SURREY County Council is set to improve one of the most dangerous spots for pedestrians in Farnham, but it will take around six weeks of traffic disruption to complete the task. The long-awaited traffic lights on the bridge over the railway in Weydon Lane, are about to be installed, making the crossing of the bridge safer. Weydon Lane serves as a link between the A325 and the A31, especially for high vehicles avoiding Wrecclesham's notorious low bridge. The old bridge in Weydon Lane is very narrow, and located on a sharp S-bend, so both approaches are nearly blind. Currently it carries two-way traffic, which can just pass, but there is no pavement. As a result pedestrians using the bridge feel very vulnerable, squeezed against the parapets when vehicles round the bends onto the bridge. There are two schools in Weydon Lane, and it is well used by pedestrians as one of the few means of crossing the railway line. The long-held concerns about safety are to be addressed by installation of traffic signals on either side of the bridge, which will enable alternate way working with a single lane for traffic and free up space for a pavement. Work is scheduled to start at the end of August and run through September, with completion by mid- October. Inevitably, it is going to cause disruption, as the narrowness of the bridge requires the closure of the road to vehicles, though not pedestrians. To make the duration of the closure as short as possible, work will continue seven days a week. A diversion route will be signed via the A31, Coxbridge roundabout and the A325 (with high vehicles directed via Hickley's Corner and Shortheath road to avoid the low bridge on the A325). To give people advance warning, information letters will be delivered in the area, and large notice boards will go up in the road at least one week before work starts. A county council spokesman said: "We are very pleased that this important scheme is going ahead. Weydon Lane is a significant road in Farnham, and the lights will make it much safer for vehicles to navigate. "Equally importantly, pedestrians will be able to cross the bridge with confidence with their new much needed pavement. "We are sorry that realistically the road is likely to be closed for about six weeks, but are sure that local residents and users of the route will bear with us in the knowledge that their journeys will be vastly improved in the future."