Cranleigh school celebrates victory in battle for new crossing

Staff and students at a specialist school in Cranleigh are celebrating victory in a lengthy battle for a safe crossing to be built.

By Sarah Page

Published 30th Sep 2020, 12:56 BST

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Local residents, along with pupils and staff of St Joseph’s Specialist Trust - which cares for autistic students - also waged a years-long campaign for a 30mph speed limit on Amlets Lane, Cranleigh.

More than 500 people signed a petition to get the speed limit lowered.

Waverley Local Committee finally gave the go-ahead in 2018 - and the speed curb and crossing have now come to fruition.

Local Councillor Liz Townsend, who had garnered support from the committee, joined St Joseph’s headteacher Simon Jaggard at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark installation of the new crossing and now-established lower speed limit.