Issue - items at meetings - HIGHWAYS REPORT

The 2020/21 capital schemes programme was agreed by the Woking Joint Committee at its meeting on 4 March 2020. This included an item to introduce a 20mph limit on part of Church Hill and High Street, Horsell.

Detailed design of the scheme has highlighted the advantage of including several other roads and parts of roads in the 20mph limit to reduce the amount of signing required and, from a motorist and residents’ point of view, produce a more sensible scheme. These additional lengths are Lych Way, Wilson Way, Pares Close and part of Meadway Drive, including South Close.

Additional Woking Committee approval is required before these additional lengths of 20mph limit can be advertised and implemented.

Woking Joint Committee agreed that:

(i) Lych Way, Wilson Way, Pares Close, South Close and Meadway Drive, extending approximately 165m northeast from its junction with High Street, Horsell are included within the previously approved proposal for a 20mph limit on part of Church Hill and High Street; and

(ii) a notice is advertised in accordance with the Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effects of which would be to introduce the proposed 20mph speed limit in the aforementioned roads; and

(iii) any objections to the Traffic Regulation Order should be considered and resolved by the Area Team Manager for Highways in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Joint Committee and the local Divisional Member, and that this issue only be returned to Committee if any objections prove insurmountable; and

(iv) the Order be made once any objections have been considered and resolved.

Reason for Recommendation:

The recommendation, to include several cul-de-sacs and part of Meadway Drive in the previously approved scheme for a 20mph limit on parts of Church Hill and High Street, Horsell, would result in less signage and street clutter and would result in a more sensible, coherent scheme.

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers attending: Andrew Milne, Area Highways Manager, SCC

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: None

The Area Highways Manger (AHM) presented a report that highlighted the need for an area of 20mph speed limit in Horsell, including side roads. This was supported by Members to include busy parts of the village and outside the school. Officers were thanked for their work on this.

Members did raise other areas that could benefit from 20mph limits and were referred to the speed management policy and the processes for getting these considered.