On about 3 March 2008, for a period of about four years, redecoration work will take place on Southwark Bridge. The work will be conducted from scaffolding suspended from the bridge.
Only one of number two, three or four arches will be closed to navigation at a time.
Arches closed to navigation will be marked in accordance with the Port of London Authority River Byelaws 1978 (as amended) namely:
· By day, three red discs 0.6 metres in diameter at the points of an equilateral triangle with the apex downwards and the base horizontal.
· By night, three red lights in similar positions to the discs displayed by day.
Further details will be broadcast by London VTS on VHF Channel 14.
Persons in charge of vessels are to navigate with extra caution and are to ease down when passing the work.
