Bedser Bridge Victory for Residents

I am delighted to announce a victory for residents on the Bedser Bridge.  The bridge originally proposed to provide access to the new WWF offices on Brewery Road car park and over the canal for residents and visitors was too high and inaccessible.  The bridge was to be 5ft higher than the current bridge and required users to climb many steps or follow a lengthy ramp.  The design seemed better suited to a motorway or dual carriageway.  Residents felt this design was for the benefit of WWF rather than local residents and visitors to Woking and was not in keeping with its surroundings.

After receiving over 2000 public responses on these concerns the Council has taken note and WWF's architects have re-designed the bridge.  The new proposal gives us a bridge 4ft lower than that originally proposed with a much shorter ramp and a separate access arm for the WWF offices.  There will be direct access across the canal and the bridge will be built from timber so won't look like something removed from the side of a motorway.

This is a great victory for residents. I am so pleased to have been able to raise this issue back in September and to see it through to a successful conclusion.

The full details of the new plans will soon be on the Woking Council website and you will be able to see the plans at the Lightbox, Council offices and the entrance to Peacocks shopping centre.