What's stopping you walking or cycling in Guildford?

Councillors want to hear from you

Author: Greg DeanPublished 27th Jul 2023

Surrey councillors want to know what's stopping people from walking and cycling in Guildford.

You can use an interactive map to 'pin' a location and leave your comments on how you think walking or cycling could be made easier there.

You can also view suggestions from other people and show your support.

Lead Councillor for Planning, Environment and Climate Change, Cllr George Potter, said: “We’re encouraging residents to have their say about the local issues or barriers in Guildford which make it difficult to walk or cycle to the places people need to get to.

“Suggestions will feed into a wider plan, which will give us access to a pipeline of funding for better active travel routes around Surrey. We want to make it easier for everyone to move around our borough without a car.

“The development of the plan is being led by Surrey County Council, with support from Guildford Borough Council. We’d like residents to make suggestions as we believe this plan will be vital to improving transport in our borough for many years to come.

“We’re proud to be supporting this scheme with a grant from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. This valuable project will make it easier for residents to choose healthy travel options. In turn, we will have improved streets with less air pollution and take a big step towards reaching our net zero targets.”

The project has received £20,000 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

People are being asked to share their ideas by Friday 4 August.

You can find the interactive map here: https://surreylcwip.commonplace.is/

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