Gainsborough Gardens, Harrow - Temporary Road Closure due to Pole Replacement Works

SECTION 14(1)(A) ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 AS AMENDED BY THE ROAD TRAFFIC (TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE – GAINSBOROUGH GARDENS

THE COUNCIL OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that they intend to make a Temporary Traffic Management order under the provisions of Section 14 (1) (a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991. This is to facilitate pole replacement works.

1. The order may be cited as The Harrow (Gainsborough Gardens) Temporary Traffic Order 2025, and would be operational on 4th September 2025 and would remain in effect until 10th September 2025 or until the completion of the works, whichever is the sooner. It is anticipated that all of the work should be complete by 4th September 2025.

2. Vehicles would be prohibited from entering or exiting Gainsborough Gardens between a point opposite the western boundary wall of number 58 Gainsborough Gardens and a point opposite the eastern boundary wall of number 36.

3. Nothing in paragraph 2 above would apply to:–

   (a) any vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes;

   (b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a civil enforcement officer;

   (c) any person who causes any vehicle to proceed in accordance with any restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed pursuant to Section 66 or Section 67 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

   (d) any vehicles used in connection with the pole replacement works;

   (e) any vehicles needing to gain access to properties in the closed extents as far as is practicably possible.

   1. The provisions of the order will not have effect unless all the signs in accordance with the provisions of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 are displayed, removed or covered, or unless at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a civil enforcement officer.

   2. Diversion route; via Cotman Gardens, Whistler Gardens, Dale Avenue and vice versa.

   Dated 22nd July 2025

   Poonam Pathak

   Strategic Head of Traffic, Highways & Asset Management,

   Network Management, Place Directorate, Environmental Servicers,

   London Borough of Harrow, Forward Drive, Harrow, HA3 8FL

   LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW