Grotto Road junction - Weybridge

The Grotto Road, Thames Street junction in Weybridge is notorious for road danger - the pedestrian risk and traffic around school times is horrendous. What makes it really dangerous is that there is no footpath by the fence in Grotto Road. Many primary age children walk by themselves or with their parents either alongside the fence in the traffic or have to cross Grotto Road twice to get to school. So, what can be done about it? Cllr Andrew Davis lobbied Surrey county to build a path - with an estimated cost somewhere between £20,000 to £60,000 but Surrey hasn’t the money. However, Weybridge has. Weybridge councillors have £500,000 to spend on such projects. All okay then? Well, actually . . . No! Here is the bizarre thing. Any such project has to have a feasibility study, but Weybridge’s £500,000 may not be spent on such studies. And Surrey cannot even afford the study to demonstrate the cost effectiveness and benefit of the project! Fortunately, Cllr Davis has managed to get Surrey to consider making a bid to Weybridge councillors to pay for the project, based on the upper estimate of £60,000, if the project is shown to have a good level of local support. The Weybridge Liberal Democrat team have set up a survey to canvass support from local people who are concerned about the danger of this junction. Weybridge residents, find out more and add your support here and watch this space for updates.