2020

TQ2550 : High Street

taken 4 years ago, near to Reigate, Surrey, England

This is 1 of 48 images, with title High Street in this square
High Street
High Street
Reigate High Street with the Old Town Hall in the background. The barriers are for a temporary cycle lane that had been installed by Surrey County Council a couple of days earlier, on 3 July 2020, with the aim of encouraging cycling in Reigate and widening the pavements for pedestrians. Unfortunately the idea, admirable though it might have seemed, failed to recognise the frequent traffic jams in Reigate which occur with two lanes through the one way system, so potentially worsened with just one, and also the impact on deliveries and general access to the town centre. It was therefore quickly realised that rather than make the area more attractive to shoppers, it would instead have the opposite effect of damaging businesses by keeping them away. As a result, instead of being a 3 month experiment as planned, it lasted less than 3 days, the barriers being removed on 6 July, the day after this photo was taken.

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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport City, Town centre Place: Reigate Road: High Street other tags: Cycle Way Cycle Scheme Temporary Barriers Temporary Cycle Lane Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Reigate [570] · Street [346] · High Street [185] · Old Town Hall [164] Title Clusters: · High Street [48] ·
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TQ2550, 1183 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ian Capper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 5 July, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 12 July, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 252 502 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.2623N 0:12.4457W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 252 502
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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