NewsNews fromfrom youryour locallocal ConservativesConservatives Delivered by your Oxsho & Stoke d’Abernon Conservave Team Summer 2014 For more news visit: www.esherwalton.com; @ElmbridgeCons; /esherwalton; or email [email protected] SCOTIA GAS Toll Free Number: Oxshott Road Closure Update 0800 912 1700 With the date of the closure fast approaching, I thought it would be good to let you know the current position Surrey County Council Contact regarding the proposed traffic management for the main road works and the other works going on around them. This information has been supplied by Surrey County Council. Centre: 0300 200 1003 The main gas works will start on 14th July and will close Warren Lane, just north of Birds Hill Rise, through to the High Street at its junction with Oakshade Road. AT THE SAME TIME, Leatherhead Road will be closed Stoke d’Abernon from Wrens Hill to Danes Way. Residents "trapped" in between the 2 closures will have access and egress via Oakshade Road and Steels Lane. Road Update As the works progress, the southern Following the severe closure will move in a northerly rainfall this year, direction, between Danes Way and Stoke d’Abernon is Danes Hill School Road, Danes Hill also due for much School Road to Fernhill, etc. This needed road works. will change approximately However, these have fortnightly until the last section at been deferred for the Oakshade Road is completed, but summer months: we dates cannot be set in stone as could not cope if they depend on the rate of Oxshott High Street (A244) and Stoke progress; the gas company has Road (A245) were both closed at the undertaken to update those same time. affected on a regular basis. This means that we will have to amend On the Cobham Road bridge over the our route in and out accordingly as M25, £750, 000 embankment the closure progresses. repairs are in progress. To enable better traffic flow during the gas Advanced warning signs are already main works, the bridge will have a in place. Diversion signs & the use very temporary surface repair, so that of Surrey’s electronic message the traffic lights can be removed. signs will supplement these. The This will be of inferior quality, but the diversion route will be shown as via bridge and Cobham Road to the A245, A307 & A244. It is not Woodlands Lane will be properly possible to show it as via the M25 resurfaced when the embankment & the A3 as the Highways Agency on road users & residents alike. At Birds Hill Rise: there will be work is resumed after the gas main will not give permission for this. the moment the following are temporary traffic lights in place for work and completed later in the year. st scheduled or being scheduled:- a five week period from 1 Septem- I know that there has been a large ber 2014 for continuation of the The Stoke Road railway bridge has number of complaints about the Copsem Lane: Sutton & East gas main work. had some temporary pothole repairs, duration of the works, largely be- Surrey Water is replacing 485 but will be properly resurfaced later cause it was viewed as not being metres (530 yards) of water main Surrey County Council is also in the year. difficult to "put some pipe down the between the A3 and Sandy Lane. investigating the possibility of middle of the road". However, I am This will be undertaken on 2 way undertaking pothole repairs, gulley During the gas main works in told that the pipe itself is 355mm traffic lights for the duration of the cleaning and vegetation cutting Oxshott, there will be some (about 14 inches if you prefer old closure and possibly beyond for ser- during the closure. disruption from an increased volume money) in diameter, and requires a vice connections. At the same time, of traffic along Stoke Road, as it depth of cover of 750mm (app. 2' it is intended to try to connect a gas During this period, Surrey County forms part of the diversion route via 6"); this means that the excavation supply for the new properties along Council will also be constructing the Woodlands Lane, but Stoke will be a minimum of 1.1 (app. 3' the road. much - needed new refuge island d’Abernon and Cobham will benefit 8") metres deep, if not deeper. They on Leatherhead Road for Danes Hill from extensive highway repairs will be "taking the gas with them" Copsem Lane/Sandy Lane: UK Pow- School; this work should be carried scheduled for later this year. which means the main will be live er Networks need to work on the out in August once the gas pipes and services connected and the old footway to connect a new broad- have been laid along that stretch of main being abandoned as they go, band cabinet, and will require tem- road. Cllr Mary Lewis, negating the need to return later. porary traffic signals to secure a Surrey County Councillor for Cobham pedestrian route. This work is Like every other resident in the While the road is closed, Surrey planned for the 14th July and they area, I will be monitoring progress County Council are trying to sched- should be out in under a week. with interest and will continue to ule additional work in the area seek updates on the work. whilst traffic flows are reduced in Holtwood Road: sewer connections order to lessen subsequent impact by a private contractor Cllr Jan Fuller, Ward Councillor Your Conservative Councillors – working for you in Oxshott & Stoke d ‘Abernon NewsNews fromfrom youryour locallocal ConservativesConservatives inin OxshottOxshott && StokeStoke D’AbernonD’Abernon Local Businesses Need Your Help PLANNING Oxshott and Stoke d’Abernon are adage, “use them or lose them” blessed with many excellent shops, and support your local businesses UPDATE pubs, coffee shops and through this difficult time. Restaurants, all of which help to I am delighted that at the East Area enhance our quality of life. The I am delighted to say that for the Planning Sub Committee meeting held next few months, with all the road duration of the road closures, on 30th June, the ‘backland’ closures and diversions, are going Elmbridge Borough Council has application at Station Road, Stoke to place a great deal of strain on agreed to my request and has D’Abernon was unanimously refused. these businesses. In the summer waived the car parking charges in This development would have set a months, many of them rely on the Oxshott Village Car Park on dangerous precedent for this cramped passing trade. This will not be Saturdays. and contrived type of application. there! Please remember the old Cllr Jan Fuller, Ward Councillor Stoke D’Abernon is a quiet hamlet of reasonably sized family homes that do not need to be dwarfed by a large dwelling. The desire from some FAMILY FUN EVENING developers to build new homes in Thanks from James Vickers these pockets of land is understanda- ble, however cramming them in at all The Oxshott and Many thanks to all those shall continue to do so without costs is simply not the way to go about Stoke d’Abernon people who kindly supported prejudice or bias to anyone. I good development. Conservatives are me in the Elmbridge Borough am proud to have been Mayor organising a BARN Council elections which were of Elmbridge in 2009/10. With On another note, it has recently been nd DANCE on Saturday held on 22 May 2014.This my personal background as a brought to my attention that some planning applications which were th resulted in my electoral former professional soldier, 4 October 2014 at success. I am truly delighted to City business, management, unanimously refused by the East Area the Oxshott Village Centre. The have been re-elected to arts, knowledge and Planning Sub Committee but won on Maypole Band and callers will Elmbridge Borough Council for experience of local government appeal, are seemingly not being built provide the instructions and the next four years, but affairs, plus living in our to the Inspector’s approved plans. This music. A Wild West Supper will be honoured and privileged so to delightful semi-rural green and is simply unacceptable and breaches provided. do on your behalf. wooded corner of Surrey for of this kind are taken very seriously. many years, you have someone Although enforcement may seem at Clearly these elections were experienced and reliable, who first like an empty threat or painfully No prior experience is required going to be difficult given the understands local needs and slow procedure, eventually justice and single people are welcome. national backdrop, but once concerns, to fully represent DOES prevail. In the long run the end Tickets priced at £20 per person gain the residents in Oxshott you. game is that the only harm comes to are available from David Lewis, and Stoke d’Abernon had the those who have broken the rules, in Quimperley, Stoke d’Abernon, common sense to elect a Con- I thank you once again for the that they gain an undesirable reputa- servative representative. continued opportunity to do so. tion which, in a struggling economy, Cobham, Surrey KT11 3AE Tel: would be detrimental to themselves 01932 590338 or I have faithfully served our Cllr James Vickers, and in my mind, not worth the risk! [email protected] residents for many years and Ward Councillor Cllr Elise Dunweber, Ward Councillor YOUR CONSERVATIVE TEAM Your Member of Parliament Your Elmbridge Ward Councillor Dominic Raab MP Cllr Jan Fuller [email protected] Tel: 01372 844167 www.dominicraab.com [email protected] Your County Councillor - Oxshott Your Elmbridge Ward Councillor Cty Cllr Mike Bennison Cllr Elise Dunweber Tel: 01932 866367 Tel: 07543 882062 [email protected] [email protected] Your County Councillor - Cobham Your Elmbridge Ward Councillor Cty Cllr Mary Lewis Cllr James Vickers Tel 01932 590338 Tel: 01932 862839 [email protected] [email protected] @Lewistorymary If you would like to be involved in the social or polical aspects of Esher and Walton Conservave Associaon, delivering leaflets, aending events or campaigning in elecons, please contact the associaon office: 020 8546 2934 Promoted & Printed by David Lewis on behalf of EWCA, all at 3 Bridle Close, Kingston-upon-Thames , KT1 2JW .