Article 11 Traffic regulation

Subject to the provisions of this article, and with the consent of the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated, the undertaker may, during and for the purposes of the execution of the authorised works, temporarily restrict the direction of vehicular traffic on Old Felixstowe Road between points T1 and T2 as shown on the rights of way plans.

The consent of the traffic authority under paragraph (1) shall not be unreasonably withheld.

The power in paragraph (1) shall only be exercised in relation to heavy goods vehicles and public service vehicles travelling in the westbound direction.

The undertaker shall consult the chief officer of police and the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated before complying with the provisions of paragraph (5).

The undertaker shall not exercise the power in paragraph (1) unless it has—

Any restriction of vehicular traffic made by the undertaker under the powers conferred by paragraph (1) shall have effect as if made by the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated as if it were an order under section 14(1)(a) of the 1984 Act and shall last for such period as the notice given under paragraph (5)(b) of this article may specify which shall in any event terminate upon the opening for traffic of the railway.

Any restriction made by the undertaker under this article may also be varied or revoked from time to time by the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated by an order under the 1984 Act provided that no such order may be made to revoke any provision previously made by the undertaker under this article without the undertaker’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

In this article—

• “the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984^f1 and all expressions used in this article and in the 1984 Act shall have the same meaning in this article as in that Act;

• “heavy goods vehicle” has the meaning given to it in section 115 of the Highways Act 1980^f2;

• “public service vehicle” has the meaning given to it in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981^f3; and

• “the Regulations” means article 3 (procedure for making a temporary order) of the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Procedure Regulations 1992^f4.