A FRENSHAM resident brought to light Farnham’s inadequate pavements and pothole stricken roads, during a meeting of full council, asking members for their verdict on ending this problem for good.

David Jones asked Farnham Town Council members if they were aware of the poor state of Farnham’s pathways, the large quantity of A-boards dotted around the town and the badly conditioned buildings.

“Blind people are walking into these A-boards, I’ve seen this happen, plus the number of cyclists on the pavement,” commented David.

“And when it rains heavily water pours off the roofs of buildings – something has got to be done because we are not Farnham in Bloom, we are ‘Farnham in Gloom’.

“I would like to know what you are proposing to do about this in the next few months, because somewhere along the line something has to be done.”

He also brought to member’s attention the unpleasant number of potholes in Frensham, alongside those in Downing Street and South Street in Farnham.

“Surely someone, somewhere can pick up the phone and say look come on, lets do something about it,” he added.

In response to Mr Jones’ question the Mayor of Farnham, John Ward, thanked him for his kind words, after being congratulated on winning gold in Farnham in Bloom, and that he will take on board his criticisms.

He added: “I have some sympathy with what your saying, I think a number of us have our eyes down and I have had a number of complaints about pavements.

“Particularly now we have a retirement home across the road, we will be pressurising the responsible authority to do something about it.

“Roofs and watering is a new one for me because I’m looking down and not looking up as you’ve asked me too, but we will look around town and see if there are things that we need to ask people to attend too.”

Town clerk Iain Lynch highlighted a meeting he attended earlier this month with officers from Surrey County Council, in regards to reissued guidance notes on A-boards.

“There is a desire to keep to the new guidelines, which is at maximum a single A-board adjacent to the building. The problem described for people with disability problems, or those pushing push chairs, is having to weave in and out of the A-boards,” he continued.

“We have set this as part of our work with Surrey County Council, through the Highways Localism Project, that we support the implementation of the new A-board policy.”

Members reassured Mr Jones that they will take on board his concerns, and do all they can to resolve these isses