ANDREW LUCK, Transport Manager, Traffic Management Order London Lorry Control Scheme London Councils, 4th floor, 12 Arthur Street,London EC4R 9AB