Issue - meetings

The ITS work programme for Woking includes an assessment of the speed limit on Warbury lane, Knaphill.  The road is currently subject to the national speed limit of 60mph. The road is a very narrow country lane and includes a width restriction at each end of a one-way section of the road. The assessment suggests that a reduction of the speed limit would be appropriate but this would leave a relatively short length of church lane, between the surrey heath / Woking borough boundary and the 30mph speed limit in Bisley as national speed limit.

Rather than leave this short length, it is proposed to reduce the speed limit over this length of Church Lane to 40mph to correspond to the lower limit that is proposed for Warbury Lane.

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed that:

(i)      The speed limit on Church Lane, Bisley between the Surrey Heath / Woking borough boundary and the start of the 30mph limit in Bisley be reduced to 40mph.

(ii)     The speed limit change should be advertised in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effect of which will be to implement the proposed change and revoke any existing traffic orders, as necessary;

(iii)    The Area Highways Manager, in consultation with the Chairman of the Surrey Heath Local Committee and the relevant Divisional Member, resolve any objections received in connection with this proposal.

Reasons:

The ITS work programme for Woking includes an assessment of the speed limit on Warbury lane, Knaphill. The road is currently subject to the national speed limit of 60mph. The road is a very narrow country lane and includes a width restriction at each end of a one-way section of the road. The road is used as a cut-through between Chobham road and the A322.

The assessment suggests that a reduction of the speed limit would be appropriate but this would leave a relatively short length of Church Lane, between the Surrey Heath / Woking borough boundary and the 30mph speed limit in Bisley as national speed limit.

Rather than leave this short length, it is proposed to reduce the speed limit over this length of Church Lane to 40mph to correspond to the lower limit that is proposed for Warbury Lane.

The Committee was asked to consider the reduction of speed limit along Church Lane, between the Surrey Heath / Woking borough boundary and the 30mph speed limit in Bisley as national speed limit.  

The ITS work programme for Woking included an assessment of the speed limit on Warbury Lane, Knaphill. The road has been subject to the national speed limit of 60mph. The road is a very narrow country lane and includes a width restriction at each end of a one-way section of the road. The road is used as a cut-through between Chobham road and the A322.

Rather than leave this short length, it was proposed to reduce the speed limit over this length of Church Lane to 40mph to correspond to the lower limit that is proposed for Warbury Lane.

The Committee asked for clarification on the length of road that was been requested for a speed reduction, it was confirmed that this was 140meters. The Members were supportive of this proposal.

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed that:

(i)      The speed limit on Church Lane, Bisley between the Surrey Heath / Woking borough boundary and the start of the 30mph limit in Bisley should be reduced to 40mph.

(ii)     The speed limit change should be advertised in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effect of which will be to implement the proposed change and revoke any existing traffic orders, as necessary;

(iii)    The Area Highways Manager, in consultation with the Chairman of the Surrey Heath Local Committee and the relevant Divisional Member, resolve any objections received in connection with this proposal.