Transport

 

The transport strategy for the new village settlement will ensure that it minimises the impact on the surroundings while also improving the extent of current services and reducing local transport problems.

Dunsfold Park Ltd and its transport consultants have invested a great deal of time undertaking area traffic studies and stakeholder consultation to ensure that its objectives are reached.

The under-pinning elements of the transport strategy are as follows:

- New link road direct from Dunsfold Park to the A281

- Car reduction measures such as car club and car sharing schemes 

- Car free zone around the Market Square and village centre

- Smart technology to provide online access to information on public transport, serving schools, shopping, health services etc

- Easy access for walking or cycling

-  Low cost bus services for easy travel between the new settlement, the surrounding "Cranfold" villages and the employment areas

- Frequent, convenient and comfortable bus service between Dunsfold Park and Cranleigh to link into and improve the 53/63 service to Guildford

- A new bus service running from Godalming through Dunsfold Park to Horsham to improve accessibility for all the villages along the route

- In the longer term, a possible direct link to Guildford along the A281, possibly using parts of the Downs Link as a guided bus route to avoid the congestion through Bramley

- Car user charging to discourage car use and to provide funds to support public transport and other community services

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The key focus of the transport strategy is to provide new, low cost and reliable transport alternatives to support the push for a significant reduction in private car use. Dunsfold Park Ltd understands that for many practical purposes, the family car is often a necessity.

However, by providing for low-cost public transport, Dunsfold Park Ltd hopes to reduce a large number of short (work and leisure) journeys where the use of a car may be unnecessary; this will thereby relieve the pressure on the local roads. The scale of the development will provide Dunsfold Park with an opportunity to make a real difference in helping to resolve or reduce a number of local road and transport issues.