A23 Trunk Road, Hooley - 50 Miles Per Hour, 40 Miles Per Hour, And 30 Miles Per Hour Speed Limits Order

THE A23 TRUNK ROAD (HOOLEY) 50 MILES PER HOUR, 40 MILES PER HOUR, AND 30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMITS ORDER 2025

National Highways Limited(a) gives notice that they propose to make an Order under powers conferred by Sections 84(1)(a) and (2) of, and Paragraph 27 (1) of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on the A23 Trunk Road in the District of Reigate and Banstead in the County of Surrey.

The effect of the Regulation would be to impose: -

1. a 50mph speed limit on –

The southbound carriageway of the A23 between a point approximately 35 metres south of the centreline of its junction with Dean Lane and:

a) that point on the inside lane, having diverged from the outside lane, where motorway regulations commence, a distance of approximately 460 metres; and

b) a point on the Merstham-bound outside lane directly below the south-western parapet of the M23 overbridge, a distance of approximately 983 metres.

2. a 40mph speed limit on –

i) The northbound carriageway of the A23:

a) between the point on the northbound carriageway of the M23 where motorway regulations cease approximately 127 metres north of the centreline of the A23 southbound carriageway underbridge, and a point approximately 35 metres south of the centreline of its junction with Dean Lane, a distance of approximately 833 metres; and

b) between its junction with Glebe Road (south) and its merge with the carriageway described in a) above, a distance of approximately 180 metres; and

ii) Both carriageways of the A23 from a point approximately 113 metres north of the centreline of its junction with Netherne Drive to a point approximately 535 metres north of the centreline of its junction with Netherne Drive (being the boundary between the County of Surrey and the London Borough of Croydon), a distance of approximately 422 metres.

3. a 30mph speed limit on both carriageways of the A23 between a point approximately 35 metres south of the centreline of its junction with Dean Lane and a point approximately 113 metres north of the centreline of its junction with Netherne Drive, a distance of approximately 1185 metres.

The Order would revoke the following existing Orders:

i) The A23 Trunk Road (Hooley) (50 miles per hour speed limit Order) 1998 (b);

ii) The Trunk Roads (40 mph speed limit)(No3) Order 1976 (c);

A copy of the draft Order, plans illustrating the proposals, the orders being revoked, and a statement explaining why National Highways Limited proposes to make the Order may be inspected at:-

(i) Surrey County Council Office, Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Woodhatch, Reigate RH2 8EF Ask at Reception during normal office hours. (contact Tara Webster)

(ii) Merstham Library, 2a Portland Drive, Merstham RH1 3HY Ask at reception during opening hours (Monday, Tuesday and Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Contact Rebecca.marjoram@surreycc.gov.uk

Additionally the documents will be available to view on-line at: (iii) Hooley Residents Association – Making Hooley a Better Place to Live (https://hooley.community/) until the end of the consultation period, 28th February 2025.

Alternatively, these documents may be obtained by contacting, by e-mail, Dean Westall - Dean.Westall@nationalhighways.co.uk

Any person desiring to object or make representations to National Highways’ proposal, should send, not later than 28th February 2025, a written statement of his or her representation or objection and of the grounds thereof to the person and address at the bottom of this notice, quoting the reference NH/SE/A23/HOOLEY SPEED.

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004).

I Rosendaal, an official of National Highways Limited.

Ref: NH/SE/A23/HOOLEY SPEED

(a) National Highways Limited, (Company No 9346363). Registered Office: Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ. A company registered in England and Wales.

(b) S.I. 1998 No. 2946, (c) S.I. 1976 No. 238.

Enquiries relating to this notice may be made in writing to the project mailbox, address SLR-M23J7-A23@nationalhighways.co.uk

Please note that formal objections will not be valid unless made in writing. www.nationalhighways.co.uk