Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

92 Bollards and other obstructions outside Greater London. E+W+S

(1) Where the passage, or the passage in any direction, of vehicles, or of vehicles of any class, is prohibited at any point of a road outside Greater London by an order made under section 1 or 9 of this Act, the highway authority or, in Scotland, the local [F1 roads] authority may, in accordance with the following provisions of this section, place, or authorise or require to be placed, at or near that point such bollards or other obstructions as they consider appropriate for preventing their passage.

(2) The bollards or other obstructions that may be placed under subsection (1) above—

(a) shall include obstructions of any description whatsoever;

(b) may be either fixed or moveable; and

(c) may be placed so as to prevent the passage of vehicles at all times or at certain times only.

(3) Where the powers conferred by subsection (1) above have been exercised with respect to two or more points of a road, so that the passage of vehicles along a stretch of that road is prevented, those powers shall extend to placing, or authorising the placing of, further obstructions on that stretch of road; but any obstructions placed under those powers shall not be so placed as to prevent at any time the passage of pedestrians past the point or along the stretch of road in question, and shall not be of such a nature that the re-opening of the road to vehicles would be unreasonably difficult or so as to alter the nature of the surface of the road.

(4) Without prejudice to section 93 of this Act, bollards or other obstructions under this section—

[F2 X1 (a) where the order referred to in subsection (1) above has been made as respects a trunk road, may be placed on the trunk road by the Secretary of State; and

(b) where the order had been made as respects a road other than a trunk road, may be placed on that road by the highway authority, or in Scotland, the local highway authority.]

[F2 (a) where the order referred to in subsection (1) above has been made as regards a road managed and maintained by the Secretary of State, may be placed on the road by him; and

(b) where the order has been made as respects a road other than one so managed and maintained, may be placed on the road by the local roads authority.]

(5) Any power conferred by this section to place an obstruction includes power to maintain or light it.

(6) Any enactment authorising the making of grants or loans in connection with traffic signs (including section 79 of this Act) shall extend to any such obstructions as are mentioned in this section.

Editorial Information

X1 S. 92(4)(a)(b) appearing second substituted (S.) for s. 92(4)(a)(b) appearing first by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 128(1), Sch. 9 para. 93(36)(b)

Textual Amendments

F1 Word substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 128(1), Sch. 9 para. 93(36)(a)

F2 S. 92(4)(a)(b) appearing second substituted (S.) for s. 92(4)(a)(b) appearing first by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 128(1), Sch. 9 para. 93(36)(b)