Narrative:

I was working the position with very poor weather. The traffic complexity and volume was managed very well by the traffic management controller. They then left for lunch; with the situation under control; then the supervisory traffic management coordinator (stmc) came in and changed the rate from a manageable 36 arrival rate to a 48 rate with very poor weather. We ended up with too many airplanes in the airspace; the final almost extended outside of the airspace and both arrivals are vectoring into a deep downwind. I was vectoring to gain some miles for the final controller and reel the final back in.we were having to blend airplanes from the base into the downwind using appropriate speeds and very precise vectoring. I was talking to six airplanes but at the time aircraft X checked on I was in the middle of hitting a hole for the final. I acknowledged aircraft X thinking it was on a vector to join the arrival or a vector to go east. I never gave it any thought that the ARTCC would fly an aircraft through the restricted area. As soon as I took radar contact on the aircraft I had less than a minute to talk to the airplane and coordinate a turn for the airplane with the center since the aircraft was doing four hundred knots right at the restricted area. I later heard from another party that direct routing was coordinated by a supervisor as I was too busy to talk on the line. If the center did call I did not hear it. I recognized the situation and take evasive maneuvers to get that aircraft away from the restricted area.change the letter of agreement to not allow ARTCC to send planes direct fixes when the restricted area is active at or above 10;000 feet. All coordination by a supervisor should be done over a recorded line; not the telephone; as I never approved an airplane to go through an active restricted area or gave approval for anyone to coordinate that in my airspace. If the arrival rate is too high and there was a mistake made; fix it by putting in an arrival coordinator; or even another set of eyes.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Center Controller issued a routing to an aircraft which would have penetrate Restricted Areas.

Narrative: I was working the position with very poor weather. The traffic complexity and volume was managed very well by the Traffic Management controller. They then left for lunch; with the situation under control; then the Supervisory Traffic Management Coordinator (STMC) came in and changed the rate from a manageable 36 arrival rate to a 48 rate with very poor weather. We ended up with too many airplanes in the airspace; the final almost extended outside of the airspace and both arrivals are vectoring into a deep downwind. I was vectoring to gain some miles for the final controller and reel the final back in.We were having to blend airplanes from the base into the downwind using appropriate speeds and very precise vectoring. I was talking to six airplanes but at the time Aircraft X checked on I was in the middle of hitting a hole for the final. I acknowledged Aircraft X thinking it was on a vector to join the arrival or a vector to go east. I never gave it any thought that the ARTCC would fly an aircraft through the restricted area. As soon as I took radar contact on the aircraft I had less than a minute to talk to the airplane and coordinate a turn for the airplane with the center since the aircraft was doing four hundred knots right at the restricted area. I later heard from another party that direct routing was coordinated by a supervisor as I was too busy to talk on the line. If the center did call I did not hear it. I recognized the situation and take evasive maneuvers to get that aircraft away from the restricted area.Change the Letter of Agreement to not allow ARTCC to send planes direct fixes when the restricted area is active at or above 10;000 feet. All coordination by a supervisor should be done over a recorded line; not the telephone; as I never approved an airplane to go through an active restricted area or gave approval for anyone to coordinate that in my airspace. If the arrival rate is too high and there was a mistake made; fix it by putting in an arrival coordinator; or even another set of eyes.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.