A £3.4 million project to replace a pedestrian and cycle bridge over the River Wey in Guildford has increased in cost with a further £450,000 now needed to build a new one. Guildford Borough Council’s executive has been warned it does not have a “bottomless pit of money” by a councillor following its decision to…
Month: January 2020
Debenhams Future
Latest: Closure postponed until 2020 but building put on sale for £20M. See comment from Guildford Society Update: 29th Jan 2020: the decision not to close Debenhams was, it turns out only temporary. Today Get Surrey reported that Debenhams is going on the market for £20 million. The site has potential to provide a major…
2020s – A Dangerous Decade
This is a copy of the email sent out by the Guildford Society on 1st January 2020. It provides an important warning of the threats facing Guildford as well as a good summary of the last decade. 2010’s – The quiet before the storm? Not much happened in Guildford in the 2010s. A few large developments…