Issue - meetings

To receive any petitions in accordance with Standing Order 68. Notice should be given in writing or by email to the Community Partnership and Committee Officer at least 14 days before the meeting.

Alternatively, the petition can be submitted on-line through Surrey County Council’s e-petitions website as long as the minimum number of signatures (30) has been reached 14 days before the meeting.

A petition on the A30 road through Bagshot was discussed at the March Committee and a petition response has been provided for this meeting.

The Local Committee noted that:

(i)            Previous speed surveys undertaken along the A30 London Road have indicated a generally good level of compliance with the existing 40mph speed limit through Bagshot.  As such, it has not been identified as a priority site on the Surrey Heath Speed Management Plan and there are no existing proposals to introduce speed enforcement cameras or other alternative speed reducing measures.  However, some of the speed data is now relatively old and it does not cover all sections of the A30 London Road through Bagshot.

(ii)          A series of new speed surveys are to be undertaken shortly to provide updated information about vehicle speeds over all sections of the A30 London Road between its junctions with the A322 and Waterers Way.

(iii)         The results of the surveys will help determine whether there is a problem with speeding and whether the introduction of speed reducing measures should be considered (and what type of measures would be most appropriate).

(iv)         The Local Committee will be updated further once the surveys have been completed and the data analysed.

Declarations of Interest: None.

Officer in attendance: Jason Gosden and Zena Curry Highways Officers

Petitions, Public Questions/Statements: One, as detailed

The Highways Officer presented the report and outlined that the Speed Management Group were monitoring the area and the existing site was on the speed management plan.  Previous speed surveys (Jacks 2014, Yaveland Drive 2019 and the High St) indicated good compliance but new data was needed so 6 surveys would be carried out in both directions.  This would cover 24 hrs / 7 days a week and would occur within the next 4 weeks.  The A30 was a strategic road and had a high volume of traffic, so needed careful consideration.

Members also discussed the area, raising issues of HGVs through the village, the planning application for Lidl, the idea of a roundabout at Waitrose and drive smart.  HGV’s remained a current issue, with Members asking for an update on the impact and the policy of reporting HGV problems.  One Member asked if HGVs were signposted from the A322 to avoid Bagshot village and it was confirmed outside the meeting that the signs directed HGVs appropriately.  There was a call for the speed monitoring to include the Jolly Farmer area as well and this would be considered.

Sarah Kingsley, local resident added that there had been a massive increase in traffic and that the area needed to be looked at holistically as the villagers felt ignored.  The M3 traffic through the area also did not help.

The Local Committee noted that:

(i)            Previous speed surveys undertaken along the A30 London Road have indicated a generally good level of compliance with the existing 40mph speed limit through Bagshot.  As such, it has not been identified as a priority site on the Surrey Heath Speed Management Plan and there are no existing proposals to introduce speed enforcement cameras or other alternative speed reducing measures.  However, some of the speed data is now relatively old and it does not cover all sections of the A30 London Road through Bagshot.

(ii)          A series of new speed surveys are to be undertaken shortly to provide updated information about vehicle speeds over all sections of the A30 London Road between its junctions with the A322 and Waterers Way.

(iii)         The results of the surveys will help determine whether there is a problem with speeding and whether the introduction of speed reducing measures should be considered (and what type of measures would be most appropriate).

(iv)         The Local Committee will be updated further once the surveys have been completed and the data analysed.