Taunton, Various Traffic Restrictions Order 2025
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SOMERSET COUNCIL
VARIOUS ROADS, TAUNTON
PARISH OF TAUNTON
VARIOUS TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS ORDER 2025
NOTICE is hereby given that Somerset Council proposes to make the above Order in pursuance of the provisions of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, the effect of which is to introduce various traffic restrictions as specified in the Schedules below. There will be an exemption in the Order for emergency services, & vehicles used in connection with any building operation, demolition in or adjacent to that road, the removal of any obstruction to traffic, the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any of the lengths of road so referred, or the laying, erection, alteration or repair in or near to any of the said lengths of road of any sewer, or of any main pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity. The provisions of any other orders are hereby revoked but only as far as they are affected by the restrictions of this Order.
A copy of the draft Order, the map showing the lengths of road affected and the Statement of Reasons for proposing to make the Order may be inspected online at www.somerset.gov.uk/TRO. Any person wishing to make representations to or object to the proposed Order may do so in writing, specifying the grounds on which it is made, to Somerset Council, Traffic Management, B2 West, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY, quoting Reference No. KT03102025 or by email to TROinbox@somerset.gov.uk and received no later than 21 days from the publication of this notice. The names and addresses of anyone writing in may be made available for public inspection and will be included in a report that may be published on the Somerset Council website, unless the individuals concerned state, in writing, their objection to their names and addresses being made so available or being included in the publication.
Duncan Sharkey, Chief Executive
Dated: 17th April 2025
SCHEDULE 1 - Prohibition of Right Turn
Eastbourne Gate, Taunton – from Eastbourne Gate on to Haydon Road
Gloucester Street, Taunton – from Gloucester Street on to Haydon Road
Wilfred Road, Taunton – from Wilfred Road on to Haydon Road
East Reach, Taunton – from East Reach on to Haydon Road
East Reach, Taunton – from East Reach on to South Street
SCHEDULE 2 - Prohibition of Left Turn
East Reach, Taunton – from East Reach on to Haydon Road
East Reach, Taunton – from East Reach on to South Street
SCHEDULE 3 - One Way
Haydon Road, Taunton – from its junction with Eastbourne Gate in a southwesterly direction to its junction with East Reach
South Street, Taunton – from its junction with Alma Street in a northwesterly direction to its junction with East Reach
SCHEDULE 4 - No Entry
Haydon Road, Taunton – from East Reach on to Haydon Road
South Street, Taunton – from East Reach on to South Street
STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR PROPOSING TO MAKE THE ORDER
a) for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising, or b) for preventing damage to the road or to any building on or near the road, or c) for preventing the use of the road by vehicular traffic of a kind which, or its use by vehicular traffic in a manner which, is unsuitable having regard to the existing character of the road or adjoining property.
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