Dear residents and business owners of Farnham as you are aware Farnham town centre is going to be seriously overhauled from September 2024 to 2026 which means some major thoroughfares will be closed. This will mean accessing the car parks in the town centre will be difficult, Farnham town centre is likely to be gridlocked (just remember when West Street was closed) and Farnham will become a no go area for many people so this will impact local businesses. To top it all the planned housing developments will also commence at Coxbridge and Bells Peice whilst the town centre is being overhauled adding more Road misery. 

I am proposing to the powers that be that construction at these sites be held off until the town centre project is completed and that the earmarked sites be used as temporary park and rides. 

The idea is to ease traffic congestion through Farnham so that people can still access the town centre without sitting in gridlocked traffic to get to the car parks and businesses will still have footfall to keep our town centre alive. Both proposed sites are close enough if people want the option to walk or cycle into town from there and there are already on existing bus routes where both sites are located. To me it just makes sense. It also gives the council and the water board time to develop better infrastructure for these additional houses which will add too our much stretched public services. 

Please help in signing this petition so we can keep our high street alive.