London Borough of Enfield

BULLSMOOR LANE-INTRODUCTION OF BUS LANES AND ADDITIONAL BUS STOP CLEARWAYS. CHANGES TO WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS AND THE REMOVAL OF A SCHOOL ENTRANCE MARKING

Further information may be obtained by telephoning Traffic Engineering, telephone No. 0181-379 3549.

Notice is hereby given that the Council of the London Borough of Enfield on 22nd March 1999 made:
(a) the Enfield (Bus Lane) (No. 1) Traffic Order 1999;
(b) the Enfield (Restriction of Waiting on Bus Stops) (Special Parking Area) (No. 1, 1997) (Amendment No. 17) Traffic Order 1999;
(c) the Enfield (Prohibition of Stopping Outside Schools) (Special Parking Area) (Amendment No. 3) Order 1999;
(d) the Enfield (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Special Parking Area) (Amendment No. 138) Order 1999;
under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Local Government Act 1985 and the Road Traffic Act 1991.
2. The general effect of the Bus Lane Order will be to prohibit all vehicles from being in the areas of carriageway (to be known as “the bus lanes”) lying within or adjacent to the lengths of Bullsmoor Lane specified in Schedule 1 to this notice and:
(a) between the north-eastern kerb-line of that road and a longitudinal white single line marked on the carriageway of that road, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays inclusive;
(b) between the south-eastern kerb-line of that road and a longitudinal white single line marked on the carriageway of that road, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays inclusive;
3. The prohibitions referred to in paragraph 2 above will not apply to:
(a) a bus; or
(b) a pedal cycle; or
(c) a licensed taxi;
(d) a dial-a-Ride vehicle;
(e) a vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes if it is reasonably necessary for that vehicle to be in either bus lane; or
(f) any vehicle being used in connection with the removal of any obstruction in either bus lane;
(g) any vehicle being used for purposes in connection with the statutory powers or duties of a local authority or the supply of gas, water or electricity, or in connection with any building operation, demolition or excavation in or adjacent to either bus lane, provided that in all the circumstances it is reasonably necessary for the vehicle to be in either bus lane; or
(h) any vehicle which bears the Royal Mail livery:
(i) while postal packets addressed to premises adjacent to either bus lane are being unloaded from that vehicle or, having been unloaded therefrom, are being delivered; or
(ii) while postal packets are being collected for loading on the vehicle from premises or posting boxes adjacent to either bus lane or, having been so collected, are being loaded thereon;
(i) any vehicle in either bus lane for the sole purpose of waiting for as long as may be necessary to enable a person suffering from any disability or injury (including blindness) which seriously impairs his ability to walk to board or alight from that vehicle; or
(j) any vehicle in either bus lane:
(i) from any vehicular accessway or crossing over the footway adjoining either bus lane if that vehicle forthwith leaves the bus lane at a point opposite that vehicular accessway or crossing;
(ii) from any part of Bullsmoor Lane which does not comprise either bus lane at a point opposite any vehicular accessway or crossing over the footway adjoining the bus lane if that vehicle forthwith enters that vehicular accessway or crossing;
(k) any vehicle if the driver thereof is obliged to be in either bus lane in order to avoid an accident and forthwith causes that vehicle to leave the bus lane; or
(l) any vehicle if the driver thereof is required by law to stop and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter causes that vehicle to leave either bus lane; or
(m) anything done:
(i) with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden;
(ii) in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed on the highway by or on behalf of the Metropolitan Police.
4. The general effect of the restriction of waiting on bus stops Order will be to prohibit vehicles from stopping at any time throughout the week on the areas of carriageway of the street specified in Schedule 2 to this notice and which areas will be marked on the carriageway by yellow “bus stop” markings and by a solid yellow line within those markings;
5. The prohibitions referred to in paragraph 4 above will not apply:
(a) to a bus, whilst picking up or setting down passengers; or
(b) to a taxi, whilst picking up or setting down passengers; or
(c) to a vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes; or
(d) in certain circumstances, to a vehicle being used in the service of a local authority, to a vehicle being used in connection with building operations, etc., adjacent to the bus stop or the removal of any obstruction to traffic or the repair, etc., of the highway or of any service therein; or
(e) where the person in control of the vehicle is required by law to stop, or does so in order to avoid an accident; or
(f) to anything done with the permission of a police constable in uniform, a traffic warden or a parking attendant.
6. The general effect of the prohibition of stopping outside schools Order will be to amend the Enfield (Prohibition of Stopping Outside Schools) (Special Parking Area) (No. 1) Order 1995, so that the restrictions imposed by that Order which apply in the length of Bullsmoor Lane specified in Schedule 3 to this notice will be revoked.
7. The general effect of the waiting and loading restriction Order will be further to amend the Enfield (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Special Parking Area) Order 1994, so that:
(a) waiting by vehicles including for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle will be prohibited between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays inclusive, in the lengths of streets specified in Schedule 4 to this notice;
(b) the sale or offer for sale of goods from a vehicle in the lengths of streets referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above will be prohibited, except on a Sunday, unless there is in force a valid licence issued by the Enfield Borough Council or the goods are immediately taken into or delivered at premises adjacent to the vehicle from which the sale is effected;
(c) the use of any vehicle or of any animal or the wearing of fancy dress or other costume, wholly or mainly for the purpose of advertising in the lengths of streets referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above, will be prohibited.
8. The prohibitions referred to in paragraph 7(a) above will not apply in respect of anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform, a traffic warden or a parking attendant or in certain circumstances, e.g., the picking up or setting down of passengers; the carrying out of statutory powers or duties; the taking in of petrol, etc., from roadside petrol stations; to licensed street traders, etc.
9. A copy of each of the Orders, which will come into operation on 26th April 1999, of maps indicating the location and effect of the Orders, of the Council’s statement of reasons for proposing to make the Orders and of the Enfield (Restriction of Waiting on Bus Stops) (Special Parking Area) (No. 1) Traffic Order 1997, the Enfield (Prohibition of Stopping Outside Schools) (Special Parking Area) Order 1995 and the Enfield (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Special Parking Area) Order 1994 (and of the Orders which have previously amended those Orders) can be inspected at the Reception Desk, “B” Block, the Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, Middlesex EN1 3XD, during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive, until the end of 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders were made.
10. Copies of the Orders may be obtained from Traffic Engineering, the Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, Middlesex EN1 3XD.
11. Any person desiring to question the validity of any of the Orders only 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 any of the Orders may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.
P. Gardner, Assistant Director (Operational Services)
Schedule 1
Bus Lanes—7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mondays to Saturdays inclusive
Bullsmore Lane:
(a) the north-east side, between the common boundary of Nos. 107 and 109 Bullsmore Lane and a point 3.3 metres south-east of the north-western wall of No. 53 Bullsmoor Lane;
(b) the south-east side, between a point 8.5 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 143 and 145 Bullsmoor Lane and a point opposite the north-eastern boundary of No. 1 Bullsmoor Ride.
Schedule 2
Bus Stop Clearways—At Any Time throughout the week
Bullsmoor Lane:
(a) the north-east and north-west side:
(i) from a point 14.5 metres north-east of a point opposite the north-eastern wall of No. 235 Bullsmoor Lane north-eastward for a distance of 19 metres;
(ii) from a point 0.7 metres north-west of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 91 and 93 Bullsmoor Lane south-eastward for a distance of 19 metres;
(iii) from a point 1.7 metres north-west of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 27 and 29 Bullsmoor Lane south-eastward for a distance of 23 metres;
(b) south-east and south-west side:
(i) from a point 5.6 metres north-east of a point opposite the north-eastern wall of No. 235 Bullsmoor Lane north-eastward for a distance of 23 metres;
(ii) from the common boundary of Nos. 131 and 133 Bullsmoor Lane north-eastward for a distance of 23 metres;
(iii) from a point 3.8 metres north-west of a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 84 and 86 Bullsmoor Lane south-eastward for a distance of 23 metres;
(iv) from a point 5.5 metres north-west of the common boundary of Nos. 10 and 12 Bullsmoor Lane north-westward for a distance of 23 metres.
Schedule 3
School entrance marking to be revoked
Bullsmoor Lane, the south and south-west side, from a point 5 metres north-west of the south-western kerb-line of Windward Close north-westward for a distance of 25.56 metres.
Schedule 4
Waiting and Loading Restrictions—7 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive
Bullsmoor Lane:
(a) the north-east side, between a point 20.50 metres north-west of the common boundary of Nos. 109 and 111 Bullsmoor Lane and a point 3.3 metres south-east of a point opposite the north-western wall of No. 53 Bullsmoor Lane;
(b) the south-east side, between a point 21.5 metres north-east of the common boundary of Nos. 143 and 145 Bullsmoor Lane and a point opposite the north-eastern boundary of No. 1 Bullsmoor Ride.
Langdale Gardens, between the north-eastern kerb-line of Bullsmoor Lane and a point 10 metres north-east of that kerb-line.
Note.  The Council gave notice of its intention, 6th January 1999, to introduce waiting restrictions, bus stop clearways and bus lanes in Bullsmoor Lane and to revoke a school entrance marking in Bullsmoor Lane. Following objections and a petition which were considered by the Council; the Council decided on 18th February 1999, to proceed with those proposals with a modification to the waiting restrictions. Therefore Orders have been made in respect of the proposals and the modification.