Request ID: FOI-2783-2122 Date published: 11 March 2022
You asked
Dear Sirs
We understand you are the Highway Authority for Constitution Hill from the western end of Constitution Hill in the direction of Buckingham Palace.
We request production of:-
1. The current speed limit for that stretch of road from approximately 400 metres west of Buckingham Palace to the traffic lights directly outside Buckingham Palace.
2. When that speed limit was introducted
3. If not the same speed limit as above then the speed limit as of 25 July 2019.
We answered
TfL Ref: 2783-2122
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 2 March 2022 asking for information about the speed limit on Constitution Hill, London. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Unfortunately we do not hold the information you have requested.
TfL is only the traffic authority for Constitution Hill for 32 metres at its western end to the ceremonial gates (and is a GLA side road where we are not the highway authority).
The section mentioned below falls outside of Transport for London Road Network and would be the responsibility of either the Royal Parks or Westminster City Council (unfortunately we do not have a definitive map showing the boundaries); however a quick Google search suggests it may be Royal Parks: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmtlgr/557/557ap106.htm
Below is a map showing TfL’s extent (shown by red lines) and the area you asked about (shown by a green dotted line).
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
