Murdock Road, Bedford - Introduction of No Waiting & No Loading

PUBLIC NOTICE

BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL

(BEDFORD URBAN AREA (NORTH OF THE RIVER EXCLUDING QUEENS PARK AND CPZ AREAS))

(PROHIBITION AND RESTRICTION OF WAITING AND LOADING AND PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2009

(AMENDMENT NO.103) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on 24th September 2026 Bedford Borough Council made the above Traffic Regulation Order, the effect of which is detailed below:Effect of the Order:

1. To  introduce a ‘No waiting and no loading at any time’ restriction (double yellow lines and double kerb blips) on the following length of road:

A   Murdock Road, Bedford

(i)   On its western side of the westernmost northern leg, from its junction with the northeastern leg for a distance of approx. 66 metres in a northerly direction.

(ii)  On its northwestern kerb extending from a point approx. 29 metres northeast of the projected centre of the westernmost northern leg of Murdock Road for a distance of 74 metres in a north easterly direction.

Date of Operation: This Order will come into force on 5th October 2026 or as soon as practicable after this date.

A copy of the Order may be examined during normal office hours at Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP. It can also be viewed on the Council’s website at www.bedford.gov.uk/implementedtro 

High Court Challenge: Any person who desires to question the validity of this Order or any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or on the grounds that any requirement of that Act has not been complied with in relation to the Order may, within six weeks of the date of this Notice, make application for that purpose to the High Court.

Dated: 24th September 2026

Paul Pace, Service Director – Public Realm, Highways & Waste Management, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9 AP