1998 No. 2745

ROAD TRAFFIC

The A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1998

Made2nd November 1998

Coming into force20th November 1998

The Traffic Director for London, in accordance with a direction given to him by the Secretary of State under section 58(1) of the Road Traffic Act 19911 and in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19842, and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:–

Commencement and citation1.

This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 20th November 1998.

Interpretation2.

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 19803;

(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 19864, 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.

(h)

“bus” has the meaning given by regulation 22(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 19945.

(i)

“bus stop” means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words “bus stop”.

(j)

“bus stand” means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words “bus stand”.

(k)

“London Regional Transport” has the meaning given by the London Regional Transport Act 19846.

General prohibition of stopping3.

(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 parking3.

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 parking5.

(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 18697 to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in schedule 2D.

(2)

Buses: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a bus 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 unloading6.

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 persons7.

(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 stands8.

(1)

The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing:

(a)

a bus to stop at a bus stop for so long only as may be required to enable passengers to board or alight; or

(b)

a bus to stop at a bus stop or a bus stand and being used for operational reasons in the course of providing a London bus service (as defined in section 34 of the Transport Act 19858) under an agreement with London Regional Transport or training drivers to allow such a service to be provided.

(2)

In this article “operational reasons” means:

(i)

to enable passengers to board and alight;

(ii)

to enable crew changes to take place;

(iii)

to maintain the scheduled timetable subject, in the case of a bus stop, to a maximum wait of two minutes.

Other exemptions9.

(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 Order10.

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 Orders11.

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, The Lewisham (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1990 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 Lewisham (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1990 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.

Derek Turner

Traffic Director for London

2nd November 1998

SCHEDULE 1The Trunk Road Red Route.

Articles 2 and 3(1)

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours
1	Stanstead Road (north arm), both sides, from a point opposite the eastern kerbline of the western access road to St. Dunstan’s College, to its junction with Catford Hill.	7am–7pm Monday–Saturday inclusive
	Stanstead Road,
2	(south arm), both sides, between its junction with Stanstead Road (north arm), and its junction with Catford Hill.
3	link road between the north arm and south arm, both sides of the carriageway west of the eastern island, and both sides of the carriageway west of that island.
4	Catford Hill, both sides, from its junction with Stanstead Road (south arm), to its junction with Catford Road.
5	Catford Road, both sides, from its junction with Catford Hill, to its junction with Rushey Green.
6	Rushey Green, both sides, from its junction with Sangley Road, to its junction with Brownhill Road.
7	Sangley Road, both sides, from its junction with Rushey Green, to its junction with Plassy Road.
8	Plassy Road, both sides, from a point 19.0 metres north of the northern property boundary of No. 2 Plassy Road, to its junction with Sangley Road.
9	Brownhill Road, both sides, from the projected eastern kerbline of Rushey Green, to a point 10.0 metres west of the western property boundary of No. 17 Brownhill Road.
10	Rushey Green, east side, from a point 7.0 metres south of the northern property boundary of No. 167 Rushey Green, south for a distance of 11.0 metres.	7pm–7am All Days

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

Article 3(3)

Table

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

SCHEDULE 2BLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for parking and disabled persons' vehicles.

Articles 4 and 7(1)

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours	Maximum Period of Parking	Minimum Interval
	Stanstead Road (south arm),
1	southwest side, from a point 19.0 metres northwest of the projected northwestern kerbline of Glenwood Road, northwest for a distance of 10.0 metres.	7am–7pm Monday to Saturday inclusive	20 minutes	40 minutes
2	northeast side, from a point 7.0 metres southeast of the projected southeastern kerbline of Glenwood Road, southeast for a distance of 12.0 metres.

SCHEDULE 2CLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for parking by disabled persons' vehicles only.

Article 7(2)

Table

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

SCHEDULE 2DLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for licensed taxi cabs only.

Article 5(1)

Table

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

SCHEDULE 2ELengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for buses only.

Article 5(2)

Table

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

SCHEDULE 2FLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for doctors' vehicles.

Article 5(3)

Table

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

SCHEDULE 2GLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for solo motor bicycles only.

Article 5(4)

Table

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

SCHEDULE 3ALengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for loading or unloading and for disabled persons' vehicles.

Articles 6 and 7(3)

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours
1	Stanstead Road link road between the north arm and south arm, from a point 4.0 metres south of the projected southern kerbline of Stanstead Road (south arm), south for a distance of 10.0 metres.	7am–7pm Monday–Saturday inclusive
	Catford Hill,	10am–4pm Monday–Saturday inclusive
2	southeast side, from a point 2.0 metres northeast of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Catford Hill, southwest for a distance of 6.0 metres.
3	southeast side, from a point 9.0 metres southwest of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Catford Hill, southwest for a distance of 14.0 metres.
4	northwest side, from the southwestern boundary of No. 16 Catford Hill, northeast for a distance of 14.0 metres.
5	Catford Road, north side (fronting Nos. 3 to 5 Catford Broadway), from a point 16.0 metres east of the projected eastern kerbline of Thomas' Lane, east for a distance of 18.0 metres.
	Rushey Green,
6	east side, from a point 5.5 metres south of the common boundary of Nos. 193 and 195 Rushey Green, north for a distance of 10.0 metres.
7	east side, from the common boundary of Nos. 149 and 151 Rushey Green, south for a distance of 16.0 metres.
8	west side, from the southern boundary of No. 154 Rushey Green, north for a distance of 16.0 metres.
	Brownhill Road,
9	north side, from a point 26.0 metres east of the projected eastern kerbline of Rushey Green, east for a distance of 24.0 metres.
10	south side, from a point 10.0 metres west of the western property boundary of No. 17 Brownhill Road, west for a distance of 13.0 metres.

SCHEDULE 3BLengths of the trunk road red route on which there are exemptions for loading or unloading.

Articles 6 and 7(3)

Table

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Length of Road	Restricted Hours
1	Rushey Green, east side, from a point 7.0 metres south of the northern property boundary of No. 167 Rushey Green, south for a distance of 11.0 metres.	7pm–7am All Days

SCHEDULE 4Lengths of the trunk road red route on which stopping is prohibited at all times.

Article 3(2)

Table

(1)	(2)
Item	Length of Road
1	Stanstead Road (north arm), both sides, from a point opposite the eastern kerbline of the western access road to St. Dunstan’s College, to its junction with Catford Hill.
	Stanstead Road (south arm),
2	southwest side, from a point 29.0 metres northwest of the projected northwestern kerbline of Glenwood Road, to its junction with Stanstead Road (north arm).
3	southwest side, from its junction with Catford Hill, to a point 19.0 metres northwest of the projected northwestern kerbline of Glenwood Road.
4	northeast side, from its junction with Stanstead Road (north arm), to a point 7.0 metres southeast of the projected southeastern kerbline of Glenwood Road.
5	northeast side, from a point 19.0 metres southeast of the projected southeastern kerbline of Glenwood Road, to its junction with Catford Hill.
	Stanstead Road link road between the north arm and south arm,
6	both sides of the carriageway west of the eastern island.
7	west side of the carriageway east of the eastern island from the projected southern kerbline of Stanstead Road (north arm), south for a distance of 4.0 metres.
8	west side of the carriageway east of the eastern island from a point 14.0 metres south of the projected southern kerbline of Stanstead Road (north arm), south to the end of the island.
9	east side of the carriageway east of the eastern island.
	Catford Hill,
10	southeast side, from its junction with Stanstead Road (south arm), to a point 23.0 metres southwest of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Catford Hill.
11	southeast side, from a point 9.0 metres southwest of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Catford Hill, to a point 4.0 metres southwest of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Catford Hill.
12	southeast side, from a point 2.0 metres northeast of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Catford Hill, to its junction with Catford Road.
13	northwest side, from its junction with Stanstead Road (south arm), to the southwestern boundary of No. 16 Catford Hill.
14	northwest side, from a point 14.0 metres northeast of the southwestern boundary of No. 16 Catford Hill, to its junction with Catford Road.
	Catford Road,
15	south side, from its junction with Catford Hill, to its junction with Rushey Green.
16	north side, from its junction with Catford Hill, to a point 16.0 metres east of the eastern boundary of Thomas' Lane.
17	north side, from a point 34.0 metres east of the eastern boundary of Thomas' Lane, to its junction with Rushey Green.
	Rushey Green,
18	east side, from its junction with Sangley Road, to a point 5.5 metres south of the common boundary of Nos. 193 and 195 Rushey Green.
19	east side, from a point 4.5 metres north of the common boundary of Nos. 193 and 195 Rushey Green, to a point 18.0 metres south of the northern property boundary of No. 167 Rushey Green.
20	east side, from a point 7.0 metres south of the northern property boundary of No. 167 Rushey Green, to a point 16.0 metres south of the common boundary of Nos. 149 and 151 Rushey Green.
21	east side, from the common boundary of Nos. 149 and 151 Rushey Green, to its junction with Brownhill Road.
22	west side, from its junction with Sangley Road, to the southern boundary of No. 154 Rushey Green.
23	west side, from a point 16.0 metres north of the southern boundary of No. 154 Rushey Green, to its junction with Brownhill Road.
24	Sangley Road, both sides, from its junction with Rushey Green, east for a distance of 40.0 metres.
	Plassy Road,
25	west side, from the northern property boundary of No. 2 Plassy Road, north for a distance of 19.0 metres.
26	east side, from a point 5.0 metres south of the common boundary of Nos. 8 and 10 Plassy Road, to a point 19.0 metres north of the northern property boundary of No. 2 Plassy Road.
	Brownhill Road,
27	north side, from the projected eastern kerbline of Rushey Green, east for a distance of 26.0 metres.
28	north side, from a point 50.0 metres east of the projected eastern kerbline of Rushey Green, to a point 10.0 metres west of the western property boundary of No. 17 Brownhill Road.
29	south side, from the projected eastern kerbline of Rushey Green, to a point 23.0 metres west of the western property boundary of No. 17 Brownhill Road.