Author: Stu Bevan

The July Parish Council meeting will be take place at 19.30 on Monday 7^th July in the Memorial Library. A copy of the agenda can be found here.

Surrey County Council are proposing to amend the speed limits in and around the Parish (You may have seen some notices locally). This will involve the introduction of 20 & 30mph limits in Brook Hill, Brook Lane, Farley Heath Road, Farley Green, Little London, Lockhurst Hatch Lane, Guildford Lane, New Road, Park Road, Row Lane, Shophouse Lane, Water Lane & White Lane.

The deadline for submitting responses to their survey is July 4^th which may not give the council enough time to construct its own formal response (Unfortunately we were not notified that this was going to occur) but you can find more details at https://www.surreysays.co.uk/environment-and-infrastructure/rural-roads-guildford-and-waverley-speed-limits/ including a link to the Online survey.

The details specific to the Parish are at https://www.surreysays.co.uk/environment-and-infrastructure/rural-roads-guildford-and-waverley-speed-limits/user_uploads/area-3-tro-proposals---shere-plans.pdf.

The annual parish council meeting will be held on Monday 12th May 2025 in the Memorial Library. The agenda is available here.

There will be a meeting on Saturday 22nd March from 10.30am to noon in the Village Hall to give an update on the Parish Neighbourhood plan.

This will also be covered at the annual parish meeting which will be held Wednesday 30th April at 7.30pm - again in the Village Hall.

We've received an overview from Surrey Highways about how they manage the counties roads. Click here for details.

For reasons beyond our control the Parish Council meeting at 7.30pm on Monday 3rd February has had to be postponed. A new meeting will be scheduled as soon as is practical.

There is a significant amount of disruption coming from various level crossing closures on the railway line through the parish. Below is the relevant text of the email from network rail. They have set up a dedicated webpage at https://www.networkrail.co.uk/NorthDownsLine which will be regularly updated as the work progresses.

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Dear Stakeholder, 

Upcoming engineering work between Guildford and Reigate, Saturday 1 to Sunday 16 February 2025

I am writing to remind you that between Saturday 1 and Sunday 16 February, Network Rail engineers will be carrying out a large programme of works on the North Downs line, between Guildford and Reigate.

These works include renewing the tracks over a bridge on the River Wey in Shalford, stabilising an embankment in Gomshall and renewing the signalling and level crossings along the line.

Level crossing works

At times we will need to close the level crossing we are upgrading to carry out the work, and signed diversions will be in place. During full road closures, pedestrians won’t have access to the crossings, but minibuses will be arranged to help any pedestrians around the closure. Half road closures close the crossings to single lane access with temporary traffic lights, and pedestrians can use the crossing.

Please find the list of road closures below:

Tangley Level Crossing, A248, Chilworth, Guildford GU4 8NE

00:35 to 05:20 Monday 3 February	Full Closure
00:35 to 05:20 Tuesday 4 February	Full Closure

Chilworth Level Crossing, Sampleoak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford GU4 8QN

00:15 Saturday 1 January to 06:00 Sunday 2 February	Full Closure – pedestrians can cross with marshall
Sunday 2 to Friday 7 February (Overnight Closures 23:00 – 06:00)	Half Closure with Temporary Obstruction Boards
Friday 7 to Saturday 8 February (Overnight Closures 23:00 – 11:00)	Full Closure – pedestrians can cross with marshall
Saturday 8 to Thursday 13 February (Overnight Closures 23:00 – 05:00)	Full Closure – pedestrians can cross with marshall
Thursday 13 February (Daytime Closure 07:00 – 17:00)	Full Closure – pedestrians can cross with marshall
Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 February (Overnight Closures 23:00 – 05:00)	Full Closure – pedestrians can cross with marshall
Sunday 16 to Monday 17 February(Overnight Closures 21:00 – 05:00)	Full Closure – pedestrians can cross with marshall

Brook Level Crossing, New Road, Albury, Guildford GU5 9DJ

23:00 Friday 31 January to 06:00 Monday 17 February

Full Closure

Burrows Lane Level Crossing, Queen St, Gomshall, Guildford GU5 9LR

23:00 Friday 31 January to 06:00 Monday 17 February

Full Closure

Additional works

At the River Wey Railway Bridge, we are carrying out track renewals, while on the remainder of the line, we are continuing with our re-signalling works which includes laying new cable, substantial heavy foundation works at Burrow and Brook Level Crossings as well as cutting stabilisation.

The September Parish council meeting will take place on Monday 2nd September at 19:30 in the Albury Memorial Library. Members of the parish are welcome to attend the start of the meeting if they have matters they would like to raise.

A copy of the agenda may be found here.

We are aware that SCC Highways are proposing to close the Street between Water Lane and Weston Yard between 9-12 July, subject to weather conditions in order to top dress the surface.  They aim to minimise the disruption but the road will still be closed for approx 2 hours at a time.  We are working with our County Councillor Bob Hughes and SCC Highways to obtain more information and achieve scheduling of the works that will cause the least disruption to access for local residents including information regarding buses. We will provide updates as soon as we have them.

A reminder that the deadline for commenting on the Album Parish Neighbourhood Plan is the 30th June. If you haven't done so already please feel free to review the plan at https://alburyparishneighbourhoodplan.org.