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Hindhead Tunnel Northbound
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6551352.
The Northbound side of the Hindhead Tunnel has been restricted to 40mph for months as signs have been left out on the road. I can only assume it’s from abandoned signage as there’s no visible reason to why a 40mph restriction is in place. From what I can tell the original works were for a “technology upgrade” as stated by the abandoned signage.
However, I contacted Surrey County Council and they said that “We have been experiencing intermittent issues with the traffic signals at the tunnel. To ensure safety of the travelling public, we’ve had to implement a reduction to the speed limit whilst we work on rectifying the issue and undertake the necessary testing to ensure the system is stable.”
I’ll assume as the signage has displayed “40”mph for months now that there is no intermittent problem anymore? When will the restrictions be removed?
Updates
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Thank you for submitting this report.
I appreciate the impact this may have on your journey, and I apologise for any disturbance caused, it is never our intention to inconvenience road users on our network unnecessarily. Unfortunately, we were unable to lift the speed restriction by mid-August 2024 as we had originally planned, due to an ongoing intermittent fault with the traffic lights at the tunnel. To ensure everyone’s safety we have had to keep the speed restriction in place, please be assured we are working hard to find a resolution to the issue. The fault only relates to the traffic lights on the northbound carriageway, and with the southbound carriageway being unaffected, we did not need to reduce the speed limit in that direction. The speed limit restriction should add less than a minute of delay to journeys through the tunnel. However, I acknowledge that this is undesirable and comes with the potential for additional congestion delays, as soon as we can safely return to the national speed limit we will do so. We appreciate your patience and understanding whilst we continue to investigate this ongoing issue.
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