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This Order revokes and re-enacts with minor amendments the provisions of the Urban Clearways (Belfast) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1981 as amended, the Urban Clearways (Londonderry) Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 as amended and the Urban Clearways (Armagh) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995. The effect of the Order is to prohibit the waiting by vehicles with certain exemptions on the carriageways of the roads and lengths of road specified in Schedule 1 (commonly referred to as “clearways”) during peak traffic periods from Monday to Friday and in some cases prohibits the waiting by vehicles at any time.
The amendments are to the descriptions of clearways in Ballygowan Road, Castlereagh; Craigavon Bridge, Foyle Embankment, Foyle Road, Foyle Street, Limavady Road, Strand Road and Victoria Road, Londonderry; Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey; and to clearways in the following roads in Belfast: Albert Square, Antrim Road, Beersbridge Road, Botanic Avenue, Broadway, Castlereagh Road, College Park, Cregagh Road, Custom House Square, Dee Street, Donegall Quay, Donegall Street, Knock Road, Malone Road, Oldpark Road, Queen’s Square, Sydenham Road, Upper Lisburn Road, Upper Newtownards Road and Waring Street.
In Belfast, Upper Library Street is now re-named Carrick Hill; the Inner Ring Road is now re-described as Dunbar Link and Great Patrick Street; and the Outer Ring Road is now re-described as Hawthornden Way and Parkway.
In Londonderry, Foyle Bridge and its approach roads are now re-described as Madam’s Bank Road (including Foyle Bridge); Mill Street is now re-named Waterside Link; and the roundabout at the west end of Craigavon Bridge is now named Carlisle Square.
Any person who acts in contravention of the Order shall be guilty of an offence under the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (£1,000).
Traffic signs indicating the effect of the Order have been erected on the roads.
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