1. ‘D’ roads

All roads other than those marked on Surrey’s Distributor Road Network map, should exclude the passage of all HGV’s over 7.5 tonne weight except for limited access. For local delivery purposes. This exclusion shall cover all D roads in the county (as identified by each parish council) as causing problems and accordingly all road hauliers shall be notified that it would be an offence for their vehicles to infringe this ruling. SCC would therefore issue a ‘blanket’ TRO to implement this ruling

To make the exclusion evident to HGVs, parish councils shall be allowed to erect appropriate signage advising HGVs that the road concerned is not suitable for HGVs above 7.5 or 18 tonnes weight. 

ACTION In addition to SCC , LORD should ask the Surrey MPs to lobby the government to introduce the necessary legislation to achieve a national HGV weight exclusion on all D roads

Local Access

There should be a limit to the number of HGVs allowed access to certain roads where hauliers have asked VOSA for a licence to park and operate their vehicles. This could be achieved by introducing a ‘permit system’ (as operating in other southern counties)

2. ‘C’ Roads (Surrey Local Distributor)

Distributor and identified by the parish councils shall be considered individually as to their suitability for a ‘7.5 tonne weight limit’ restriction (accept for access) or ‘unsuitability for goods vehicles’ However, the criteria employed shall be based on the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Chapter 27. Part 1 General Provisions for Traffic Regulation. Outside London.

Also SCC’s own criteria on HGVs  ‘Drivers are encouraged to use the highest classification road to reach their destination, only using local distributor roads for the last part of their journey’

The inference of these directives must be that HGVs should only be using Surrey Distributor , Surrey County Distributor and Primary roads for journeys until they reach their destination. ( This principle should also be the one used by SCC in determining the ‘preferred  routes for HGVs in Surrey’s new Distributor Road Network map to be issued in March?

Surrey Distributor Road network map (current version)

Apart from C12, C36 and C43 which are designated in the current Surrey Distributor Road Network as ‘Surrey District Distributors’, all other C roads are shown as ‘Surrey Local Distributors’ However, as these have not been identified by the parish councils as having problems due to HGVs, it appears that all the roads shown as ‘Surrey District Distributors’ in the current map, are the preferred routes for keeping HGVs away from rural roads.                                                

3. A/B roads

The Surrey County Council should work with the parish, district and borough councils to consider imposing HGV restrictions where villages are situated on A/B roads. These could include appropriate traffic calming measures, identifying HGV movement limits for local firms and time-limited access.

4. Enforcement

Enforcement of the above directives should be based on the ‘HGV Incident Reporting procedure as being implemented in Suffolk. An Enforcement Agency should be set up by SCC to which members of the public can send HGV Incident forms describing infringements of (i) Weight Limit restrictions (ii) Unsuitable for goods vehicle signage. This agency would be administered by SCC officer(s) who , in conjunction with the police, would be empowered to prosecute haulier’s vehicles  for regular infringements of signage or report them to VOSA.for appropriate action.

5. Satellite Navigation systems for HGVs

Once the ‘preferred routes for HGVs’ have been agreed with SCC this information should be given to Ordnance Survey for inclusion on the maps they supply to the satnav companies