A main road into Weybridge that serves more than 22,000 vehicles each day has had its speed limit reduced after a two-year campaign.
The A317 from the Chertsey Roundabout into Weybridge town centre had new speed signs unveiled last week, bringing the limit from 50mph down to 40mph.
St George’s College, on Woburn Hill, played a lead role in the campaign after joining forces with residents and businesses to raise awareness of the dangers of the high speed on the busy road.
The speed on the road and at the approach to the roundabout outside the school was a major concern for more than a decade.
Joe Peake, headmaster of St George’s College, said: “After some years of highlighting our concerns about the speed limit outside the school, the death of a young Australian gap teacher two years ago finally convinced us that it was time to press as hard as possible for a reduction in the speed limit.
“We are grateful to the responsiveness of councillors, the local committee and Surrey County Council and we hope that the enforcement of this speed limit will lead to a safer and improved environment for our children, local residents and businesses.”
There were 17 collisions on the affected area of road between January 2009 and October last year, with one fatal collision on Woburn Hill.
The new speed limit was given the go ahead at a local committee meeting on July 9, and has now been enforced on Woburn Hill and Weybridge Road.
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