Liverpool - Road Closure for Loading & Unloading Parking Places, Disabled Persons Parking Places

LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICES
Roger Mann, Head of Law (Planning & Regulatory), City Law
& Governance, Legal Services, Cunard Building, Water Street,
Liverpool, L3 1AH. Dated 11 April 2024.
(Ranelagh Street Area) (Temporary Suspension of Prohibition
of Driving, Prescribed Route, Loading & Unloading Parking
Places, Disabled Persons Parking Places, Prohibition of
Waiting, Prohibition of Loading & Unloading and Hackney
Carriage Clearways) (Temporary Loading & Unloading
Parking Places, Disabled Persons Parking Places, Prohibition
of Waiting, Prohibition of Loading & Unloading and Hackney
Carriage Clearways) Order, 2024.
Notice is hereby given that the Council has made the
above-mentioned Order under Section 14 of The Road Traffic
Regulation Act, 1984: -
Part 1
1. To prohibit any vehicle, other than a licensed hackney carriage,
licensed private hire vehicle displaying door signs (decals) in
addition to a license plate, pedal cycle, public service vehicle
operating as local bus on a local service, a National Express
Coach operating from or terminating at a scheduled bus stop
within the Liverpool One Bus Terminus, a vehicle being used by
the Police, Ambulance, Fire Service (in the process of attending
an emergency call and whilst displaying blue flashing lights),
or Statutory Services, Postal Operator and Local Authority in
pursuance with their essential duties being undertaken within
the confines of the bus gate itself, or any vehicle being used
by Her Majesty’s Prison Service or their contractors for the
transportation of prisoners whilst escorted by marked police
vehicles, from being in the bus gate and/or proceeding in a south
westerly direction along Ranelagh Street at a point 1m north east
of the projected back of footway on the north east side of Great
Charlotte Street between the hours of 7am & 12 midnight.
2. The exceptions referred to in Article 1 only will enable any
motor vehicle to be on the length of road referred to in that
article for so long as may be necessary to enable the motor
vehicle to be used for the following purposes: - (a) police,
fire brigade or ambulance purposes, if the vehicle is clearly
marked as such, whilst performing its statutory duties, whist
in use as such; (b) in the service of the local authority or
water undertaking in pursuance of statutory powers or duties,
the maintenance, cleansing, improvement or reconstruction
of the said length of road or the laying, erection, alteration or
repair in or adjacent to the said length of road of any sewer or
of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or
electricity or of any telecommunications apparatus as defined
in The Telecommunications Act, 1984; or (c) any demolition or
building operation; or (d) a National Express coach service which
commences from or terminates at a scheduled bus stop within
the Liverpool One Bus Terminus.
Part 2
3. To vary The Parking Places and Controlled Parking Zone
(Liverpool) Order, 2009, so as to: -
3 (1) Suspend the existing: -
(a) Parking Places for Vehicles for Loading/Unloading
(Mon-Sun) & Max. Period for which vehicles may load/
unload 15 minutes) - (i) 6pm-10pm on Ranelagh Street, north
west side, from a point:- (a) 18.5m south west of its junction
with the Cases Street in a south westerly direction for a distance
of 12m; & (b) 40.5m north east of its junction with Cases Street
in a north easterly direction for a distance of 12m with a width
throughout of 2.5m. (At this particular loading/unloading parking
place, hackney carriages may wait upon the duly authorised cab
rank which is appropriately signed as such between the hours of
10am-6pm, Mon-Sun incl.); & (c) 18m north east of its junction
with Great Charlotte Street in a north easterly direction for 20m;
& (ii) At all times on Ranelagh Street, north west side, from a
point 3m north east of its junction with the Cases Street in a north
easterly direction for a distance of 37.5m;
(b) Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Any Time) on Ranelagh
Street, south east side, from a point 19m south west of its
junction with Lyceum Place in a south westerly direction, for a
distance of 24m;
(ci) 24 hour no waiting on Ranelagh Street, north west side, from
- (i) its junction with the south west side of Church Street in a
north easterly direction to a point 57.5m south west of its junction
with Cases Street; (ii) a point 18.5m south west of its junction
with Cases Street in a north easterly direction to a point 3m north
east of its junction with Cases Street; & (iii) a point 52.5m north
east of its junction with Cases Street in a north easterly direction
to its junction with Great Charlotte Street; & (cii) 24 hour no
waiting on Ranelagh Street, south east side, for its entire length;
(d) Hackney Carriage Clearways (Mon-Sun): - (i) (24 hours) on
Ranelagh Street, north west side, from a point 30.5m south west
of its junction with Cases Street in a south westerly direction for
a distance of 27m: & (ii) (10am-6pm) on Ranelagh Street, north
west side, from a point 40.5m north east of its junction with
Cases Street in a north easterly direction for a distance of 12m.
(At this particular hackney carriage stand vehicles may wait for
the purpose of loading & unloading within the duly authorised
area of highway designated as a parking place for vehicles
loading & unloading which is appropriately signed as such from
6pm-10am, Mon-Sun incl.);
(e) Waiting restrictions (8am-6pm on Mon-Sun) on Ranelagh
Street, north west side, from a point - (i) 18.5m south west of
its junction with Cases Street in a south westerly direction for
a distance of 39m; (ii) 3m north east of its junction with Cases
Street in a north easterly direction for a distance of 49.5m; &
(f) Loading and unloading at any time restrictions on Ranelagh
Street, south west side, from - (i) its junction with Bold Street in
a north easterly direction for a distance of 14m; & (ii) a point
34m north east of its junction with Bold Street in a north easterly
direction to its junction with Ranelagh Place.
3 (2) Introduce the new:-
(a) Parking Places for Vehicles for Loading/Unloading (Mon-
Sun): (i) 6am-6pm & Max. Period for which vehicles may
load/unload - 1 hour no return within 1 hour) on Ranelagh
Street, north west side, from a point - (a) 23m south west of its
junction with the Cases Street in a south westerly direction for
a distance of 19.9m; & (b) 30.7m north east of its junction with
Cases Street in a north easterly direction for a distance of 13.2m.
(At these two loading/unloading parking places, disabled persons
may wait upon the duly authorised bays which are appropriately
signed as such between the hours of 6pm- 6am, Mon-Sun incl.);
& (ii) 24 hours & Max. Period for which vehicles may load/
unload - 1 hour no return within 1 hour & during the hours
of 6am-6pm of the loading and unloading parking place,
no exemption is provided for Disabled Persons displaying
a Disabled Persons’ Badge) on Ranelagh Street, north west
side, from a point - (a) 18m north east of its junction with Cases
Street in a north easterly direction for a distance of 12.7m; & (b)
18m north east of its junction with Great Charlotte Street in a
north easterly direction for 20m. (At these two loading/unloading
places, no exemption is provided for Disabled Persons displaying
a Disabled Persons’ Badge). During the maximum period for
which vehicles may load and/or unload goods the driver, or
other person in charge of a vehicle using a loading bay, shall not
cause such vehicle to wait thereon during the hours of operation
other than whilst goods, that are not designed to be carried by
hand other than over a very short distance, are being loaded or
unloaded from the vehicle;
(b) Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Any Time & Max period
of waiting by a disabled person’s vehicle is 3 hours with no
return within 1 hour) on Ranelagh Street, north west side, from
a point - (i) 42.9m south west of its junction with Cases Street in
a south westerly direction, for a distance of 6.6m; & (ii) 43.9m
north east of its junction with Cases Street in a north easterly
direction, for a distance of 6.6m all measured along the said road
and having a width varying from 2.2m to 2.6m;
(c) Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (6pm-6am & Max period
of waiting by a disabled person’s vehicle is 3 hours with no
return within 1 hour) on Ranelagh Street, north west side, from
a point - (i) from a point 23m south west of its junction with Cases
Street in a south westerly direction, for a distance of 19.9m; & (ii)
from a point 30.7m north east of its junction with Cases Street
in a north easterly direction, for a distance of 13.2m. (At these
two disabled persons parking places - (i) vehicles may wait for
the purpose of loading/unloading within the duly authorised areas
of highway designated as a parking places for vehicles loading/
unloading which are appropriately signed as such between the
hours of 6am-6pm on Mon-Sun incl.); & (ii) during the hours
of 6am-6pm of the loading and unloading parking place, no
exemption is provided for Disabled Persons displaying a Disabled
Persons’ Badge)); &
(d) Hackney Carriage Clearways (Mon-Sun) (24 hours) on
Ranelagh Street - (i) north west side, from a point 3m north east
of its junction with Cases Street in a north easterly direction for
a distance of 15m; & (ii) south east side, from a point 24.5m
south west of its junction with Lyceum Place in a south westerly
direction, for a distance of 12m.
3 (3) To prohibit, with certain exceptions, any vehicle from
waiting at any time on Ranelagh Street, north west side, from -
(i) its junction with the south west side of Church Street in a north
easterly direction to a point 49.5m south west of its junction with
Cases Street; & (ii) a point 23m south west of its junction with
Cases Street in a north easterly direction to a point 3m north east
of its junction with Cases Street; & (iii) a point 47.5m north east
of its junction with Cases Street in a north easterly direction to its
junction with Great Charlotte Street; &
3 (4) To prohibit, with certain exceptions, any vehicle from
waiting at any time on Ranelagh Street, south east side, from -
(i) its junction with Ranelagh Place in a south westerly direction to
a point 24.5m south west of its junction with Lyceum Place & (ii)
a point 36.5m south west of its junction with Lyceum Place in a
south westerly direction, to its junction with Bold Street.
3 (5) To prohibit, with certain exceptions, any vehicle from waiting
between 8am-6pm on Mon-Sun incl. on Ranelagh Street, north
west side, from - (i) a point 23m south west of its junction with
Cases Street in a south westerly direction for a distance of 26.5m;
(ii) a point 3m north east of its junction with Cases Street in a north
easterly direction for a distance of 47.5m &
3 (6) To prohibit, with certain exceptions, any vehicle from
waiting for the purposes of loading and unloading at any
time on Ranelagh Street, south east side, from - (i) its junction
with Ranelagh Place in a south westerly direction, to a point
24.5m south west of its junction with Lyceum Place; & (ii) a point
36.5m south west of its junction with Lyceum Place in a south
westerly direction to its junction with Bold Street.
3 (7) The exceptions referred to in Articles 3 (3), 3 (4), 3 (5) &
3 (6), only will enable a vehicle to wait for so long as is necessary
to enable:- (a) a person to board or alight from the vehicle;
(b) the vehicle, if it cannot conveniently be used for such purposes
in any other road, to be used in connection with any of the
following operations, namely:- (i) building, industrial or demolition
operations; (ii) the removal of any obstruction to traffic; (iii) the
maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the said sides of
lengths of road; (iv) the laying, erection, alteration or repair in, or
in land adjacent to, the said sides of lengths of road of any sewer
or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water
or electricity or of any telecommunications apparatus as defined
in Section 4 of The Telecommunications Act, 1984, including
telephone kiosks; (c) the vehicle, if it cannot conveniently be used
for such purpose in any other road, to be used in the service of
a local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties; (d)
the vehicle to be used by a postal operator for the purpose of
delivering or collecting postal packets from premises or postal
boxes adjacent to the said sides of lengths of road; (e) the
vehicle to be used in connection with any wedding or funeral;
(f) the vehicle to be used for fire brigade, ambulance or police
purposes; (g) the vehicle which, for a period not exceeding three
hours, displays a valid disabled person’s badge and parking disc/
clock and that same vehicle is to be used by a disabled person
whose badge and parking disc/clock is correctly on display in
accordance with the Department for Transport’s guidebook, “The
Blue Badge Scheme: Rights And Responsibilities In England”
(except Article 3 (6)); (h) to enable goods to be loaded on to or
unloaded from the vehicle (except Article 3 (6)); or (i) the vehicle
to wait upon an authorised parking place; or being a hackney
carriage, to wait upon a hackney carriage stand.
3 (8) To suspend any Traffic Regulation Order made by the
Council in so far as it relates to: - (a) The existing prescribed
left-turn manoeuvre from Fairclough Street into Ranelagh
Street; & (b) The existing prohibition of driving on Ranelagh
Street between the hours of 6am & 6pm., other than a public
service vehicle operating as a local bus on a local service, a
licensed hackney carriage, a vehicle loading and unloading
between the hours of 6am & 10am.
General
4. This follow-on Order will become operative from the
16 April 2024 to the 4 September 2025, or for such lesser
period of time as dictated by the making of a further
Experimental or Permanent Traffic Regulation Order.
5. This follow-on Order is made to safely enable the bus-gate
and parking controls to be maintained on Ranelagh Street
following the expiry of an Experimental Traffic Regulation
Order on the 4 March 2024, and to enable the scheme to be
further evaluated.