Update on a solution to the traffic situation on the Park

Jul 2, 2010 at 8:14:24 PM by Joan Moore - Tags: - Comments (1)

The highest priority of the Research Park Management team is, and has been for some time, a strategy for trying to reduce the time taken for people to enter and leave the Park. To resolve the issue, the Park's team has engaged the following:

Peter Brett Associates (professional traffic engineers)

David McNulty, CEO of Surrey County Council (who has delegated this work to his senior officer Iain Reeve).

David Hill, CEO of Guildford Borough Council (who delegated this to his Director Sue Sturgeon).

We are also working in close co-operation with the Royal Surrey County Hospital’s managers and Guildford MP Anne Milton is also involved with the issue. 

The conclusion to the very extensive work so far undertaken is that roundabout at the east end of Gill Avenue (where this meets Egerton Road) is changed and there is some reworking to Gill Avenue.
The computer modelling of these changes show a distinct improvement in the time taken to join and leave the Park.  A planning application to make these improvements is being funded by the University. The preparation of this application has made good progress and this work is being taken forward by the planning practice TOR Ltd.

The new junction is traffic light controlled and also involves some widening to the carriage way, resulting in improved safety measures for pedestrians and cyclists. The changes to Gill Avenue also involve some widening, re-planning of the white lines and moving the light controlled pedestrian crossing. These changes will allow pulsing of traffic off the Park and hospital’s site, as well as regulate flows on the public highway.

In addition the Hospital is introducing a new parking regime from August which will limit the use to their car park at Roslyn Franklin Road to a period from 08.30 to 05.30 as required by the planning permission granted to them. 

The next step is to secure planning permission for the work and details of progress will be reported in due course.

Dr Malcolm Parry
Director, Surrey Research Park