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From April to September, Surrey County Council highways teams reconstructed 107 roads, equivalent to £14.7 million of major repairs. Laid end-to-end, these major repairs would run 40 miles – the distance from London to Reading – and are part of a five-year, £100 million programme called Operation Horizon to overhaul more than 300 miles of … Continue reading
A Surrey County Council funding initiative that gives thousands of pounds to community groups for green travel returns to Merstham on Saturday 26 October. Last year, eight local groups in the ward won a share of £60,000 from Travel SMART, which supports and promotes projects aimed at improving travel and stimulating economic growth. The projects all … Continue reading
The number of deaths on Surrey roads has dropped in the four years since the launch of a high-profile safe driving campaign. Last year, there were 18 deaths on Surrey’s roads compared to 45 in 2008 and 41 in 2009, the year Surrey County Council and Surrey Police launched Drive SMART. The death rate has … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s team behind the £32 million Walton Bridge has received a top highways industry award. Walton Bridge was the first new bridge over the River Thames in 20 years, and it opened to traffic in July 2013 both on time and on budget after an 18-month construction. Now Highways Magazine’s Excellence Awards have … Continue reading
A pioneering international project involving the county council is set to transform Surrey quarries into wildlife havens. The county council, alongside the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the public and private sectors in England and abroad, has unveiled a two-year, EU-funded action plan called Project Restore at a conference in County Hall. … Continue reading
A new Facebook app has been launched by Surrey County Council to encourage the county’s residents to share recipes which turn lovely leftovers into tasty treats. Creating the app is the latest way the council’s Love Food Surrey campaign is helping residents to reduce the 75,000 tonnes of uneaten food which is thrown away in … Continue reading
A Surrey County Council funding auction that gives thousands of pounds to community groups for green travel is back for its second year. Last year, 64 local groups in Redhill, Guildford and Woking bid for a share of £446,000 from Travel SMART, which supports and promotes projects aimed at improving travel and stimulating economic growth. … Continue reading
An action plan to keep Surrey moving in severe winter weather was approved today. More than £2.5 million is being spent on a programme that includes using more than 40 specialist vehicles, hi-tech monitoring equipment, weather stations and 16,000 tonnes of grit to prepare for the winter ahead. At a meeting of Surrey County … Continue reading
In this summery weather, the only ice you may be thinking of is the kind that cools your drink. But Surrey County Council’s highways teams have swapped ice-cream cones for traffic cones as they prepare for the winter ahead. The council will be investing £5 million this winter into repairing the 200 roads in most … Continue reading
A call for a major new rail service to come to Surrey has received a boost from influential groups across the county. Surrey County Council wants our rail network to be connected to the potential Crossrail 2 project, which could run from the county into London from the 2030s if it receives Government approval. If … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s road repair teams have fixed almost as much road as two laps of the M25 in a year. Council contractors resurfaced or repaired more than 200 miles of road in the year to April, which is almost as much as driving twice around the orbital motorway. They also repaired more than 20 miles … Continue reading
A joint roadworks permit scheme between Surrey and East Sussex county councils which will ease the frustration of motorists and save millions of pounds by cutting traffic jams has been approved by the Transport Secretary. Patrick McLoughlin has given Surrey and East Sussex control over when utility companies and other businesses dig up the roads, … Continue reading
A new festival has been organised in Reigate to encourage more people to embrace the bicycle. The Reigate Cycle Festival will capitalise on the surge in popularity of pedal power since Team GB’s Olympic medal-winning heroics on the county’s roads last year. The free festival – the first of its kind in Reigate – follows … Continue reading
Michelin-star chef and TV star Raymond Blanc is urging Surrey residents to get composting this summer. Mr Blanc, who loves to garden and will soon open his latest brassiere in Farnham, Surrey said: “Composting is a gardening activity you can do all year round. The summer months are a good time of year to either … Continue reading
Picture caption: Around 220 tonnes of asphalt have been laid on top of 1,200 tonnes of concrete to create the smooth surface that more than 30,000 vehicles a day will use from next month when the new Walton Bridge becomes the first major road crossing over the River Thames to open in more than 20 … Continue reading
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