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It's part of the Great Suffolk Street 'LTN'. The drawings you want are on page 12 of this document (see especially the inset):
That short stretch is meant to be modally filtered as per this scheme, i.e. drivers aren't permitted to drive along Great Suffolk Street between Webber Street and Southwark Bridge Road. You've nearly missed out the 'no motor vehicles' sign in your photograph (less than half of it is visible at the right), and there should also be a 'no left turn' sign just ahead of the pedestrian crossing on Southwark Bridge Road (outside the left of the picture), as well as corresponding signs on the other side. The 'delineators' (wands) are flexible so emergency service drivers can drive over them. The whole thing is meant to be two cycle-only lanes on this short stretch. Needless to say, it's confusing and many drivers will fail to understand it. I have to say that in this case I don't blame them.
I've long given up commenting on the piss-poor way most of these schemes are conceived. This one is one of the worst I've ever seen, getting pretty much everything wrong. I doubt it'll last in this form, it's just so ridiculously bad (famous last words).
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Oliver Schick
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Does anyone know the thinking behind the bollards on Great Suffolk St and Southwark Bridge Rd?
There is a line splitting the 2 lanes (fine) but then there's also one bang in the middle of the lane. As far as I can see cars are still allowed to travel on the pink arrow but to do so they end up veering in to the opposite lane.
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