The A406 Trunk Road (North Circular Road, Ealing) Red Route (Prescribed Routes and Turns No 1) Experimental Traffic Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/1089
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Commencement and citation

This Order may be cited as the A406 Trunk Road (North Circular Road, Ealing) Red Route (Prescribed Routes and Turns No 1) Experimental Traffic Order 1996, and shall come into force on 22nd April 1996.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

(a) causing includes permitting; and cause shall be construed accordingly;

(b) “Uxbridge Road” means the length of the A4020 in the London Borough of Ealing between The Mall and High Street;

(c) “traffic island 1” and “traffic island 2” mean respectively the northern and southern traffic island sites situated in the eastbound carriageway of Uxbridge Road adjacent to and immediately west of the junction of Uxbridge Road and the northbound carriageway of the A406 Hanger Lane; and

(d) “traffic island 3” and “traffic island 4” mean respectively the northern and southern traffic island sites situated in the westbound carriageway of Uxbridge Road adjacent to and immediately east of the junction of Uxbridge Road and the southbound carriageway of the A406 Gunnersbury Avenue.

Section 3 Prescribed Routes and Turns

Save as provided in 4 below;

(a) no person causing a vehicle to proceed eastwards in Uxbridge Road on the north of traffic island 1 shall cause that vehicle to turn right into Gunnersbury Avenue or left into Hanger Lane;

(b) no person causing a vehicle to proceed eastwards in Uxbridge Road between traffic islands 1 and 2 shall cause that vehicle to turn left into Hanger Lane or to proceed eastwards across Gunnersbury Avenue;

(c) no person causing a vehicle to proceed westwards in Uxbridge Road between traffic islands 3 and 4, shall cause that vehicle to turn left into Gunnersbury Avenue or to proceed westwards across Gunnersbury Avenue;

(d) no person causing a vehicle to proceed westwards in Uxbridge Road on the south of traffic island 4 shall cause that vehicle to turn right into Hanger Lane.

Section 4 Prescribed Routes and Turns

The provisions of article 3 shall not apply—

(a) to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or

(b) to a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes.

Section 5 Power to modify or suspend this Order

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 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.