Letter: Surrey County Council Has Let Us Down

Published on: 3 Nov, 2024
Updated on: 3 Nov, 2024

From Bethan Moore

I read Ben Paton’s letter No One Voted for This Nonsense Scheme and yet, looking at the results of the consultation of local residents, far more people were in favour of the scheme and a minority expressed opposition.

The evidence of my own eyes tell a different story. I see see cyclists most days and also I see them on alternative routes to London Road. But I also know that an individual looks for things that confirm their own beliefs, so is a poor measure of anything.

I know hundreds of people of all ages join Kidical Mass rides in Guildford twice a year to call for better cycling infrastructure and to experience the joy of travelling by bike.

I know that the biggest number of people who responded to the consultation on this Active Travel scheme favoured it. So our experience may tell us one thing but it is a narrow perception of what is really happening.

SCC has let down the people of Guildford, deprived the town of investment and condemned us to ever increasing traffic congestion and dangerous roads. But many of us haven’t given up on a safer, cleaner healthier town.