Surrey County Council proposes implementing a 7.5-ton weight restriction zone across many rural roads in Waverley, including Godalming, Milford, Chiddingfold, Dunsfold, Alfold, Bramley, and more.
The area around Chiddingfold includes Skinners Lane, Pockford Road/Vann Lane, and Pickhurst Road/High Street Green/Fisher Lane.
However, a much larger area is included.
The complete list is included on this link.
Click to access godalming-and-surrounding-villages-hgv-prohibition-sor.pdf
SCC is inviting comments on the proposal BEFORE FRIDAY 21st JUNE
The County Council received requests from Parish Councils in the Eastern Villages division to implement an area-wide 7.5 t weight restriction zone that would extend from the A283 Petworth Road to the A3100 Portsmouth Road to the A281 Horsham Road.
The council has also received numerous complaints from residents in Hascombe, Witley, Chiddingfold, Hambledon, Bramley, and Dunsfold about damage to the highway and congestion caused by heavy goods vehicles using the rural roads as a cut-through to link between the A3 and A283 and the A281 and also to Dunsfold Park, which is situated to the northeast of the proposed zone.
IDIOTS ! Do they not realise that trucks are the life blood ! well i hope they starve in Peaslake & Ewhurst & other small villages, & god forbid the IKEA delivery trucks get banned from Dunsfold or Elstead
HGVs delivering into the zone are exempt.
The zone does not cover Peaslake, Ewhurst, Elstead.
IKEA trucks, just like oil delivery trucks come in all shapes and sizes, so they could easily swap to a 3.5t or less.
This is going to be excellent if it gets to implementation. These roads are dangerous. Because there is zero traffic enforcement, stupid people take dangerous speed and judgement risks all the time. So many needless deaths, crashes, and chaos because of a few idiots. The HGV ban will be critical in preserving our rural heritage. As to the comment about about life blood, the one caveat of the plans is that 7.5t vehicles will be allowed through if they have legitimate deliveries or business at destinations within the zones. The main purpose of this ban, is to reduce the amount of traffic by all the hgv that use these narrow, roads for their shortcuts, going at ridiculous speeds, and causing further blockages. This also has to be read in conjunction with some of the traffic calming and speed reduction measures that are also being put in place. As an example the new ‘average speed’ elements implemented in Bramley, may to some be annoying, but to the residents, it will greatly affect the safety of them, their children, and the quality of their life by reducing the sounds, vibrations, and road dust particles. At some points, there are also 20mph zones coming in. Cranleigh High street as an example…. to some may be annoying, but when put in context with the other measures, IF COUNCILS implemented correctly, will actually increase overall throughput, and keep the largest village in the country, with it’s village feel. Traffic measures, when implemented sympathetically and in harmony with the area for the correct purpose are beneficial. Our job as residents, it to ensure the numbskulls that do the traffic planning from some remote, disengaged area with only a desktop understanding of their sweeping reforms, keep the voice of the people forefront, so it’s not just a blanket stupidity rule, or a cash-cow for deficit borough councils. #Just my 2p voice 🙂
Waverley Eastern Villages is of course the County Division of Kevin Deanus, so despite the “requests” for these HGV bans coming from Parish Councils, I suspect he had a role in this, before he relinquished his SCC Cabinet responsibility for Highways. If he did, then well done to Kevin.
I don’t see other County Councillors in Waverley doing this. I just hope they’re not being defeatist, as they think HGV bans will be difficult to enforce (which of course they are and always will be) But large companies need to be taught not to use HGVs in rural areas, and a ban sends them a clear signal.
A number of councillors post these highway works updates. The one we used was from Cllr Liz Townsend, who always adds additional and very helpful comments as the county council’s updates are all too often, inaccurate.