Full list of South London streets where daytime roadworks could become far less frequent

The plans aim to slash disruptive roadworks across the Kingston

Utility companies could soon be charged thousands of pounds for digging up some of South London’s busiest roads at peak times. Kingston Council said the move would minimise disruptive roadworks and reduce delays faced by drivers.

The council has applied to the Department for Transport (DfT) to introduce the lane rental scheme in Kingston. It would see firms charged £1,000, £1,500 or £2,500 a day to work on the borough’s busiest roads at peak times, if it is approved.

Transport for London (TfL) already operates a lane rental scheme across the capital, affecting the busiest roads it owns at peak times, but this does not affect council-owned roads. The DfT has asked London councils to submit applications to introduce their own lane rental scheme and it is reviewing these in phases, with the first applications submitted by Camden, Enfield, Kensington and Chelsea and Lambeth.

Kingston has applied to roll out the scheme as part of the second round of applications to the DfT. A new report by council officers said the move would incentivise companies to carry out works quicker and outside of peak times.

The report said: “The DfT have stated that lane rental is not intended to be a revenue-raising regime. Lane rental charges should be used to incentivise work outside of peak times, and the guidance advises that charges should be waived for joint works and caps or discounts should be put in place for major works to install and replace apparatus so that these works are not unfairly penalised and delayed.”

The council has published the roads which would be included in the scheme, which are listed below:

1. Ashdown Road
2. Barnsbury Lane
3. Beaufort Road
4. Berrylands Road
5. Brighton Road
6. Brook Street
7. Burlington Road
8. Cambridge Road
9. Central Road
10. Claremont Road
11. Clarence Street
12. College Roundabout
13. Coombe Lane West
14. Coombe Road
15. Cromwell Road
16. Dukes Avenue
17. Eden Street
18. Ewell Road (Broadway to Surbiton Hill Road)
19. Ewell Road (Broadway to Tolworth Rise North)
20. Ewell Road (A240 Ewell Road to King Charles Road)
21. Fairfield North
22. Fairfield South
23. Galsworthy Road
24. Hawks Road
25. High Street (Kingston Hall Road to Eden Street)
26. High Street (Kingston Hall Road to Portsmouth Road)
27. High Street
28. Hook Road
29. Horsefair
30. King Charles Road
31. Kingsdowne Road
32. Kingsgate Road
33. Kingston Bridge
34. Kingston Hall Road
35. Kingston Hill
36. Kingston Road
37. Kingston Vale
38. Lingfield Avenue
39. London Road
40. Malden Road
41. Manor Drive North
42. Market Place
43. Moor Lane
44. Orchard Road
45. Park Road (Kingston Hill to Kings Road)
46. Park Road (Kings Road to Tudor Drive)
47. Park Road
48. Penrhyn Road
49. Portsmouth Road
50. Queen Elizabeth Road
51. Raeburn Avenue
52. Red Lion Road
53. Richmond Road
54. Sheephouse Way
55. Sopwith Way
56. South Lane
57. St James Road
58. St Mark’s Hill
59. Surbiton Crescent
60. Surbiton Hill Park
61. Surbiton Hill Road
62. Surbiton Road
63. Thornhill Road
64. Tolworth Broadway
65. Traps Lane
66. Tudor Drive
67. Upper Brighton Road (Kingsdowne Road to Hook Road)
68. Upper Brighton Road (Brighton Road to Kingsdowne Road)
69. Victoria Road
70. Villiers Road
71. Vincent Avenue
72. Warren Drive South
73. Wheatfield Way
74. Wood Street

The council said the DfT could approve its application early next year, which would allow it to introduce the scheme further into the year.

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