A CAMPAIGN to address concerns over speeding traffic in Lower Street, Haslemere, has been launched by a group of residents.
The Traffic Calming Campaign (TCC) aims to collect more than 1,000 signatures on a petition appealing for traffic calming measures to make it safer to cross the road.
The residents plan to present the petition to Surrey County Council in the hope that their concerns will be addressed in its Local Transport Plan.
"We have been speaking to local residents and retailers to gauge their support in this petition," said campaign organiser, Victoria Leake.
"The support has been overwhelming and some shopkeepers are already displaying petitions next to their tills."
Local traders have also voiced concern over the potential dangers of the road.
Last year, Bill French, the owner of antique shop, Objets d'Arts, intervened personally to help a mother with a pushchair cross the road after watching her try and cross for almost 10 minutes.
Mr French was one of a number of local traders, including Grant Cockerill of Cockerills Shoe Shop, to call for a pedestrian crossing.
Mr French lent his support to the campaign set up by Petworth Road resident James Kirkwood, who petitioned Surrey County Council to install "slow down" signs to lower the speed of traffic coming into Haslemere from the Petworth Road.
But TCC hopes its campaign will gather momentum after Mr Kirkwood admitted recently that his efforts had come to nothing.
A feasibility study was undertaken in Lower Street and Shepherds Hill last month but the results of the study will not be available until March 11, 2005.
A public consultation meeting on the local transport plan is to take place at Haslemere Museum today (Friday) at 7 pm.
The TCC hopes to present the petition at the next local committee meeting on December 10.