Highways Repair Bulletin February 6 – 12

Published on: 5 Feb, 2023
Updated on: 7 Feb, 2023

Next week there will be road closures in Ash, Bramley, Compton, Effingham Junction, and Guildford (Epsom Road). Traffic light signals will be operating in: Ash Vale, Chilworth, Guildford (Egerton Road, Farnham Road, Gravetts Lane, Portsmouth Road, and Walnut Tree Close), Normandy, Pirbright West Clandon, and West Horsley.

See list below for further details. It is published by Surrey County Council and is also available on the SCC website. It shows the current works planned or underway in the borough.

Any questions should be directed to the county council at: works.communication@surreycc.gov.uk.

If you would be interested in being The Guildford Dragon’s roadworks reporter please write to the editor, Martin Giles at: mgilesdragon@gmail.com.

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Responses to Highways Repair Bulletin February 6 – 12

Howard Fisher Reply

February 8, 2023 at 1:39 pm

I wonder which congestion planner at the county council decided to allow both Broadford Road and Trunley Heath Road to be closed over the same up to six-week period from today. It means the only way for cars to get from Godalming to Shalford is via clogging up the Guildford gyratory even more. Surely the “signage works” that require Trunley Heath Road to be closed could have been scheduled for a few weeks later so as not to potentially block both roads.

And the relevant county councillor Matt Furniss showed a remarkably tin ear by responding on the local Facebook Group that Trunley Heath Road wasn’t the official diversion so everything was fine and dandy! Yes of course it’s not the official diversion because it has a width limit, but it is the obvious diversion for locals in their cars and small vans. Far better than further clogging Guildford’s inadequate road system.

An SCC spokesperson responded to this comment writing: “The permits for these works are still at PAA (Provisional Advance Authorisation) stage. Were they to progress to PA (Permit Application) stage, the final stage of a permit application, they would be refused due to the reasoning outlined in our statement. I am not sure why they’re on the [SCC] bulletin, but I’ve flagged this with the Works Communications team.

I’ve also spoken with a Streetworks officer who visited Unstead Lane, and they have confirmed that the works haven’t started.