Gyimah Blasts Return of Lingfield Roadworks

I was astonished to see roadworks back in Lingfield on Saturday. After 121 days of misery for local businesses, the High Street roadworks were finally supposed to have finished late last month. But with further disruption evident over the weekend, I immediately contacted Surrey Highways to find out what was going on.

It looks like Morrisons left the High Street in an unsatisfactory way and, to their credit, Surrey Highways pushed for them to return to Lingfield to tidy up the mess they had left. Unfortunately this was done on a Saturday - a busy day for trading - and without consultation, leaving many residents and traders fearing a return to the disruptions of the past few months.

This lack of communication with local residents is totally unacceptable, if hardly unexpected given previous episodes, and further work is severely damaging to the local economy at a time when Lingfield is trying to attract people back to the village.

It's only the grit and determination of those in the village that have kept business going during these difficult times. I'm fully behind the effort to get Lingfield open for business again with a discount day on Saturday 19th June, and I also want to see reduced business rates as compensation for those who have been disrupted by the works during the last few months. Moreover, the time limited parking proposal currently under consideration would give fluidity of traffic to the High Street, and encourage people to stop by and sample some of the quality produce and first-rate services on offer in the village.

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