Bowness Avenue and Lords Street

Salford City Council proposes to make the following Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The title and effect of the Order is as follows:

City of Salford (Bowness Avenue and Lords Street) (Prohibition of Waiting) Order

No Waiting At Any Time on:

Bowness Avenue

• Both sides, from its junction with Lords Street for a distance of 10m south westerly

Lords Street

• South west side, from 10m north west from the north western extended kerbline of Bowness Avenue to 10m south east from the south eastern extended kerbline of Bowness Avenue.

The proposed documents may be examined at Swinton Gateway, 100 Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6BP, Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm. Details can be viewed online on this page. Alternatively, copies of the documentation may be requested via the email phlegal@manchester.gov.uk or the postal addresses below. If you wish to object to the proposed Order you should send the grounds of your objection in writing to Fiona Ledden, City Solicitor: PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA, or phlegal@manchester.gov.uk by the 15 April 2024 quoting reference L/STG/SCC006/01180

John Searle, Executive Director of Place, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road,

Dated: 21 March 2024

Statement of Reasons

It is proposed to introduce ‘No Waiting at Any Time’ restrictions at the junction Bowness Avenue – Lords Street to improve access and visibility for all highway users. The restrictions will also assist emergency and service vehicles.

Currently there are no waiting restrictions at the junction Bowness Avenue – Lords Street. Vehicles are parking close to the junction, decreasing visibility, and creating access issues. If the proposals are introduced, access and visibility will be improved as well as general road safety for all road users.

As part of the works a new street name plate will be provided.

It is necessary to introduce waiting restrictions on Bowness Avenue and Lords Street to address road safety concerns. The new restrictions will improve access and visibility for all vehicles, including emergency and service vehicles.

City of Salford (Bowness Avenue and Lords Street) (Prohibition of Waiting) Order 2024

Salford City Council in exercise of its powers under Sections 1(1), 2(1) to (3) and 4(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ("the Act"), and of all other enabling powers and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police for the County of Greater Manchester in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Interpretation

In this Order:

• “Disabled Person’s Badge” has the same meaning as in The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000;
• “Disabled Person’s Vehicle” means a vehicle lawfully displaying a disabled person’s badge being a vehicle which, immediately before or after any period of waiting allowed by virtue of a provision of a kind required by the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England) Regulations 2000 to be included in an order under the Act, has been or is to be used for carrying disabled persons as passengers;
• “Parking Disc” means a disc, issued by a local authority, 125 millimetres square, coloured blue and capable of showing the quarter hour period during which a period of waiting begins, which has not ceased to be valid.

For the purpose of this Order a vehicle shall be regarded as displaying:

• a Disabled Person’s Badge in the relevant position if:
  • the badge is exhibited on the dashboard or facia of the vehicle, or
  • where the vehicle is not fitted with a dashboard or facia, the badge is exhibited in a conspicuous position on the vehicle, so that the front of the badge is clearly legible from the outside of the vehicle;
• a Parking Disc in the relevant position if:
  • the disc is exhibited on the dashboard or facia of the vehicle; or
  • where the vehicle does not have a dashboard or facia, the disc is exhibited in a conspicuous position on the vehicle, so that, when marked to show the quarter-hour period during which a period of waiting began, that period is clearly legible from the outside of the vehicle.

The Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

No waiting at any time

Save as provided in Article 3 of this Order no person shall, except upon the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or a civil enforcement officer, cause or permit any vehicle to wait at any time on the lengths of road specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Exemption from prohibition – general exemptions

Nothing in Article 2 of this Order shall prevent any person to cause or permit any vehicle to wait on the lengths of road referred to in that Article for so long as may be necessary to enable:

• a person to board or alight from the vehicle;
• the vehicle, if it cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other road, to be used in connection with any of the following operations, namely:
  • building, industrial or demolition operations;
  • the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
  • the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the said length of road;
  • the laying, erection, alteration or repair, in or on land adjacent to the said length of road, of any sewer or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or of any telecommunications apparatus defined in the Communication Act 2003;
• the vehicle, if it cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other road, to be used in the service of a local authority or a water authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties;
• the vehicle to be used for the purpose of delivering or collecting postal packets as defined in the Postal Services Act 2000;
• the vehicle to take in petrol, oil, water or air from any garage situated on or adjacent to the said side of length of road;
• the vehicle to wait at or near to any premises situated on or adjacent to the said length of road for so long as such waiting by that vehicle is reasonably necessary in connection with any funeral;
• the vehicle to be used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; or
• goods to be loaded on to or unloaded from the vehicle.

Exemption for disabled persons’ vehicles

Nothing in Article 2 of this Order shall prevent any person to cause or permit a Disabled Person's Vehicle which displays in the relevant position a Disabled Person's Badge, and a Parking Disc (on which the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle, has marked the time at which the period of waiting began) to wait on the length of road referred to in that Article for a period not exceeding three hours (not being a period separated by an interval of less than one hour from a previous period of waiting by the same vehicle on the same length of road on the same day).

Schedule - No Waiting At Any Time