Various roads, Halfway House in Swale - Prohibition of traffic movement order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order will be to update the one-way order and introduce a right-hand turn ban movement (except cycles) on the following lengths of road in Halfway House, Swale:

  • Belmont Road - Prohibited to turn right into Lynsted Road in an easterly direction.
  • Halfway Road - Prohibited to turn right into Belmont Road in a westerly direction.
  • Lynsted Road - One-way in a westerly direction only from its junction with Halfway Road to its junction with Belmont Road.

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.
  • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs.
  • for facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians).
    The One-Way Order deters eastbound ‘Rat Running’ traffic avoiding the traffic lights at Halfway Road A250 junction with Queenborough Road by making the route more difficult to negotiate. Eastbound traffic will be retained on the designated ‘A road’ network.

The effect of this made Order will be to update the one-way order and introduce a right-hand turn ban movement (except cycles) on the following lengths of road in Halfway House, Swale:

  • Belmont Road - Prohibited to turn right into Lynsted Road in an easterly direction.
  • Halfway Road - Prohibited to turn right into Belmont Road in a westerly direction.
  • Lynsted Road - One-way in a westerly direction only from its junction with Halfway Road to its junction with Belmont Road.

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising.
  • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs.
  • for facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians).
    The One-Way Order deters eastbound ‘Rat Running’ traffic avoiding the traffic lights at Halfway Road A250 junction with Queenborough Road by making the route more difficult to negotiate. Eastbound traffic will be retained on the designated ‘A road’ network.
Consultation has concluded

  • 27 May 2022

    CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

    Following the statutory consultation period, the scheme has been reviewed and the decision has been taken to make this Order permanent.

    Full details, including the scheme plan, can be found in the Made Order Public Notice and Statement of Reason document.

    Anyone may, by application to the High Court by 11 July 2022, challenge the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained in them on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or any instrument made thereunder, or that there has been a failure to comply with any statutory requirement to the Orders.