05/06/2026
Ripley Traffic Calming Scheme –
Update 5th June 2026
We know a lot of the community are very interested in the next steps of the Traffic Calming Scheme following the National Highways public information event on the 29th of April which had a very large turnout, to the point NH ran out of feedback forms 90 minutes into a 6-hour event! Thanks to all of you who attended and shared your feedback.
Ripley Parish Council has been contacting National Highways regularly since the event to ask to view the information gathered from the public responses and if National Highways have any idea of next steps and timescales and if any re-designs are being considered following the feedback.
More recently Ripley Parish Council have been very aware of the work on the High Street and the markings covering the Village that Balfour Beatty has been carrying out on behalf of National Highways over the last few nights which we believed was linked to the Traffic Calming scheme but we had not received any information from National Highways to tell us what was this work was for or with any information to share with residents who have been greatly disrupted by this work. The lack of communication about this work was disappointing.
Ripley Parish Council are also very concerned that this work implies that there are no changes to the plans following the public feedback and that the community feedback was being disregarded.
National Highways did address some of our questions yesterday, please see the statement below.
“To clarify, National Highways has not commenced the Ripley High Street Traffic Calming Scheme. The works currently taking place this week, are preliminary surveys, undertaken at the request of Surrey County Council, to better understand the drainage network and existing utilities. This includes radar scanning, which has identified statutory undertakers’ apparatus and resulted in the road markings you have observed.
In relation to the Public Information Event held on 29 April, all feedback has been collected and is currently being reviewed. This is a detailed process, and we want to ensure comments are properly considered. We will share the outcomes with Ripley Parish Council once this review is complete. Following this, we will also confirm next steps and indicative timelines as the design is finalised.
Regarding the introduction of a 20mph speed limit, this falls outside the National Highways remit under the Development Consent Order. Responsibility for implementing and enforcing speed limits sits with Surrey County Council as the Local Highway Authority.
We acknowledge your concerns regarding communication and will continue to keep Ripley Parish Council updated at key stages of the project.”
Ripley Parish Council will continue to press for updates on this work and will share any information we receive.
You can also sign up for the Ripley Reporter newsletter where we share regular updates at the bottom of the Ripley Parish Council website –
www.ripleyparishcouncil.gov.uk
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