Broad Street - Temporary Prohibition Of Through Traffic
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LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
(BROAD STREET, NELSON, PENDLE BOROUGH)
(TEMPORARY RESTRICTION OF WAITING AND LOADING) ORDER 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lancashire County Council intend to make an Order under Section 14(1) (a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, the effect of which will be to temporarily restrict traffic on the roads set out in this notice.
1. No person shall, except upon the direction or with the permission of a police constable in uniform, or a Civil Enforcement Officer, cause or permit any vehicle to wait at any time or wait at any time for the purposes of Loading or Unloading on any day, except buses providing a scheduled service on the following length of Broad Street, Nelson from its junction with Broadway to its junction with Hibson Road.
2. The prohibition will be operative from 0800 hours on Monday 20th January 2025 until 1800 hours on Friday 28th February 2025 or until completion of the works within this period.
3. Nothing in this order shall render it unlawful to cause or permit any vehicle to wait in the lengths of road referred in article 1 for so long as may be necessary to enable: -
i. a person to board or alight from the vehicle.
ii. the vehicle to be used for the purposes of a local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties if it cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other road; the vehicle to be used for fire brigade, ambulance, or police purposes in pursuance of statutory powers or duties.
iii. A Royal Mail Liveried vehicle engaged in the collection and/or delivery of letters in accordance with the statutory provisions as defined in the Postal Services Act 2000.
The temporary restriction is necessary to allow the temporary suspension of the existing loading bay and placement of temporary bus stops on Broad Street during the construction works to the Nelson Interchange Bus Station.
Authority given for this Order to be made:
[Ref: HRiT/57259/ES]
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