Golders Green Road, Temporary Road Closure Due To Improve General Road Safety

LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET

THE BARNET (PRESCRIBED ROUTE) (EXPERIMENTAL) (NO.2) TRAFFIC ORDER 2023

THE BARNET (FREE PARKING PLACES, LOADING PLACES, WAITING, LOADING AND STOPPING RESTRICTIONS) (AMENDMENT NO. 225) (EXPERIMENTAL) ORDER 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Barnet, on the 25th May 2023 have made the above mentioned Orders ("The Orders") under Section 9 of The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and all other enabling powers. In order to accommodate the trial of a community initiative to create a civic square for Golders Green, the general effect of the Prescribed Route Order will be to, on an experimental basis, close Golders Green Crescent NW11, between its junction with Golders Green Road and a point 18 metres north of its junction with Golders Green Road. In order to improve general road safety, the general effect of the Free Parking Places Order will be on an experimental basis upgrade a length of existing waiting restrictions operating between the house 8am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday and 9.30am to 6.30pm on Sundays to No waiting 'At any time' restrictions situated on the east side of Golders Green Crescent between the south-eastern flank wall of No.2 Golders Green Crescent and the junction of Golders Green Road NW11.

A copy of the Orders, which will come into operation on Monday 5th June 2023, a plan of the relevant area and the Council's Statements of Reasons for making the Orders can be obtained for a period of 6 months from the date on which this notice is published by parking.consultations@barnet.gov.uk or by writing to the Design Team, Highways Section, 7th Floor, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London NW9 4EW, quoting reference: Golders Green Crescent - Experimental TMO

Further information may be also be obtained by telephoning the Design Team on 020 8359 3555. Any person wishing to question the validity of the Orders or any of their provisions on the grounds that they are not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any regulation made there-under have not been complied with in relation to the Orders may within six weeks of the date on which the Orders were made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. The Orders provide that, in pursuance of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Chief Executive of the Council or some person authorised in that behalf by him, may, if it appears to 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 the Orders run, modify or suspend the operation of the Orders or any provision thereof. If the provisions of the Orders continue in operation for a period of not less than six months, the Council will consider in due course whether the provisions of the Orders should be reproduced and continued in force indefinitely. Anyone who wishes to object to the making of such Orders for the purpose of such reproduction and continuation in force may, within the period of six months from the date on which the Orders came into operation, send a statement in writing of their objection and the grounds thereof to Design Team, 7th Floor, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW or parking.consultations@barnet.gov.uk.

Dated this 25th May 2023.

Ian Edser,

Director of Highways and Transportation, Customer and Place, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW