traffic

Heated meeting sees barrier scrapped and bus gate shelved 2
- Environment, News
- 30th September 2022
There were cheers and jeers at the Guildhall in Kingston last night (Thursday) as a proposal to install a bus gate in a residential street in Surbiton was thrown out by councillors. More than 100 protesters, armed with Save our Streets placards, turned up at the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee meeting to voice their opposition to
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Hundred-strong ‘Busgate’ protest forces rethink on traffic schemes 1
- News
- 20th July 2022
A chorus of Save our Streets could be heard outside Glenmore House last night (Tuesday) before a hundred people, some with placards, crammed into the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee to voice their concerns about a number of traffic schemes proposed for the Ellerton Road area. “We just wanted our voices to be heard,” said Ellerton Road
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Busgate – which traffic scheme will Surbiton councillors choose?0
- News
- 18th July 2022
Forget Partygate – it’s Busgate which has got residents of Ellerton, Cotterill and Douglas Roads – among others – up in arms. Installing a bus gate in Thornhill Road and blocking off Dennan Road at the junction of Cotterill Road is one of the options the Surbiton Neighbourhood Committee will be considering tomorrow night (Tuesday,
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Traffic barrier gets the heave-ho 0
- Environment, News
- 23rd February 2022
The new traffic barrier in Tolworth Road is to be axed if Surbiton councillors get their way. In a stunning move last night (Tues), after an impressive presentation by a group of local residents about the knock-on effect of the road closure on neighbouring streets – especially Thornhill Road which had borne the brunt of
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Shhhh! Let’s hear it for the barrier method 0
- Gardening
- 19th June 2020
Garden designers are well versed in problem solving, coming up with creative solutions for boggy gardens, dry gardens, too much shade, too much sun, and so on. But what can be done about a noisy garden? In the streets of Surbiton, we have to deal with construction work, sirens, the constant hum of traffic and,
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