Traffic Orders

Traffic management orders (TMO), or traffic regulation orders as they are also known, are written legal documents created by the council to manage, control and regulate traffic. They allow the council to enforce all on-street parking controls in the borough such as yellow lines and parking bays, as well as council off-street car parks. Orders may also prescribe a wide range of other controls, examples including one-way streets, no entries and turning movements which can be enforced by the council and police.

Most traffic regulation orders come about as a result of input from local communities and the police, to address specific traffic congestion or quality of life issues.

A formal TMO requires a statutory procedure to be followed.

A notice of making is a legal notice published in a local newspaper circulating in an area to which a traffic management order relates. It is published within 14 days of the date on which the order to which it relates was made. The notice explains the basic provisions of the traffic order and when they come into force.

The orders advertised here are part of this procedure.