PLANS to reduce speed limits around Farnham's town centre got the green light from the town council's planning and traffic committee last week.

But members insisted that before accompanying work on street-lighting is agreed, the cost of any additional work be clarified.

At a meeting of the committee on Thursday, councillors said they were happy for the speed limits to be reduced on 20 roads around Farnham after seeing the results of a £5,000 asessment paid for by the town council.

But there seemed to be some disagreement as to whether the additional work, including warning signs and new or improved street lighting, had already been discussed.

Victor Duckett said: "I am happy that the original package put forward should go ahead. But if there has been something not agreed on, that is the lighting, until we know the cost of it from the engineers I don't think we should allow it to go ahead."

Town mayor Vic Scrivens said: "It is untrue to say that these things were not discussed. They are on this agenda because Farnham Town Council insisted on them."

All of the developments, for which the town council has set aside as much as £15,000, were eventually agreed upon apart from the extra lighting. If costs for the lighting work falls within the £15,000 budget, that too will get the go-ahead.

Subject to the outcome of public consultation, roads which will become 30 mph limits will include:

Sections of Upper Hale Road and Odiham Road, Water Lane, Monkton Lane, the remainder of Weybourne Road and Badshot Lea Road, Tongham Road, sections of Waverley Lane, Monks Well, Cobbetts Ridge, Compton Way, Moor Park Way, Moor Park Lane, Swifts Close, Temples Close and Monks Walk.

Roads on which 40 mph speed limits are proposed include:

The stretch of Folly Hill between Drovers Way and Farnham Castle, the stretch of the old Guildford Road between the start of the new A31 and Seale Lane, Crondall Lane between Larkfield Road and Dippenhall Road, Camp Hill, The Long Road, Ham Lash Lane, Kennel Lane, Summerfield Lane, Gardeners Hill Road and Frensham Vale.

Town clerk David Morris said that the public consultation will be held over summer and if all goes smoothly it is hoped that work will start on the developments in the autumn.