Decision details

That the Local Committee [Elmbridge] agreed to:

Petition 1:

(i)    Consider measures at the junction of Langton Road within the Walton Road scheme, to inform a future application for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding

(ii)   Note that the subject(s) of an application will be proposed by the Area Highways Manager, in consultation with the divisional members and the Chairman/Vice-Chairman of the Elmbridge Local Committee

(iii) Note that parking measures at the junction will be considered within the next Elmbridge Parking Review, which is currently due to begin in December 2020.

Reasons: To respond to the issues raised in the petition.

Petition 2:

(iv)  Include a scheme at the Summer Road/ Hampton Court Way junction on the prioritisation list for consideration in a future highway programme.

Reasons: To respond to the issues raised in the petition.

Petition 3:

(v)   Undertake an officer assessment of the road safety concerns on the roads in the vicinity of the St Lawrence School with reference to the county council’s Road Safety Outside School’s policy and will report the findings (including any recommendations for highway measures) to a future meeting of the Local Committee.

(vi) This process also includes an assessment of the status of the school’s travel plan. If required assistance will be provided to the school to ensure their travel plan is up to date and ideally registered on the national online school travel plan portal Modeshift STARS.

Reasons: To respond to the issues raised in the petition.

Petition 4:

(vii)      Approve the construction of the three pedestrian crossings that were originally intended as part of the Esher Road Active Travel scheme;

(xiii)Approve that following the construction of the three pedestrian crossings, and after a period of bedding in, officers should undertake public consultation with the local community, and that the results of this consultation should be reported back to Committee for a final decision on whether to make this scheme permanent;

(ix)  Authorise the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s) to undertake all necessary procedures to implement the three pedestrian crossings and undertake public consultation for this scheme at the appropriate time.

Reasons:

Observations during the trial period by both local members and Surrey County Council Highways Service officers suggest that the scheme has no significant adverse impact in terms of congestion compared to the previous layout of the A244 Esher Road.  The primary objective of this scheme was to provide three new pedestrian crossing facilities.  However these have not yet been constructed.  This means that the local community has not yet been able to utilise the main intended benefit of the scheme.   There is no compelling reason to abandon the scheme at this stage.  The alternative scheme suggested in the petition is unfeasible and has significant disadvantages compared to the proposed scheme.  If the pedestrian crossings were to be implemented, as per the recommendations, the local community would be able to experience the scheme in full, and then provide feedback to enable Committee to decide whether to make the scheme permanent.  

Petition 5:

(x)   Include a scheme on the prioritisation list for consideration in a future highway programme to consider the issues with the loading bay in Queen’s Road as part of a wider assessment of possible improvements in the Weybridge area.

Reasons: To respond to the issues raised in the petition.

Petition 6:

(xi)  request that local members and officers meet within 14 days to determine what improvements in the vicinity of the A244 in Oxshott are feasible and should be developed and agree timescales for these and engagement with third parties.

Reasons: To respond to the issues raised in the petition.