The Common, Temporary Road Closure Due To Utility Works

PUBLIC NOTICE

SECTION 14(1 )(a) ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 AS AMENDED BY THE ROAD TRAFFIC (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991 TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE - THE COMMON

THE COUNCIL OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that they intend to make a Temporary Traffic Management order under the provisions of Section 14 (1) (a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991. This is to facilitate utility works.

1. The order may be cited as The Harrow (The Common) Temporary Traffic Order 2023, and shall be operational between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs on 21st August 2023 and shall remain in effect until 23rd November 2023 or until the completion of the works, whichever is the sooner. It is anticipated that all of the work should be complete by 23rd August 2023.

2. Vehicles shall be prohibited from entering or exiting The Common, between its junction with Warren Lane and a point opposite the party wall of Weateroak and Grosvenor House, The Common.

3. Nothing in paragraph 2 above shall apply to:-

(a) any vehicles being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes in an emergency;

(b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a civil enforcement officer;

(c) any person who causes any vehicle to proceed in accordance with any restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed pursuant to Section 66 or Section 67 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

(d) any vehicles used in connection with the utility works;

(e) any vehicles needing to gain access to properties in the closed extents as far as is practicably possible.

4. The provisions of the order will not have effect unless all the signs in accordance with the provisions of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 are displayed, removed or covered, or unless at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a civil enforcement officer.

5. Diversion route; via Wood Lane, Brockley Hill, North Western Avenue, Elstree Road, Heathbourne Road and Magpie Hall Road and vice versa.

Dated 17th August 2023

Ian Slaney, Head of Service - Parking & Network Management, PO Box 39, Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XA