Shaping Farnham’s Future

The Farnham Infrastructure Programme is consulting on two town centre proposals.
Both proposals would introduce wider pavements and new and improved crossings around the town centre for pedestrians. There would be space for cycle parking and retailers’ deliveries, new trees and planting and public seating for outdoor dining, making the town centre a nicer environment to visit and spend leisure time.
Proposed changes to the traffic flows would mean some roads that are currently one-way would become two-way. This would prevent vehicles having to circle unnecessarily around the town.
The proposals do not prevent a wider pedestrianisation scheme being taken forward in the future.
Proposal A is ‘Castle Street and Downing Street’, and proposal B is ‘changes to the traffic flow and The Borough’. To see the detailed proposals for the town centre and to have your say, please visit www.bit.ly/farnhaminfrastructure.

[@vippiggygirl8926]

Yes please 🙏 Farnham needs this!!!

[@THEgodofAzurlanenodebate]

No it needs a better county council

[@jeremydaines8675]

A very nice creation which emphasizes the pedestrian experience; however, the significantly reduced vehicle throughput and reduction in driveable road area means that gridlock will result whenever a bus, delivery van or vehicle stops on the remaining carriageway. Then there's the issue of South Street which is missing from this video. A two way South Street will be regularly grid-locked as buses block both carriage ways and cars going North try to turn into Sainsbury's. It's completely unrealistic to expect people and businesses to relinquish vehicular access to the town centre and, at the same time, have a thriving commercial centre. A thriving centre requires efficient vehicular access, not constrained access. During opening hours, if the proposals were implemented, the centre would become grid-locked even easier than it does now, because of the removal of road space. All it takes is a delivery van or bus to stop traffic flow and the centre will seize-up. The more effective use of tax payers' money would be to integrate all of the existing traffic lights and introduce lights at the Castle Street/Borough junction. These can then be optimised to enhance traffic flow through the centre. Lastly, the centre needs the equivalent of London's Red Route to prevent vehicles blocking flow at busy times. An enhanced CCTV system would be needed to monitor the centre's flow with errant vehicle owners automatically sent stiff fines, to provide funding for the operations. All users of the centre benefit from having efficient access. Gridlock should be avoided, air quality improves, businesses and customers benefit. Win, win. I'm getting my coat...

[@dylanclarke1695]

Would this fix the narrow pavements, which makes shopping more difficult on busy days?

[@alloypony]

so when will this happen. we've been waiting years to see the development near the sports centre and what a bloody ugly carbuncle that turned into. when buildings are built in such an old historic town such as farnham, planners need to incorporate buildings that at least look like the old buildings in the town. modern does not go in a town like that. shame on the planners. I do hope when this new pedestrian/road system is implemented that it will be in keeping with the infrastructure around it. meaning to look like it has always been there, cobble stones, sandstone ect.

[@streetscookskr9498]

I'm interested for job

[@THEgodofAzurlanenodebate]

Don’t bother

[@phileades8017]

What a load of Pants, these designers of road systems need to actually use it for a couple of weeks , Give me strength😮

[@THEgodofAzurlanenodebate]

@@dylanclarke1695yes it can

[@plug7993]

@@THEgodofAzurlanenodebateur mad as fuck LOL