The A1 Trunk Road (Barnet) Red Route (Speed Limit) Experimental Traffic Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1203

ROAD TRAFFIC

The A1 Trunk Road (Barnet) Red Route (Speed Limit) Experimental Traffic Order 1999

Made

21st April 1999

Coming into force

6th May 1999

The Traffic Director for London, in accordance with a direction given to him by the Secretary of State under section 58(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991(1) and in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(2), and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:–

1.  This Order may be cited as The A1 Trunk Road (Barnet) Red Route (Speed Limit) Experimental Traffic Order 1999, and shall come into force on 6th May 1999.

2.  No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the limit shown in column (3) of the Schedule to this Order on the length of road specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order.

3.  An entry in column (3) of an item in a Schedule to this Order applies to that column in subsequent items in that Schedule.

4.  If it appears to the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic, or of the provision of suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway, or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by this Order runs, and after consulting with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, he may modify or suspend any provision of this Order, save that no modification shall make an addition.

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the A1 Trunk Road (Barnet) (50 mph Speed Limit) Order 1996(3) is hereby suspended, in so far as its provisions relate to the lengths of the trunk road red route specified in the Schedule to this Order.

(2) The suspension specified in paragraph (1) of this article shall take effect in respect of any provision contained in the A1 Trunk Road (Barnet) (50 mph Speed Limit) Order 1996 only from the time at which the traffic sign indicating the effect of that provision has been obliterated.

Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.

Derek Turner

Traffic Director for London

21st April 1999

SCHEDULE

(1)	(2)	(3)
Item	Length of Road	Speed limit
1.	The A1 Watford Way, southbound carriageway, from its junction with The Broadway to its junction with Page Street.	40 mph

(1)

1991 c. 40.

(2)

1984 c. 27.

(3)

S.I. 1996/285.