Agenda item

To receive any questions from Surrey County Council electors within the area in accordance with Standing Order 66.

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers attending: Zena Curry, Area Highway Manager, SCC

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: The questions and officer responses were published in the supplementary agenda. Each questioner was invited to ask one supplementary question on the topic of their original question. Questions were taken in the order in which they were received.

1.    Mr Jerry Maxwell-Timmins attended and put forward the following comment. He acknowledged the response he had received from officers but added to his point that the entrance to Ashcombe School, accessed from Mowbray Gardens had no indication it was a school entrance and drivers along the A24 had no signage to indicate there was a school entrance near where they were driving.

Key points from the discussion:

·         The Area Highway Manager (AHM) responded by saying as the entrance was not a full formal entrance, only a back entrance that full signage wasn’t appropriate but she would look at the possibility to include signage in an appropriate place so as to not distract drivers travelling along the A24.

·         Members questioned whether the Governors of Ashcombe School had looked at this at all. Mrs Watson, as a Governor of the school confirmed this had not been raised previously but would look in to what could be done.

·         Members suggested a joined up approach with the school and Surrey County Council (SCC) was required to progress matters.

2.    No representative from Bookhams’ Residents Association (BRA) attended the meeting. Members however had a brief discussion on the points raised in the question.

 Key points from the discussion:

·         The questions and concerns raised by BRA were not dissimilar to those of any other village in Mole Valley with regards to the local plan. The question put forward highlighted the concerns and priorities that BRA had for MVDC and SCC to take in to account when MVDC finalised their local plan.

3.    Cllr Irvine was unable to attend the meeting but the AHM did show the committee an image of the proposed signage to be included on the underpass by the Burford Bridge. The signage was for dual pedestrian and cyclist use. It was requested that additional signage could be included to remind cyclists to dismount as the underpass was shared with pedestrians.

4.    Ms Caroline Salmon was unable to attend the meeting and did not submit a supplementary question.

5.    Mrs Nancy Goodacre attended the meeting and asked the following supplementary question in relation to her second question. She asked what the expected timing was for repairing the road as there was little clarity on this. She asked also for confirmation on the prioritisation of the scoring. The AHM confirmed that the scheme was on a list to be completed but this wouldn’t be in 2019/20 and would be some time after 2020/21. Priorities were ranked across the county and across the district. The closer to one a score was the higher the priority of that scheme.

6.    Cllr Daly attended and asked the following supplementary questions for each of her questions.

a)    She asked what the timing was for adding the scheme to the Integrated Transport Scheme (ITS) list and how to go about getting a feasibility study arranged. The AHM confirmed there were a large number of requests to add schemes to the ITS list and it wasn’t possible to add everything. She added that a feasibility study would cost approximately £5000 of revenue funding. Given that in 2019/20 financial year the local committee had no revenue budget, other sources of funding would need to be sought for such work. These included looking at Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) or developer funding.

b)    Cllr Daly asked whether there was a way for residents to telephone somebody regarding the bin collection without having to log on to a website to report it. She was advised that bin collection was the responsibility of the district council and that residents could be advised to contact officers by telephone at the district council to report any problems. Cllr Daly could also do this to help residents, as a district councillor herself.