2020

TQ2550 : Reigate Town Centre

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

This is 1 of 5 images, with title Reigate Town Centre in this square
Reigate Town Centre
Reigate Town Centre
The junction of Bell Street with High Street and Church Street, with Tunnel Road and Reigate Tunnel 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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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Reigate [570] · Street [346] · Road [331] · Church [254] · High Street [185] · Old Town Hall [164] · Bell Street [92] Title Clusters: · Reigate Town Centre [5] ·
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TQ2550, 1183 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ian Capper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 5 July, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 253 502 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.2694N 0:12.3466W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 253 502
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