
1 
This Order may be cited as The A23 Trunk Road (Lambeth) Red Route (Prohibition of Traffic) Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 4th February 1998.
2 
In this Order “central reservation” means that part of the trunk road which separates one part of its carriageway from another part for the safety and guidance of vehicular traffic using that road.
3 

(1) Subject to the provisions of article 6 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to enter or proceed through the gap in the central reservation of the A23 trunk road at the following locations:—
(a) A23 Streatham High Road opposite Heybridge Avenue.
(b) A23 Streatham High Road opposite Guildersfield Road
(c) A23 Streatham High Road opposite Kingscourt Road
(d) A23 Streatham Hill opposite Tierney Road.
4 
Subject to the provisions of article 6 below, no person shall, cause or permit any vehicle proceeding in the A23 Trunk Road, Streatham High Road and Streatham Hill, in the direction specified in an item in column (2) of the Table below to pass through the gap in the central reservation specified in column (3) of that item and then proceed in that road in the direction specified in column (4) of that item.

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Item No Direction proceeding Gap in reservation Direction prohibited
1. northwards Opposite 542 Streatham High Road southwards
2. southwards Opposite 325 Streatham High Road northwards
3. northwards Streatham Hill, opposite the northern access to Brixton Bus Garage southwards
4. southwards Streatham Hill, opposite the southern egress from Brixton Bus Garage northwards
5. northwards Streatham Hill, at the junction with the A205 South Circular Road southwards
5 
The provisions of articles 3 and 4 above do not apply:—
(a) to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or
(b) to a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
21st January 1998