Guildford Local Committee is made up of the 10 county councillors in Guildford Borough with 10 borough councillors. Our next meeting is on 19th June.  Two petitions are coming to the Committee and both of them are from Guildford West County Division – my division.  One of them is about Cabell Road.  Only half the […]

One of the priorities for residents in Westborough is still the issue of parking.  The Westborough Parking Group has been meeting for more than a year now to try to identify exactly how big the problem is and what can be done to deal with it. Westborough includes the whole of the Westborough council ward […]

I am proud to have been re-elected to represent the county council division of Guildford West which includes Ashenden Estate, Park Barn, Westborough and parts of Stoughton up as far as Rydes Hill.  The division also takes in the University of Surrey including the student residences and the Royal Surrey County Hospital.  The election period […]

Like most councillors I get a lot of emails and letters.  Most of my postbag is taken up with potholes and the state of our roads.  One subject which is being raised more frequently now is that of speeding on residential roads and outside schools.  A lot of councils have introduced a 20MPH limit in […]

We had another meeting of the Westborough Parking Group this morning.  GBC parking team had done a survey of parking numbers to give us some data to work with.  We are now getting to the point of putting together a report.  It is a really difficult problem to know how to solve.  We agreed to […]

The Community Highways Officer and I braved the very cold wind this morning to have a look at a footpath in Park Barn Drive which leads to some of the house fronts.  Although it is a footpath, it is being used by car drivers to park at their properties.  It has been repaired a few […]

The old Hospital Roundabout on Egerton Road has long been a nightmare for anyone trying to move in any direction, especially at morning and evening rush-hours.  Everyone dreaded having to go through it, especially the people who live in the area.  I was always being reminded by patients and visitors to the Royal Surrey County […]

I have had a detailed reply from the Community Highways Officer to the questions raised after the walkabout saying what they are going to do about them.  We just need to keep a lookout now for when the work is done.

I am pleased that the bus shelter in Aldershot Road outside the Co-Op has been replaced following my emails to Guildford Borough Council.  Thank you to everyone who made sure it happened.  Thank you also to Community Safety Warden Tracy James for raising it with me.

I am pleased that the online newspaper, The Guildford Dragon, has picked up the problems of Cabell Road and the highways maintenance failures.  To read their article go to www.guildford-dragon.com