The A205 Trunk Road (Richmond and Wandsworth) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 124

ROAD TRAFFIC

The A205 Trunk Road (Richmond and Wandsworth) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1995

Made

20th January 1995

Coming into force

21st March 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 A205 Trunk Road (Richmond and Wandsworth) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1995, and shall come into force on 21st March 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 eight 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 timetable reasons.

(3) This article applies—

(a) before 1 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 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (Waiting and Loading Restrictions) Order 1994, the Wandsworth (Waiting and Loading Restrictions) Order 1976 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 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (Waiting and Loading Restrictions) Order 1994, the Wandsworth (Waiting and Loading Restrictions) Order 1976 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

20th January 1995

Articles 2 and 3(1)

SCHEDULE 1

The Trunk Road Red Route.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road	(3) Restricted Hours
1.	Clifford Avenue, from its junction with Lower Richmond Road to its junction with Upper Richmond Road West.	7am-7pm Monday-Saturday Inclusive
2.	Kew Road, from the boundary with the London Borough of Hounslow to its junction with Mortlake Road.
3.	Mortlake Road.
4.	Upper Richmond Road, from its junction with Upper Richmond Road West to the western kerb-line of Daylesford Avenue.
5.	Upper Richmond Road West, from the western kerb-line of Clifford Avenue to its junction with Upper Richmond Road.

Article 3(3)

SCHEDULE 2A

Lengths of the trunk road red route to which the prohibitions and restrictions specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road
	No items.

Articles 4 and 7(1)

SCHEDULE 2B

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for parking and disabled persons' vehicles.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road	(3) Restricted Hours	(4) Maximum Period of Parking	(5) Minimum Interval
	Upper Richmond Road West—the north side
1.	From the party wall of 370 and 372 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 22 metres.	7am-7pm Monday-Saturday Inclusive	20 minutes	40 minutes
2.	From the party wall of 356 and 358 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 20 metres.
	Upper Richmond Road West—the south side
3.	From a point 16 metres west of the party wall of 191 and 193 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 14 metres east of the party wall of 211 and 213 Upper Richmond RoadWest.
4.	From a point 1 metre east of the party wall of 273 and 275 Upper Richmond Road West to the party wall of 245 and 251 Upper Richmond Road West.
5.	From a point 23 metres west of the party wall of 367 and 369 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 23 metres east of the party wall of 385/387 and 389 Upper Richmond Road West.
6.	From a point 1 metres east of the eastern property boundary wall of 437 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 8 metres east of the party wall of 423 and 425 Upper Richmond Road West.
7.	From the party wall of 453 and 455 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 13 metres east of the party wall of 5/6 and 7/8 Grand Parade, Upper Richmond Road West.
8.	From a point opposite the party wall of 471 and 473 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 13 metres.
	Mortlake Road
9.	The east side, from a point 6 metres north of the northern wall of 70 West Park Avenue northwards for a distance of 24 metres.	7am-7pmMonday-SaturdayInclusive	1 hour	2 hours
10.	The north-east side, from a point 6 metres north-west of the common boundary of 191 and 193 Mortlake Road south-eastward for a distance of 11 metres.
11.	The west side, from the common boundary of 108 and 110 Mortlake Road southward for a distance of 18 metres.
12.	The south-west side, from the common boundary of 130 and 132 Mortlake Road south-eastward for a distance of 15 metres.
13.	Mortlake Road, the west side, from a point 120 metres north of the north-western kerb-line of Lower Richmond Road northward for a distance of 60 metres.	At all times

Article 7(2)

SCHEDULE 2C

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for parking by disabled persons' vehicles only.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road	(3) Restricted Hours
14.	Upper Richmond Road West, the south side, from a point 3 metres east of the party wall of 367 and 369 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 6 metres.	7am-7pm Monday-Saturday Inclusive

Article 5(1)

SCHEDULE 2D

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for licensed taxi cabs only.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road
	No items.

Article 5(2)

SCHEDULE 2E

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for coaches only.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road	(3) Restricted Hours	(4) Maximum Period of Parking	(5) Minimum Interval
	No items.

Article 5(3)

SCHEDULE 2F

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for doctor’s vehicles.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road	(3) Restricted Hours
	No items.

Article 5(4)

SCHEDULE 2G

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for solo motor bicycles only.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road	(3) Restricted Hours
	No items.

Articles 6 and 7(3)

SCHEDULE 3A

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for loading and unloading and for disabled persons' vehicles.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road	(3) Restricted Hours
	No items.

Article 6

SCHEDULE 3B

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for loading or unloading.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road	(3) Restricted Hours
1.	Clifford Avenue—the west side, from a point 8 metres north of a point opposite the party wall of 33 and 35 Clifford Avenue northwards for a distance of 15 metres.	7am-7pm Monday-Saturday, Inclusive
	Upper Richmond Road West—the north side
2.	From the party wall of 370 and 372 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 24 metres.
3.	From the party wall of 356 and 358 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 10 metres.
4.	From a point 2 metres west of the part wall of 336 and 338 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 15 metres.
5.	From a point 3 metres east of the eastern wall of 232 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 8 metres.
6.	From the party wall of 190 and 192 Upper Richmond Road West to the party wall of 184 and 186 Upper Richmond Road West.Upper Richmond Road West—the south side
7.	From a point 1 metre west of the party wall of 191 and 193 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 15 metres.
8.	From a point 1 metre west of the party wall of 211 and 213 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 15 metres.
9.	From the party wall of 245 and 251 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 20 metres.
10.	From a point 1 metre east of the party wall of 273 and 275 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 10 metres.
11.	From a point 3 metres west of the party wall of 367 and 369 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 20 metres.
12.	From a point 3 metres west of the party wall of 413 and 415 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 8 metres east of the party wall 423 and 425 Upper Richmond Road West.
13.	From a point 3 metres east of the party wall of 439 and 441 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 17 metres.
14.	From the party wall of 451 and 453 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 21 metres.
15.	From a point 2 metres west of the party wall of 5-6 and 7-8 Grand Parade, Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 15 metres.
16.	From the party wall of 483 and 485 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 15 metres.
	Upper Richmond Road West—the north side
17.	From a point 5 metres east of the party wall 416 and 418 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 10 metres.	10am-4pm Monday-Saturday Inclusive
18.	From a point 13 metres west of the party wall of 264-268 and 270 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 13 metres east of the party wall of 282 and 284-286 Upper Richmond Road West.
19.	From a point 1 metre east of the party wall of 314 and 316 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 12 metres.
20.	Upper Richmond Road West—the south side, from the western wall of 507 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 21 metres.

Article 3(2)

SCHEDULE 4

Lengths of the trunk road red route on which stopping is prohibited at all times.

Table

(1) Item	(2) Length of Road
1.	Clifford Avenue—the east side, from its junction with Lower Richmond Road to its junction with Upper Richmond Road West.
	Clifford Avenue—the west side
2.	From its junction with Lower Richmond Road to a point 23 metres north of the party wall of 33 and 35 Clifford Avenue.
3.	From a point 8 metres north of a point opposite the party wall of 33 and 35 Clifford Avenue to its junction with Upper Richmond Road West.
4.	Kew Road, from its boundary with the London Borough of Hounslow to its junction with Mortlake Road.
	Mortlake Road—the east and north-east side
5.	From its junction with Kew Road to a point 30 metres north of the northern wall of 70 West Park Avenue.
6.	From the party wall of 211 and 213 Mortlake Road north-westward for a distance of 19metres.
7.	From the north-western kerb-line of Lower Richmond Road northward for a distance of190 metres.
	Mortlake Road—the west and south-west side
8.	From its junction with Kew Road to a point 4 metres south of the party wall of 76 and 78Mortlake Road.
9.	From a point opposite the south-eastern wall of 197 Mortlake Road north-westward for a distance of 20 metres.
10.	From the north-western kerb-line of Lower Richmond Road northward for a distance of120 metres.
	Upper Richmond Road
11.	From a point opposite the party wall of 478 and 480 Upper Richmond Road to the western kerb-line of Daylesford Avenue.
12.	The north side, from a point 6 metres west of the eastern boundary of 1 Leconfield Avenue westward for a distance of 21 metres.
	Upper Richmond Road West—the north side
13.	From the eastern kerb-line of Clifford Avenue to a point 5 metres east of the party wall of 416 and 418 Upper Richmond Road West.
14.	From a point opposite the eastern boundary wall of 410 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 21 metres.
15.	From a point 2 metres west of the party wall of 336 and 338 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 21 metres.
16.	From the eastern kerb-line of Leinster Avenue to a point 1 metre east of the party wall of 314 and 316 Upper Richmond Road West.
17.	From a point 13 metres east of the party wall of 282 and 284/286 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 25 metres.
18.	From a point 13 metres west of the party wall of 264/268 and 270 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 3 metres east of the eastern wall of 232 Upper Richmond Road West.
19.	From the eastern kerb-line of Thornton Road to the party wall of 190 and 192 Upper Richmond Road West.
20.	From the party wall of 184 and 186 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 6 metres west of the western kerb-line of Queen’s Road.
21.	From a point 11 metres west of the western apex of 1 to 16 The Willoughbys, Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 21 metres.
	Upper Richmond Road West—the south side
22.	From the western kerb-line of Clifford Avenue to the western kerb-line of Deanhill Road.
23.	From the party wall of 483 and 485 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 21 metres.
24.	From a point 4 metres west of the party wall of 385/387 and 389 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 27 metres.
25.	From a point 3 metres east of the party wall of 367 and 369 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 3 metres east of the party wall of 327 and 329 Upper Richmond Road West.
26.	From a point 20 metres east of the party wall of 245 and 251 Upper Richmond Road West to a point 1 metre west of the party wall of 211 and 213 Upper Richmond Road West.
27.	From a point 2 metres west of the western wall of 179 Upper Richmond Road West westward for a distance of 23 metres.
28.	From a point 8 metres west of the western boundary of 11 Upper Richmond Road West eastward for a distance of 21 metres.

T3.27.7[A205]8985 fm.

(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.