Burnt Oak – Temporary Road Closure for Affinity Water Utility Works

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SECTION 14(1)(a) ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION

ACT 1984 AS AMENDED BY THE ROAD TRAFFIC

(TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS) ACT 1991

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE – OAKLEIGH AVENUE

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 Affinity Water utility works.

1. The order may be cited as The Harrow (Oakleigh Avenue) Temporary Traffic Order 2026 and would be operational on 3rd August 2026 and would remain in effect until 2nd November 2026 or until the completion of the works, whichever is the sooner. It is anticipated that all the work should be complete by 28th August 2026.
2. Vehicles would be prohibited from entering or exiting Oakleigh Avenue, at its junctions with Burnt Oak Broadway.
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 Affinity Water 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 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.
5. Diversion route; via Burnt Oak Broadway, Columbia Avenue, Vancouver Road and vice versa.

Dated 2nd March 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