Issue - meetings

This report seeks the Local Committee’s approval to proceed with proposals to provide an enhanced gateway scheme.

The Local Committee (Reigate & Banstead) agreed to:

(i)  Proceed with proposals to provide an enhanced gateway scheme on the A25 Buckland Road, Reigate.

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS:

To inform the Local Committee of the continuing casualty record on the A25 Buckland Road and A25 West Street and to seek authority to proceed with the

construction of the scheme shown in Annex 1.

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers attending: Zena Curry, Area Highway Manager

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: None

Member discussion – key points

1.    Members welcomed the news that central funding was available to progress this scheme, even though the design did not allow for the gates included in previous proposals. The work would be funded by the Road Safety team in a bid to reduce the number of accidents at that location which mostly involved motorcyclists who cut the corner.

2.    In response to members’ queries officers confirmed that the scheme would consist of a small island (not a pedestrian refuge), two bollards and a reflective sign.

3.    Members raised the point that the A25 varied in width at different points, and asked for reassurance that the island would not be installed in one of the narrower sections, which would impede cyclists using the highway. In response officers explained these issues would have been considered as part of the design’s safety audit and that a further one would be carried out at the point of construction. There was also an adjacent, dedicated cycle lane off the carriageway.

The Local Committee (Reigate & Banstead) agreed to:

(i)  Proceed with proposals to provide an enhanced gateway scheme on the A25 Buckland Road, Reigate.

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS:

To inform the Local Committee of the continuing casualty record on the A25 Buckland Road and A25 West Street and to seek authority to proceed with the

construction of the scheme shown in Annex 1.