The Traffic Director for London

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A13 TRUNK ROAD (TOWER HAMLETS) RED ROUTE EXPERIMENTAL TRAFFIC ORDER 1998

The Traffic Director for London, following a direction given to him by the Secretary of State under section 58(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 to implement a Trunk Road Local Plan, hereby gives notice that he made the above-named experimental Order under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on 18th December 1998. The Order comes into effect on 15th January 1999 and can remain in force for up to 18 months. 2. The general nature of the Order will be to introduce new Red Route controls on the A13 Trunk Road in Tower Hamlets which will include: (a) double red line controls prohibiting stopping at any time at locations where stationary vehicles cause danger or congestion at any time; (b) single red line controls prohibiting stopping at any time during the working day at locations where stationary vehicles cause danger or congestion during busy day time periods; (c) boxes marked on the carriageway where demand exists for loading/unloading at locations and times where stationary vehicles do not cause congestion or danger; (d) exemptions to the new Red Route controls will be few but do allow for boarding and alighting from buses, taxis and disabled persons’ vehicles; (e) disabled persons’ vehicles will be able to park in some loading boxes for up to 3 hours when these boxes operate. 3. The roads affected by the Order are Commercial Road and East India Dock Road. 4. While the Order is in force the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, may modify or suspend the Order or any provisions in it if it appears essential to do so for certain purposes. 5. In due course the Traffic Director for London will be considering whether or not the provisions of the Order should be continued in force indefinitely. Within the period of 6 months from the coming into force of the Order, or if the Order is subsequently varied by another Order or modified, from the coming into force of that variation or modification (whichever is the latest), any person may object to the making of an Order to continue indefinitely those provisions. Any such objection must be made in writing, giving the grounds on which it is made, and sent to the Traffic Director for London, College House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LN, quoting Ref. A8.1.4.TO/461. Any objection may be communicated to other persons who may be affected. 6. A copy of the Order, a statement of the Traffic Director for London’s reasons for the proposals and for proceeding by way of experiment, a map indicating the location and effect of the Order and copies of any Order revoked, suspended or varied by the Order can be inspected during normal office hours at the offices of The Traffic Director for London, College House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LN, and London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG. 7. The documents will be available for inspection during the period within which objections can be made in accordance with paragraph 5 above. 8. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained in it on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers or that any of the relevant requirements have not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. D. Turner, Traffic Director for London 7th January 1999.