Agenda and decisions
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
All Members present are required to declare, at this point in the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter
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PROCEDURAL MATTERS
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One Member question was received. This and the response is attached.
Additional documents: Decision: One Member question was received. This and the Cabinet Member response were published with the agenda. |
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Public Questions
The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (13/12/2022).
Additional documents: Decision: There were no questions from the public. |
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PETITION: WEIGHT LIMIT, CHURCH STREET, WEYBRIDGE
One petition has been received regarding weight limits on Church Street, Weybridge. The full wording is attached with the Cabinet Member response. Additional documents: Decision: One petition was received from Peter Harman. This and the response given was as below:
PETITION: 18T WEIGHT LIMIT CHURCH ST, WEYBRIDGE We the undersigned petition Surrey County Council to Introduce an 18-ton weight limit from the Junction with Brooklands Road / Wellington Way via Heath Road through to Church Street, Weybridge. Heavy lorries have caused significant damage to street furniture when they take a short cut to the M25. Residents are disturbed throughout the night by these heavy articulated lorries serving the Brooklands Estate. An advisory to route to M25 via Byfleet Road is ignored.
Justification: These roads are not designed for heavy lorries with a narrow bridge at Weybridge Station, a school and narrow streets at the junction with Church Street and High Street, Weybridge. Future road works at the A3 / M25 junction will encourage more drivers to use alternative route.
Response:
The Brooklands Estate is a locally important business park and distribution hub. It is accepted that HGV movements may cause concern for some residents, but as a highway authority we have a responsibility to ensure that legitimate businesses can successfully operate and that any proposed changes to the highway network do not have a negative impact elsewhere.
The B374 Brooklands Road is classified as part of the Surrey Priority One (SPN1) network, meaning that it is maintained to facilitate the movement of all vehicles, including HGVs. There are existing signs at the junction of Wellington Way and Brooklands Road directing vehicles in excess of 16.5 tonnes to join M25 at junction 10. While some HGVs may ignore these and use Brooklands Road (and subsequent roads) to join the M25 at junction 11, some will be going to other destinations, such as heading north on the A317 (another SPN 1 road). For these reasons there are no plans at this time to introduce a weight restriction.
Tim Oliver, Member for Weybridge, spoke in support of the petition.
It was agreed to continue to review the situation.
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HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORT ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGY UPDATE
Best practice guidance suggests that a Local Authority’s Highway Asset Management Strategy should be updated every two years. This report recommends approval of updates to the Highways & Transport Asset Management Strategy.
Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED:
That the updated Highways & Transport Asset Management Strategy be approved.
Reasons for decision:
The Highway & Transport Asset Management Strategy (The Strategy) sets out how Surrey County Council (SCC) manages its highway infrastructure assets with consideration to whole life costs, associated risks and alignment with Surrey’s corporate objectives.
In 2018, future approvals of the Strategy were delegated by Cabinet to the Highways lead Cabinet Member. The Strategy is reviewed and updated every two years and, as such, this update is coming to the Cabinet Member for Highways and Community Resilience for approval in December 2022.
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