The local council has officially confirmed that a comprehensive review of our traffic light systems and congestion sites will begin immediately. This successful outcome serves as a testament to the clarity and persistence of our collective request. We will maintain communication with the planning department to ensure that these promised …
May 26, 2017
Final supporters
We demand that action is taken to reduce the traffic congestion in Dorking which has reached intollerable levels. Five minute journeys are taking up to an hour and a half. Tailbacks are unacceptable causing gridlock,delay and pollution. People are being put off coming to the town resulting in lost revenue for businesses. All traffic lights need reviewing, and appropriate alternatives considered. Specific congestion sites that must be reviewed are the traffic lights at Pump Corner, Waitrose, and the junction of Vincent Road and Westcott Road, in addition to the width of the road at the entrance to Lidl. We require a transparent survey to be conducted with publication of the results and recommended solutions. Thereafter we demand that appropriate remedial action is taken.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 21, 2017
March 9, 2017
The petition reached one hundred signatures this morning. This support confirms that the gridlock in our town is a concern shared by many residents.
Reached 100 supporters
March 8, 2017
254 Comments
Being a mobile hairdresser living in Dorking town, the traffic makes it difficult for me to organise my time to get to clients, I have lost my early morning clients as I can never get out of Dorking on time, I live in Rose Hill
Getting to work can vary between 10 and 40 minutes there never seems any logic to the pattern other than lidl traffic on friday morning - the high street should be double yellow between pump corner and the post office as a single car either side can cause huge congestion
This needs reviewing urgently? The traffic lights at the junction of Vincent Lane and The A25 seem to have made the traffic worse than it was with the roundabout before? Generally a bad situation with gridlock around the town in several places and at most times of the day?
I don't drive myself but I can see what a nightmare it is for motorists .Westcott road is getting much to much congestion not good for the Heath of the families that are walking along this road or the people that live in the houses
This congestion has worsened considerably since the traffic lights were installed outside Waitrose in South Street. Why can't traffic exiting the Waitrose car park turn right from there as it did before therefore negating the need for said traffic lights.
Last Friday morning and afternoon saw Dorking gridlocked yet again morning and afternoon. Who sanctioned the works to pavements in Dorking High Street with the attendant workers' lorry reducing the High Street to one lane at the same time that Ashcombe Road was closed? Surely these could be done on Sundays when traffic volume and town centre footfall is much less than mid week.
How about a Park & Ride outside of the town...this would reduce traffic and help with the parking problems.
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The local council has officially confirmed that a comprehensive review of our traffic light systems and congestion sites will begin immediately. This successful outcome serves as a testament to the clarity and persistence of our collective request. We will maintain communication with the planning department to ensure that these promised …
May 26, 2017
Final supporters
We demand that action is taken to reduce the traffic congestion in Dorking which has reached intollerable levels. Five minute journeys are taking up to an hour and a half. Tailbacks are unacceptable causing gridlock,delay and pollution. People are being put off coming to the town resulting in lost revenue for businesses. All traffic lights need reviewing, and appropriate alternatives considered. Specific congestion sites that must be reviewed are the traffic lights at Pump Corner, Waitrose, and the junction of Vincent Road and Westcott Road, in addition to the width of the road at the entrance to Lidl. We require a transparent survey to be conducted with publication of the results and recommended solutions. Thereafter we demand that appropriate remedial action is taken.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 21, 2017
March 9, 2017
The petition reached one hundred signatures this morning. This support confirms that the gridlock in our town is a concern shared by many residents.
Reached 100 supporters
March 8, 2017
254 Comments
Start with widening Vincent Lane, to allow for queuing traffic at Lidl not impeding the through traffic and replace the old zebra crossing at Pump Corner, scrapping the lights. Drivers always let pedestrians cross and the traffic flowed much better.
Being a mobile hairdresser living in Dorking town, the traffic makes it difficult for me to organise my time to get to clients, I have lost my early morning clients as I can never get out of Dorking on time, I live in Rose Hill
Getting to work can vary between 10 and 40 minutes there never seems any logic to the pattern other than lidl traffic on friday morning - the high street should be double yellow between pump corner and the post office as a single car either side can cause huge congestion
This needs reviewing urgently? The traffic lights at the junction of Vincent Lane and The A25 seem to have made the traffic worse than it was with the roundabout before? Generally a bad situation with gridlock around the town in several places and at most times of the day?
I don't drive myself but I can see what a nightmare it is for motorists .Westcott road is getting much to much congestion not good for the Heath of the families that are walking along this road or the people that live in the houses
This congestion has worsened considerably since the traffic lights were installed outside Waitrose in South Street. Why can't traffic exiting the Waitrose car park turn right from there as it did before therefore negating the need for said traffic lights.
Last Friday morning and afternoon saw Dorking gridlocked yet again morning and afternoon. Who sanctioned the works to pavements in Dorking High Street with the attendant workers' lorry reducing the High Street to one lane at the same time that Ashcombe Road was closed? Surely these could be done on Sundays when traffic volume and town centre footfall is much less than mid week.
How about a Park & Ride outside of the town...this would reduce traffic and help with the parking problems.
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Start with widening Vincent Lane, to allow for queuing traffic at Lidl not impeding the through traffic and replace the old zebra crossing at Pump Corner, scrapping the lights. Drivers always let pedestrians cross and the traffic flowed much better.