<div dir="ltr">The pdf you have correctly refers to The Highways Act 1980 which gives highway authorities the power to convert a footway (pavement) to a cycle track. Section 66 of this act is used to remove the footway (pavement), then Section 65(1) is used to create a statutory Cycle Track. <div><br></div><div>It is not a TRO (traffic order)<div><br></div><div>A traffic order is a function of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which gives appropriate authorities the power to create temporary, experimental or permanent restrictions on traffic, using Traffic Regulations Orders. Nothing to do with Cycle Tracks.</div><div><br></div><div>TRO's normally require consultation and are commonly publicly listed, and often available to see on council maps. The legal process your pdf refers to uses an internal process done commonly without public consultation, or to be found on any council website.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cycle Tracks have, more or less, their own legislation, the Cycle Tracks Act 1984.</div><div><br></div><div>From this you can hopefully see that TRO's have nothing to do with the presence of a Cycle Track or the signage indicating a Cycle Track.</div><div><br></div><div>It's also important to understand the government's use of footpath, footway, and walkway. Often mentioned pavement cycling prohibitions only apply when a footway is a lane within a road directly adjacent to a carriageway.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Jass</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 at 19:35, Tony Shield <<a href="mailto:tonyosm9@gmail.com">tonyosm9@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>A conversion of a footpath to a cycle way does require a TRO -
that is what gives the LA the permission to install that signage.
In this case they have to use a TRO as the presumption is that the
footway is not available to cyclists. Cyclists on the footway are
illegal (see highway code), it is only legal when a TRO is in
effect to allow it.</p>
<p>I have a pdf from Lancashire County Council ref
LSG4\894.13608\AFR. Included are the words<br>
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"NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in accordance with Section 65(1) and
66(4) of the Highways Act 1980 Lancashire County Council propose to
convert the following:<br>
1) To convert the following lengths of footway into segregated
footway/cycleway:<br>
a) St Helens Road, Ormskirk, the west side, from a point 24 metres
south of its junction with the Centreline of Moor Street for a
distance of 48 metres in a southerly direction;<br>
b) St Helens Road, Ormskirk, the east side, from a point 24 metres
south of its junction with the Centreline of Moor Street for a
distance of 48 metres in a southerly direction.<br>
2) To convert the following lengths of footway into joint use
cycleways:<br>
<p>a) St Helens Road, Ormskirk, the west side, From its junction
with the Centreline of Moor Street for a distance of 24 metres in
a southerly direction; ........."</p>
<p>This and other sources indicate to me that a TRO is required in
the situation discussed.</p>
<p>Tony Shield - TonyS999<br>
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I think the only way to proceed is to read the TRO (traffic
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<div>A conversion of a footway (pavement/ osm-sidewalk) to a
cycle track (shared or not) does not require a Traffic
Order. <br>
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We map what is on the ground and shown by signage. Why is
this case should we consult with the council? </div>
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