Decision details

Resolved:

The Local Committee (Reigate & Banstead) RESOLVED to:

·         Agree the Redhill STP Member Task Group recommendation to proceed with the preferred scheme option and to progress to public consultation and then detailed design stage and public consultation.

·         Note that the next steps will involve:

o   An application being made to the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to deregister the necessary common land at the junction and to offer equivalent exchange land.

o   The acquisition of land at the Maple Road allotment site from Reigate and Banstead Borough Council.

o   Applications being made to secure additional funding to enable the delivery of the scheme.

·         Delegate authority to the Area Highways Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Transport Strategy Project Manager and Electoral Division Member covered by the scheme to agree the consultation material.

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Capacity improvements are needed at the junction to allow for current and

expected increased future traffic volumes to operate effectively along the A23

corridor and through the junction with Three Arch Road and Maple Road.

2. Sustainable transport improvements are required at this junction to provide

safer routes for cyclists and pedestrians travelling through the junction.

3. Improved traffic flow through the junction combined with measures to provide

bus priority are needed to make bus travel in the area more reliable and

attractive in order to increase passenger numbers, and provide a quality

alternative to using the car.

4. Capacity and sustainable travel improvements to the junction are required for

improved emergency and visitor access to East Surrey Hospital.

5. Further work is required to develop the scheme and associated costs; this

includes identifying the extent of ground utility stats that will be affected by

the proposed works, providing a plan for any displaced local parking,

undertaking the process for common land exchange and proposed way

forward, and developing a programme with provisional timescales for scheme

delivery.

6. Holding a consultation with Council Members, stakeholders, local residents

and businesses, and other members of the public will assist the development

of a final detailed scheme design.

7. A number of possible funding sources have been identified for the anticipated

costs of constructing this scheme. Greater detail and refinement of scheme

costs is needed before a business case bid can be prepared to secure the full

funding necessary for the scheme.