Travel Chaos?

Although Surrey County Council has not published full details yet... it seems poorly thought through and our understanding is that Years 7/8/9 will be based at the Kings campus and Years 10/11/12/13 being based at the Tominscote campus. The schools are 1.75 miles apart from each other.

We would be interested in your views as our understanding is that economic growth and CO2 emissions are two of the key transport policies of the Government.

We haven't looked at the impact of the year groups being sent to different campuses but our initial view is:
1. Parents with children having to travel to both sites will end up with issues in terms of dropping off children and this may affect work commitments and therefore effect economic growth;

2. The road network is severely congested at peak times between both Schools, any additional car traffic will significantly increase CO2 emissions and therefore work against the Government targets;

3. Children will have to travel further to get to school - again against sustainable transport policy;

4. Increased road safety risk;

5. Business along this corridor e.g. Siemens, the businesses along Frimley Road and Frimley Park Hospital are already significantly affected by traffic congestion. An additional 200-300 cars travelling each way between both schools will significantly add to delay;

6. Surrey County Council has no significant transport funds to improve accessibility by non car modes;

7. Our understanding is that the M3 Motorway corridor is in an air quality problem area - more children and cars walking under the M3 will add to the health issues.

In addition to this, many parents have younger children in local Primary Schools close to their local Secondary School. With the changes to the year groups this is going to create significant travel/safety issues.