Ramsden Road Area - Road Closure for 20 MPH Speed Limit

BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE
(RAMSDEN ROAD AREA, WARDLE, ROCHDALE)
(20 MPH SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2024
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rochdale Borough Council,
in exercise of its powers under Sections 82 and 84 of the Road
Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and of all other enabling powers, and
after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with
Section 124(1) and paragraph 20(1) of Part III of Schedule 9 to the
Act, have made an Order the effect of which is to:-
(i) Impose a 20 miles per hour speed limit on the roads shown in
Schedule 1 of this order.
(ii) Direct that the roads specified in schedule 1 of this order shall
cease to be restricted roads for the purposes of Section 81 of
the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
No speed limit imposed by this Notice applies to vehicles
falling within Regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions
(Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011 when
used in accordance with Regulation 3(5) of those Regulations.
A copy of the Order and a map showing the lengths of
road concerned together with a Statement of Reasons for
making the Order may be viewed on the Council’s website
www.rochdale.gov.uk/roads, or by phoning Highways on
0300 303 8879 to request a copy via post.
If you wish to question the validity of the Order or of any provision
contained in it on the grounds that it is not within the powers
conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or on the
grounds that any requirement of that Act or any instrument made
under it has not been complied with in relation to the Order, you may
within six weeks from 7th March 2024, apply to the High Court for
this purpose.
The Order will come into effect on 1st April 2024.
Dated this 20th day of March 2024.
Samantha Lawton
Assistant Director
Legal, Governance & Coroners
Rochdale Borough Council
Number One Riverside
Smith Street
Rochdale
OL16 1XU
SCHEDULE 1
Name of Highway Limits of Order
Alderbank For its entire length
Alpine Drive For its entire length
Ashbourne Close For its entire length
Back Chapel Street For its entire length
Back Ramsden Road For its entire length
Birch Road From a point 45
metres south-east
of its junction with
Westmorland Drive
to its junction with
Ramsden Road
Birch Street For its entire length
Brook Street For its entire length
Chapel Street For its entire length
Clough Street For its entire length
Cornbrook Close For its entire length
Dovedale Drive For its entire length
East Street For its entire length
Elm Grove For its entire length
Fern Street For its entire length
Hartley Street For its entire length
Haymaker Rise For its entire length
Heath Road For its entire length
Hibson Close For its entire length
Holly Street For its entire length
Jackson Street For its entire length
Knowl Syke Street For its entire length
Lawflat For its entire length
Newhouse Close For its entire length
Newhouse Street For its entire length
Old School Place For its entire length
Pennine Drive For its entire length
Ramsden Road For its entire length
Shaftesbury Drive For its entire length
Un Named Street fronting 417 423 birch road For its entire length
Vineyard Close For its entire length
Wardle Fold From its junction with Ramsden Road to a point 40
metres north east of its junction with Vineyard Close
Wardle Road From a point 45 metres south-west of its junction with Lawflat to its junction with Ramsden Road
Wasp Mill Drive For its entire length
Waterhouse Close For its entire length
Westmorland Drive For its entire length