Announcements

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council

The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Waiting Restrictions) (Consolidation) Order 2011 (as amended) (Amendment No 19 Order 2015)

Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Borough of Weymouth and Portland has made an Order in pursuance of arrangements made under Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 with the Council of the County of Dorset in exercise of its powers of the said County Council under Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 32, 35, 45-56 and Parts III and IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ("the Act of 1984"), the relevant powers under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 and of all other enabling powers, in accordance with the Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police and with the consent of the County Council of Dorset in accordance with Section 39(3) of the Act of 1984, which will have the effect of amending the existing Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Waiting Restrictions) (Consolidation) Order 2011.
The effect of the Order will be:
(i) To create designated parking spaces for the parking of disabled persons' vehicles only in the lengths of road specified in Schedule 1 below.

(ii) To revoke within the Order;

a) The parking spaces for disabled persons' vehicles listed in Schedule 2 below. Those spaces having recently been removed, being no longer required by the residents who applied for them.

b) The 'Restricted Area Outside of a School' restriction outside of the former Underhill Junior School, Clovens Road, Portland, which was removed following the closure of that school.

The Order will operate from Monday 2 March 2015. A copy of the Order may be inspected during normal office hours at the Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth.

If anyone wishes to question the validity of the Order, or any provision contained within it 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 or of any Instrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to the Order, they may within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made (27 February 2015) apply to the High Court for the purpose.
Matt Prosser Chief Executive 27 February 2015
Schedule 1
Parking Space for Disabled Persons' Vehicles only
Avalanche Road
On its east side, from a point 0.6 metres north of the boundary between numbers 86 and 88 Avalanche Road, southwards for a distance of 4.5 metres. Chickerell Road
On its south side, from a point 3.1 metres west of the boundary between numbers 29 and 31 Chickerell Road, westwards for a distance of 6.6 metres. Moorfield Road
On its south side, from a point 1.5 metres west of the boundary between numbers 38 and 40 Moorfield Road, westwards for a distance of 4.5 metres. Station Road
On its west side, from a point 17 metres south of its junction with Reforne, southwards for a distance of 6 metres.
Schedule 2
Revocation of 'Parking Space for Disabled Persons' Vehicles only' Brownlow Street - Outside of number 45 Cromwell Road - Outside of number 66 Dorchester Road - Outside of number 91 Dumbarton Road - Outside of number 17 Easton Street - Outside of number 50
Granby Close - Outside of numbers 55&56 and outside of numbers 67&68 Khartoum Road - Outside of number 13
Ranelagh Road - Opposite number 29 and opposite number 31 St Pauls Road - Outside of number 15