The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing Development Consent Order 2020

Traffic regulation measures

18.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development—

(a) make provision, in respect of those lengths of roads specified in column (2) of Part 1 (prohibitions and restrictions of waiting, loading, etc.) of Schedule 5 (traffic regulation measures) as to the permitting, prohibition or restriction of the waiting, parking, loading or unloading of vehicles as specified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule;

(b) make provision, in respect of those lengths of roads specified in column (2) of Part 2 (direction of travel, entry, etc.) of Schedule 5, as to the direction of travel of vehicular traffic or the entry of pedestrians, vehicles or other classes of road user as specified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule;

(c) in respect of those lengths of roads specified in column (2) of Part 3 (variation and revocation of existing orders) of Schedule 5, make provision revoking or varying the orders specified in column (3) of that Part of that Schedule in the manner specified in column (4) of that Part of that Schedule; and

(d) make provision revoking, amending or suspending in whole or in part any order made, or having effect as if made, under the 1984 Act in so far as it is inconsistent with any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the undertaker under the preceding provisions of this paragraph.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this article and without limitation to the exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (1), the undertaker may make provision, in so far as necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in connection with, or in consequence of the construction, maintenance and operation of the authorised development—

(a) as to the speed at which vehicles may proceed along any road;

(b) permitting, prohibiting or restricting the stopping, waiting, loading or unloading of vehicles on any road;

(c) authorising the use as a parking place of any road;

(d) as to prescribed routes for vehicular traffic or the direction or priority of vehicular traffic on any road;

(e) permitting, prohibiting or restricting the use by vehicular traffic of any road;

(f) permitting, prohibiting or restricting the use by pedestrians or other non-vehicular traffic of any road forming part of, or adjacent to, the new bridge; and

(g) revoking, amending or suspending in whole or in part any order made, or having effect as if made, under the 1984 Act.

(3) The power conferred by paragraph (2) may be exercised at any time prior to the expiry of 24 months from the opening of the authorised development for public use but subject to paragraph (7) any prohibition, restriction or other provision made under paragraph (2) may have effect both before and after the expiry of that period.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5) and (in relation to provision made under paragraph (1)) so far as consistent with the specifications contained in column 3 of the Parts of Schedule 5, the provision made by the undertaker under paragraph (1) and (2) may, as the undertaker considers necessary or expedient, be made so as to apply—

(a) to all road users of a specified class, or to specified categories of road user within that class;

(b) during all times and circumstances or only at specified times and circumstances;

(c) permanently or for a specified period; and

(d) subject to specified exceptions, limitations or conditions, including any which are necessary or expedient in consequence of the provision of a crossing under paragraph (11).

(5) No speed limit imposed by or under this Order applies to vehicles falling within regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011(1) when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations.

(6) Before exercising the powers conferred by paragraph (2) the undertaker must consult the chief officer of police in whose area the road is situated and (where the undertaker is not the traffic authority for that road) the traffic authority and have regard to any representations made.

(7) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by paragraphs (1) or (2) unless the undertaker has—

(a) given not less than—

(i) 12 weeks’ notice in writing of the undertaker’s intention so to do in the case of a prohibition, restriction or other provision intended to have effect permanently; or

(ii) except in a case of emergency, 14 days’ notice in writing of the undertaker’s intention so to do in the case of a prohibition, restriction or other provision intended to have effect temporarily,

to the chief officer of police in whose area the road is situated and (where the undertaker is not the traffic authority for that road) to the traffic authority; and

(b) published the undertaker’s intention in such manner as the undertaker considers appropriate.

(8) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made under paragraphs (1) or (2) of this article may be suspended, varied or revoked by the undertaker from time to time by subsequent exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (1) or (2) within a period of 24 months from the opening of the authorised development for public use.

(9) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the undertaker under paragraphs (1) or (2) (“the provision”)—

(a) must be made by written instrument in such form as the undertaker considers appropriate;

(b) must be publicised by the undertaker in such manner as the undertaker considers appropriate;

(c) has effect as if duly made by—

(i) the traffic authority in whose area the relevant road is situated as an order made under the 1984 Act if the provision is one which could have been so made by that traffic authority; or

(ii) the local authority in whose area the road is situated, as an order under section 32(2) (power of local authorities to provide parking places) of the 1984 Act if the provision is one which could have been so made by that local authority;

and accordingly—

(iii) may (without prejudice to the undertaker’s powers under paragraph (2) during the period specified in paragraph (3) be suspended, varied or revoked by the relevant traffic authority or local authority in accordance with the 1984 Act; and

(iv) may be enforced by means of civil enforcement of contraventions under Part 6 of the 2004 Act to the same extent as if the provision had been contained in an order made by the traffic authority or a local authority.

(10) In making provision by written instrument under paragraph (9) the undertaker may give effect to the provision as it thinks fit including by way of—

(a) amending or revoking an existing order or other provision made under the 1984 Act; or

(b) consolidating the provision made by the instrument with the provision made by an existing order or other provision made under the 1984 Act.

(11) The undertaker may provide crossings of the types and locations shown on the traffic regulation measures plans.

(12) A crossing provided under paragraph (11) has effect as a pedestrian crossing duly established under section 23(3) (powers of strategic highways companies and local traffic authorities with respect to pedestrian crossings) of the 1984 Act by the local traffic authority for the relevant road if the crossing is one which could have been so established by the local traffic authority.

(13) A crossing provided under paragraph (11) must accord with any requirements of the 2016 Regulations and Directions which apply to a crossing of the type provided (and if so provided, and the crossing is of a type whose provision is authorised by the 2016 Regulations and Directions, the crossing has effect as if so provided).

(14) Expressions used in this article and in the 1984 Act have the same meaning in this article as in that Act.

(15) The highways comprised in the new bridge and the new bridge approaches are deemed to be highways to which the provisions of section 127(1)(4) (footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways open to all traffic) of the 1984 Act apply.

(1)

S.I. 2011/935.

(2)

Section 32 was amended by sections 102 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) and section 168(1) of, and paragraph 39 of Schedule 8 to, the 1991 Act.

(3)

Section 23 was amended by section 102 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 168(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 35(3) and (4) of Schedule 8 and Schedule 9 to, the 1991 Act, section 1(6) of and paragraph 78 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7) and section 51 of, and paragraph 23 of Part 4 of Schedule 10 to, the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20).

(4)

Section 127(1) was amended by S.I. 2006/1177.