Statutory Instruments
1995 No. 2443
ROAD TRAFFIC
The A20 Trunk Road (Greenwich) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1995
Made
8th September 1995
Coming into force
10th November 1995
The Traffic Director for London, in accordance with a direction given to him by the Secretary of State for Transport under section 58(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991(1) and in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(2), and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:
Commencement and citation
1. This Order may be cited as the A20 Trunk Road (Greenwich) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1995, and shall come into force on 10th November 1995.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
(a)a reference to an article or a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the article of, or the schedule to, this Order so numbered;
(b)“carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980(3);
(c)causing includes permitting;
(d)“disabled person”, “disabled person’s badge” and “disabled person’s vehicle” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986(4), and “relevant position” in relation to a disabled person’s badge has the same meaning as in regulation 2A of those regulations;
(e)“the trunk road red route” means the lengths of road specified in column 2 of the table in schedule 1;
(f)“vehicle” includes part of a vehicle; and
(g)an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in a schedule to this order applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule.
General prohibition of stopping
3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, and of articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop in the trunk road red route during the restricted hours.
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, and of articles 5(1), 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop at any time in any lengths of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 4.
(3) The controls specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article do not apply in respect of any area of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 2A.
(4) In this article “the restricted hours” means, in relation to a length of the trunk road red route specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 1, the hours specified in that item in column (3) of that table.
Exemptions for parking
4. The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Miscellaneous exemptions for parking
5.—(1) Licensed taxi cabs: The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle being used under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869(5) to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in schedule 2D.
(2) Coaches: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver) or a local bus (as defined in article 8(4)) not so constructed or adapted, to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2E during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
(3) Doctors' vehicles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2F during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, provided that—
(a)there is displayed in the windscreen of the vehicle a badge issued by, or with the authority of, the Traffic Director for London to a medical practitioner, and which specifies—
(i)the name of the person to whom it was issued, and
(ii)the premises in relation to which it applies; and
(b)the vehicle was parked by, or with the permission of, the person whose name is specified on the badge and for so long only as the person who parked the vehicle is engaged in work at the premises specified on the badge.
(4) Solo motor bicycles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a motor bicycle without a side-car to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2G during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
Exemptions for loading and unloading
6. The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which is being loaded or unloaded to stop at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the tables in schedules 3A and 3B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for as long as is needed to load or unload the vehicle or 20 minutes, whichever is the less, provided that not less than 20 minutes has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Exemptions for disabled persons
7.—(1) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
(2) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2C during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
(3) The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position, and a parking disc on which is shown the time at which the period of parking began, to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 3A during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, for a period of up to 3 hours not being a period separated by an interval of less than 1 hour from a previous period when that vehicle was parked in that length of road.
Exemptions at bus stops and stands
8.—(1) The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to which this article applies to stop at a bus stop (being an area of road bounded by a traffic sign which includes the words “bus stop”) for so long only as may be required to enable passengers to get on or off the vehicle or, in the case of a vehicle being used to provide a local service, for so long only as may be required for a change of crew.
(2) The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle being used to provide a local service to stop at a bus stand (being an area of road bounded by a traffic sign which includes the words “bus stand”) for so long only as may be required for timetabling reasons.
(3) This article applies—
(a)before 1st January 1997 to
(i)a public service vehicle used for the provision of a local service or a scheduled express service,
(ii)a school bus, and
(iii)a works bus; and
(b)after 31st December 1996 to
(i)a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver), and
(ii)a local bus not so constructed or adapted.
(4) In this article “local bus”, “local service”, “scheduled express service”, “school bus” and “works bus” have the meanings given to those expressions in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994(6).
Other exemptions
9.—(1) The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to stop if that person is—
(a)required by law to cause the vehicle to stop or not to proceed;
(b)obliged to stop the vehicle so as to avoid an accident;
(c)prevented from proceeding in the vehicle by circumstances beyond the person’s control;
(d)getting or giving help in consequence of an accident or an emergency, or otherwise taking action for public safety;
(e)opening or closing a gate or other barrier at the entrance to premises to which the vehicle is being driven or from which it has emerged if it is not reasonably practicable to cause the vehicle to stop elsewhere for the purpose;
(f)using the vehicle for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(g)using the vehicle in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
(h)using the vehicle in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any length of road specified in schedule 1;
(i)using the vehicle under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a passenger to get on or off the vehicle; or
(j)using a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a disabled person to get on or off the vehicle.
(2) The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a vehicle which bears the Royal Mail livery which is waiting at the edge of a carriageway for as long as may be necessary for the purpose of collecting or delivering letters in pursuance of any statutory duty of the Post Office to collect or deliver letters.
(3) The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
Power to modify or suspend this Order
10. If it appears to the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic, or of the provision of suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway, or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by this Order runs, and after consulting with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, he may modify or suspend any provision of this Order, save that no modification shall make an addition.
Suspensions of existing Orders
11.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the Greenwich (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1994 [LBG TMO 1994 017] is hereby suspended, in so far as its provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route.
(2) The suspension specified in paragraph (1) of this article shall take effect in respect of any provision contained in the Greenwich (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1994 [LBG TMO 1994 017] only from the time at which the traffic sign indicating the effect of that provision has been obliterated.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
8th September 1995
Articles 2 and 3(1)
SCHEDULE 1The Trunk Road Red Route.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
Item
Length of Road
Restricted Hours
A20 Sidcup Road
1.
East side from it junction with A205 Westhorne Avenue at Cliftons roundabout south to a point 1.5 metres south of the line of the common boundary of 186 and 188 Sidcup Road.
7am-7pm Monday-Saturday Inclusive
2.
West side from its junction with A205 Westhorne Avenue at Cliftons roundabout south to a point in line with the line of the common boundary of 186 and 188 Sidcup Road.
3.
Both sides from the line of the common boundary of 463 and 465 Sidcup Road south east to the boundary of the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley, including those accesses situated on the north east side of Sidcup Road between the junction with Court Road and 551 Sidcup Road, and the access situated between 753 and 755 Sidcup Road, to the rear of the public highway.
Article 3(3)
SCHEDULE 2ALengths of the trunk road red route to which the prohibitions and restrictions specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply.
Table
(1)
(2)
Item
Length of Road
1.
A20 Sidcup Road—A20 Sidcup Road west side, all that part of footway defined as between 0.6 and 2.4 metres west of the western kerbline of Sidcup Road and extending between a in line with the line of the common boundary of 180 and 182 Sidcup Road to a line 26 metres north of the common boundary 130 and 132 Sidcup Road perpendicular to the western kerbline of Sidcup Road.
Articles 4 and 7(1)
SCHEDULE 2BLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for parking and disabled person’s vehicles.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Item
Length of Road
Restricted Hours
Maximum Period of Parking
Minimum Interval
A20 Sidcup Road
2.
North east side from the line of the common boundary of 731 and 733 Sidcup Road to the line of the north western boundary of 743 Sidcup Road.
7am-7pm Monday-Saturday Inclusive
20 minutes
40 minutes
3.
South west side from the line of the common boundary of 746 and 748 Sidcup Road to a point 2 metres north west of the line of the common boundary of 740 and 742 Sidcup Road.
Article 7(2)
SCHEDULE 2CLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for parking by disabled person’s vehicles only.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
Item
Length of Road
Restricted Hours
No items.
Article 5(1)
SCHEDULE 2DLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for licensed taxi cabs only.
Table
(1)
(2)
Item
Length of Road
No items.
Article 5(2)
SCHEDULE 2ELengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for coaches only.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Item
Length of Road
Restricted Hours
Maximum Period of Parking
Minimum Interval
No items.
Article 5(3)
SCHEDULE 2FLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for doctor’s vehicles.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
Item
Length of Road
Restricted Hours
No items.
Article 5(4)
SCHEDULE 2GLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for solo motor bicycles only.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
Item
Length of Road
Restricted Hours
No items.
Articles 6 and 7(3)
SCHEDULE 3ALengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for loading or unloading and for disabled person’s vehicles.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
Item
Length of Road
Restricted Hours
A20 Sidcup Road
1.
North east side from the line of the north western boundary of 743 Sidcup Road south east for a distance of 30 metres.
7am-7pm Monday-Saturday Inclusive
2.
South west side from a point 4 metres north west of the south eastern boundary of 754 Sidcup Road to the line of the common boundary of 746 and 748 Sidcup Road.
Article 6
SCHEDULE 3BLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for loading or unloading.
Table
(1)
(2)
(3)
Item
Length of Road
Restricted Hours
No items.
Article 3(2)
SCHEDULE 4Lengths of the trunk road red route on which stopping is prohibited at all times.
Table
(1)
(2)
Item
Length of Road
A20 Sidcup Road
1.
East side from its junction with A205 Westhorne Avenue at Cliftons roundabout to a point 1.5 metres south of the line of the common boundary of 11 & 12 Ryelands Crescent.
2.
West side from its junction with Westhorne Avenue at Cliftons roundabout to a point in line with the line of the common boundary of 13 & 14 Ryelands Crescent.
3.
North east side from a point 5 metres south east of the line of the common boundary of 485 and 487 Sidcup Road and a point 67 metres south east of its junction with Court Road, including those accesses between the junction with Court Road and 561 Sidcup Road, to the rear of the public highway.
4.
North east side from a point 5 metres north west of the line of the common boundary of 727 & 729 Sidcup Road to the line of the common boundary of 731 & 733 Sidcup Road.
5.
South west side from its junction with West Park to a point 59 metres south east of its junction with Court Road.
6.
South west side from a point 1.5 metres north west of the line of the south east boundary of 726 Sidcup Road to a point 2 metres north west of the common boundary of 740 & 742 Sidcup Road.
(1)
1991 c. 40.
(2)
1984 c. 27.
(3)
1980 c. 66.
(4)
S.I. 1986/178 as amended by S.I. 1991/2709.
(5)
1869 c. 115.
(6)
S.I. 1994/1519.
