Bowen Road, Harrow - Temporary Road Closure due to Utility Works

SECTION 14(1)(a) ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

AS AMENDED BY THE ROAD TRAFFIC

(TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE – BOWEN ROAD

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 utility works.

1. The order may be cited as The Harrow (Bowen Road) Temporary Traffic Order 2026 and would be operational on 11th May 2026. It would remain in effect for a legal duration of 18 consecutive months or until the completion of the works, whichever is sooner. It is anticipated that all of the work should be complete by 15th May 2026.

2. Vehicles would be prohibited from entering or exiting Bowen Road between its junctions with Vaughan Road and Heath Road.

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 utility works;

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

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

5. The diversion route will be via Bowen Road, Butler Road, Vellacott Road, Vaughan Road and vice versa.

Dated 28th April 2026.

Poonam Pathak, Strategic Head of Traffic, Highways & Asset Management, Network Management, Place Directorate, Environmental Services, London Borough of Harrow, Forward Drive, Harrow, HA3 8FL.

London Borough of Harrow