THE first steps towards a major overhaul of the town centre's road system have been taken without the promised consultation, claims the chairman of the Farnham Society, Ronnie Broughton.
Last month, Surrey contractors started work on installing traffic lights at the junction of South Street and Victoria Road, which was one of the measures proposed in the Getting Around in Farnham public exhibition held in July.
This also revived plans for the highly contentious single-lane Downing Street proposal, a single-lane for The Borough and a pedestrianised East Street.
Mr Broughton claims the South Street/Victoria Road traffic lights, like the other measures, were subject to further consultation before being approved.
In a letter to The Herald this week, Mr Broughton writes that the promise came in a letter to the society from Surrey County Council.
"We are therefore much surprised to see that works are currently in hand in both South Street and Victoria Road," reads Mr Broughton's letter.
But Conservative county councillor for Farnham South David Munro denied any further consultation was due.
"These works have been on the books for about 18 months and have gone through the full democratic process in the form of Waverley PATS (Partnership Area Transportation subcommittee) meetings. I suspect they've been overlooked in the furore over the Downing Street proposals. The exhibition was only concerning future schemes."
Mr Munro said that the Downing Street, Borough and other measures would be further discussed at the next PATS meeting on December 4, at which the results of a public survey on the measures will be considered.
The current works are set for completion in about two