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Surrey County Council is now the first UK local authority to provide a new app to help guide blind and partially sighted passengers around bus stations across the county. The Aira Explorer app allows customers to place a video call with a trained visual interpreter on speakerphone, who looks through the person’s smartphone camera to … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has worked with Falcon Buses to introduce an additional bus service to transport pupils to and from Esher High School. Four buses will now operate on the 814 route following a growth in demand for bus travel. The new extra service will initially run as a trial for the first half-term of … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s on demand bus service is now operating a Saturday service to connect residents to some of National Trust’s most popular sites. From Saturday 14 June 2025, residents and visitors can book a Surrey Connect journey from Oxted Railway Station to National Trust sites at Chartwell, Quebec House and Emmetts Garden. The timetabled shuttle … Continue reading
Surrey County Council will open its Highways depot doors to the public for the first time at their open day this Saturday 14 June 2025. Surrey residents are invited to the County Council’s highways depot in Merrow, to get behind the scenes of one of the county’s busiest services which works round the clock to … Continue reading
An underground tunnel has been located eight metres underneath Godstone High Street, which collapsed in February this year. As part of their borehole testing, Highways Officers used a manual camera to identify the void which will now be subject to specialist surveys from today, to establish its exact length and position, as well as its … Continue reading
Farmers in parts of Surrey can secure a six-figure cash injection as part of wider efforts to boost growth in the county. Surrey County Council is offering capital grants of up to £120,000 to support innovative ideas to drive diversification in agriculture. The aim is to help farmers in the districts of Tandridge, Guildford and … Continue reading
Surrey’s first School Street launches at Farnham Heath End School this week, to reduce air pollution and improve road safety around the school gates during the busiest times of the day. Nearby Bullers Road will be open to pedestrians, cyclists and wheelers only during 8:00am – 9:00am and 2.15 pm – 3.30pm in school term time, … Continue reading
Following a successful bid for funding to the Department for Transport, Surrey County Council has been awarded an additional £1.7m for 12 new zero emission buses. This follows a previous allocation in 2024, taking Surrey’s total provision to over £5 million and 31 new buses in total. Along with the 34 hydrogen buses already operating … Continue reading
Funding worth millions is now available from Surrey County Council for innovative ideas to drive growth across Surrey. Businesses, employer representative groups and partner organisations are all invited to apply for investment from the new Economic Growth Fund. Up to £7 million is available for this financial year – with grants awarded to those demonstrating … Continue reading
Surrey County Council, along with National Highways and six major utility providers, has called on the Department for Transport (DfT) to make changes to systems and processes to reduce the negative impact of emergency utility works across the county. Last year, Surrey County Council established a critical new task force to drive better coordination and … Continue reading
Children at twenty-two schools across the county are now benefiting from safer journeys to and from school, following a £3m investment to improve road safety and encourage more walking, cycling and wheeling. Improvements include a range of measures designed to create safer and more accessible routes for students, parents, and staff. Key improvements at fourteen … Continue reading
Over 200 young people attended Surrey Careers Hub’s successful Transitions Fair at Surrey County Council’s Woodhatch Place, Reigate, as part of National Careers Week (Friday, March 7, 2025). This event was specifically created to enable young people being educated in specialist schools and alternative provision to understand the options available for their transition from education … Continue reading
Businesses can grow their workforce and boost productivity in just a few clicks by getting an apprenticeship funded by Surrey County Council. As part of the Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Scheme, small and medium enterprises across the county can get fully funded support to train local talent. Apprenticeships are widely recognised as a cost-effective way to … Continue reading
Grass cutting across the county will begin next week to keep pedestrians and drivers safe. Surrey’s annual grass cutting programme will begin three weeks earlier this year to get ahead of the growing season and to ensure six cuts are delivered in urban areas and two in rural settings. Cutting grass across the highway network … Continue reading
Surrey County Council will now use AI to detect potholes to help speed up road repairs across the county. Computer vision cameras fitted to dashboards inside highways vehicles will spot and photograph potholes which will then be automatically recorded for repair. Future enhancements will see other defects such as missing signs and foliage overgrowth also … Continue reading
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