Merton - Multiple Temporary Closures Due To Various Works

London Borough of Merton

Public Notices

5. Traffic affected by the road closure should proceed using Erne Road and Woodhayes Road.

6. Nothing in this Notice will apply: -

(a) to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a police community support officer in uniform; or

(b) to any vehicle engaged in the execution of the said works; or

(c) to any vehicle being used for police, fire brigade or ambulance purposes, subject to site conditions; or

(d) so as to prevent vehicular access to premises in or adjacent to the road or length of road specified in sub-paragraph 2(a) of this Notice, insofar as access is safe and reasonably practicable without interference with any works.

7. Except as provided in paragraph 6 above, if a person causes or permits a vehicle to wait in the length of restricted street specified in paragraph 2 of this Notice, at such times as traffic signs indicating that such waiting is prohibited are placed in that restricted street, then a contravention of this Notice and a parking contravention within Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the Traffic Management Act 2004 shall be deemed to have occurred.

8. Any vehicle that is in contravention of the temporary waiting restrictions at a time when these restrictions apply may be removed in accordance with the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986.

9. The Order will come into operation on Saturday 1st August 2026 and it is anticipated that the works will be completed by Sunday 16th August 2026. However, the Order will remain in force for a maximum period of 3 months should further works be required.

Dated: 30 July 2026.

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1)

LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON

(VARIOUS ROADS) (NO. 12) (TEMPORARY RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2026

1. The London Borough of Merton Council hereby give notice that to facilitate a programme of carriageway resurfacing and general maintenance works to be undertaken in the roads specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this notice, they intend to make an Order, the effect of which, during the works, would be to temporarily prohibit vehicular traffic from entering, proceeding or waiting, including in any parking places, in those roads or lengths of roads specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this notice.

2. Any designated parking place situated in any of the roads or lengths of roads specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this notice would be suspended for the duration of the works in those roads or lengths of road.

3. Alternative routes for diverted traffic would be indicated by advance warning and diversion signs on the roads affected when the works are in progress.

4. Any vehicle that is in contravention of any waiting restrictions imposed by the Order may be removed under the provisions of the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986.

5. Nothing in the Order would apply to: -

(a) any vehicle being used in connection with the execution of the said works; or

(b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police officer in uniform or a police community support officer in uniform; or

(c) any vehicle being used for police, fire brigade or ambulance purposes, subject to site conditions; or

(d) any person requiring vehicular access to properties adjacent to the prohibited roads or lengths of roads insofar as access is reasonably practicable without interference with the said works.

6. The Order would come into force on Friday 7th August 2026 and the anticipated works dates are specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this notice. However, the Order would remain in operation for a maximum period of 12 months and its provisions would be re-introduced should further works be required.

Dated: 30th July 2026.

SCHEDULE

PROPOSED CARRIAGEWAY RESURFACING AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE WORKS

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