London Borough of Lambeth - Portslade Road - temporary road closure

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE – PORTSLADE ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable railway bridge inspection and maintenance works to be carried out safely, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth, subject to the agreement of Wandsworth Council intend to make an Order the effect of which would be at certain times to temporarily ban vehicles from entering that length of Portslade Road which lies between:-
(a) Wandsworth Road and railway arch No. 656 Portslade Road (approximately 97 metres); and 
(b) railway arch No. 36 Portslade Road and railway arch No. 46 Portslade Road (approximately 50 metres).

2. No alternative route is applicable as Portslade Road is a no through road.

3. The ban would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

4. The Order would come into force on 24th October 2024 and would continue for a maximum duration of 6 months (to allow for contingencies) or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works would be carried out in two phases and that the restrictions referred to in paragraph 1(a) above would only have effect on 24th and 25th October 2024, between 11 pm and 4 am and that the works referred to in paragraph 1(b) above would only have effect on 9th and 10th January 2025, between 11 pm and 4 am but if the works cannot be carried out or completed on those dates or during those times, the Order may have effect on subsequent dates and times within the maximum period of 6 months.

Dated 11th October 2024
Ben Stevens
Highway Network Manager