4.1 Street vision and strategy

Surrey’s streets must be designed in a way that provides a sense of place as well connectivity and accessibility to Surrey’s boroughs and districts. Streets must be designed around people, not vehicles. Wherever possible, they should bring communities together and enhance their quality of life. Streets must be designed with flexibility and sustainability in mind, so that they will last for future generations.

Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) standards must only be applied to the trunk road network outside towns and villages. When a strategic road is within a town or village boundary, DMRB must not be used. Refer to the diagram in Figure 4-1 below.

DMRB must not be used for streets with any component of residential or commercial activity, or where you would expect people to be walking or cycling. The only exception to this should be industrial or large-scale commercial developments, such as warehouses, where it can be shown that streets are limited to movement functions only. Consideration must still be given to sustainable transport modes in such places, including segregated cycle infrastructure and public transport provision.

When a settlement expands, and development takes place off a trunk road designed to DMRB, this road must be upgraded from a DMRB road to a street in line with the principles in this guide.

Figure 4-1: DMRB design standards are only appropriate for trunk roads or roads outside of towns and villages (Credit - Create Streets)