Hey guys and gals
Good news!!!! I have the walk through information I have been promising you. If I'm honest I've had it a few days but only got round to putting up here!!. Please see below:
As we all know the planned date for the walk through is 14th May 2011. Due to the nature of where the tunnel is located and for health and safety reasons there will be 10 park and ride venues situated at various locations including Haslemere, Liphook, Milford, Thursley amongst others. It will be necessary to book a time for your park and ride slot. Nobody will be allowed into the tunnel without a ticket! More details on this to follow.
With regards to the ticket prices this is currently under review due to the budget cuts imposed by the government. The Hindhead Together team is working very hard to keep these costs as low as possible and I will publish more information about the prices and how to book around the end of march. The cost will cover your entrance into the tunnel and your park and ride fare.
It will be well worth every penny as I know full well from going into the tunnel in February 2009 seeing how amazing it was then!
All funds that are raised, after costs have been covered, will go into the Hindhead Community Fund. Local groups, charities and other organisations can then apply for grants from this fund which not only helps out local organisations and worthwhile causes but also contributes back into the local area
Trust me folks this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and will be a brilliant event and worth every second.
Of course as i soon as i have more information i shall post it on here but if you have any questions or comments please keep sending them in, until then...
Keep on diggin.............
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When are the long suffering motorists actually going to be allowed to use it?
When are the long suffering motorists actually going to be allowed to use it?
Yeh I agree. I could have dug this tunnel on my own quicker. Why would anyone pay to walk thru? I just want to drive thru.
I think it's pretty rubbish that you want to charge us for this. Several hundred million pounds and many months of disruption and the destruction of a cherished landscape. And now local residents don't even get the opportunity to see firdt hand what all the fuss has been about.
Any update yet?
The tunnel will be open around about the end of july/beginning of august.
Sandy I can understand where your coming from but the reason why it has taken so long is to get it right, make sure the local environment is not damaged too much, protect what is already there and it was easier to do it that way.
And why not have a walk through, and it's not as if all the money from the walk through is going in someone's pocket. Why should not the local community benefit from it. How many of you that complain about the tunnel will actually smile and be happy at how much is easier it is to get through Hindhead but hey guess you cant please everyone
While annoyed that it won't be open until July/August it might be very smart to delay opening until school holidays. Chances are so high that the first day it opens the bottleneck moves to Guildford and it would be clever to get people used to the tunnel during the holidays when the rush hour traffic is less.
Hi - does everybody have to use the park and ride facilities? I live in Hindhead with the tunnel behind my house so surely it would be kinder to the environment for me to walk down to the tunnel entrance at the south end.
Any info would be appreciated.
It will be open before the rush hours get back to normal so I don't think it will be that bad to be honest.
yes everyone has to use the park and ride, this is for health and safety reasons. Don't forget it will still be classed as a building site, otherwise people will be walking about all over the place! Hopefully the new booking website will be going live next week
It will be open before the rush hours get back to normal so I don't think it will be that bad to be honest.
yes everyone has to use the park and ride, this is for health and safety reasons. Don't forget it will still be classed as a building site, otherwise people will be walking about all over the place! Hopefully the new booking website will be going live next week
I hope we get good warning of how to book.....I'd hate to miss out if places are limited
you will have good warning. The website is due to go live very soon from what I understand.
There will be a link on here as well of course
I would love to do the walk through but have only just heard about it and it says registration is already closed :( But if anybody has a spare ticket going, or needs a lift ... let me know!
The registration for tickets made no differnence in the end as it was first come first served for the tickets. The site was jammed and I only managed to get some as I woke up at 6am the following morning and found some odd spaces. They are named tickets so are not transferable, ID is required on the day to stop any unfair trading.
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