The A205 Trunk Road (Mortlake Road, Richmond upon Thames) (Vehicle Height Restriction) Order 1996

Made: 20th March 1996

Coming into force: 25th March 1996

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1) and (3) of, and Part IV of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis pursuant to section 7(6) of that Act[^f00002], hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the A205 Trunk Road (Mortlake Road, Richmond upon Thames) (Vehicle Height Restriction) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 25th March 1996.

2

No person shall cause or permit any vehicle the overall height of which, together with the load (if any) carried thereon, exceeds 4.5 metres (14 feet 9 inches) to enter the carriageway beneath the railway bridge situated in Mortlake Road, Kew, the centre point of which lies 63 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerbline of Forest Road.

3

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (Mortlake Road, Kew) (Vehicle Height Restriction) Order 1988[^f00003] is hereby revoked.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

R. T. Thorndike — Director, Highways Agency, London Network Management Division — 20th March 1996

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 27. Section 6(1) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), section 168 and Schedule 8, paragraph 21(2).

[^f00002]: Section 7(6) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).

[^f00003]: LBO 1988/13.