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Bus users are being urged to make use of five trial Sunday services to be introduced as part of the final stage of Surrey County Council’s bus review. The new routes will be tested for a year and made permanent if they prove popular. The decision to trial them was made at a meeting of … Continue reading
Surrey County Council’s Cabinet will make a decision on the final phase of a three-year bus review that has already seen passengers shape services while saving £2.5 million. The review has been carried out in stages since 2010 to ensure buses are run where they are needed most, while saving taxpayers millions of pounds on … Continue reading
Surrey County Council Leader David Hodge said: “I regret that Tim Hall has decided to step down from the Cabinet for family reasons. “I have accepted Tim’s decision and an announcement about a new appointment to the Cabinet will be made shortly. “I would like to express my thanks and appreciation for Tim’s service on … Continue reading
Users of the 10 Surrey libraries proposed as community partnerships are being asked about how volunteers should be trained to help, in particular, the young, the elderly and people with special needs. Surrey County Council’s Cabinet will again consider plans to allow communities to run 10 libraries at a meeting in July, when councillors will … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has welcomed an announcement by South West trains that extra carriages will be added to rail services in Surrey. The news comes just weeks after the county council urged the Government to help address an urgent need for longer trains, faster journeys and more platforms in Surrey, to reduce overcrowding and boost … Continue reading
Surrey has saved millions of pounds on its landfill tax bill by more than halving the amount of waste it buries in the ground. In the three year period from 2007/08, the county council reduced the amount of waste it sent to landfill from 64% to 33%. That means Surrey buried around 200,000 tonnes less … Continue reading
Three countryside trainees have been taken on as part of Surrey County Council’s efforts to help young people get work skills. Surrey has set a goal of filling 100 apprenticeship places by next April as it seeks to ensure all 16-19 year olds in Surrey are in education training or employment by 2015. The recruits … Continue reading
A crack team of consumer champions has stopped conmen ripping off unsuspecting victims to the tune of £1.25 million since it was formed. In the last financial year alone, Surrey County Council Trading Standard’s rapid action team (RAT) prevented victims handing over almost £120,000 to rogue traders. The team is on standby to provide a … Continue reading
Detail: Surrey County Council will receive £240,000 worth of Government funding to help people how to cycle safely. The money is the county’s share of an £11 million pot of cash set aside nationally by Local Transport Minister Norman Baker for the cycle training scheme Bikeability. The £240,000 will pay for cycling skills to be … Continue reading
The Deputy Chief of LOCOG Sir Keith Mills described how he has been hugely impressed with Surrey’s Olympic preparations. He said: “Surrey is one of the best counties in the country. It gets the big tick on pretty much every front, such as engagement in schools. Companies here have probably got more contracts than any … Continue reading
A giant human London Olympic logo was created by 2,012 school children today (24 April). The spectacle covered a whopping 1,800 square metres at Collingwood College in Camberley, Surrey. Surrey County Council organised the event to celebrate the P&G Surrey School Games which encourages kids to take part in sport. The youngsters were joined by … Continue reading
Surrey County Council has set up an investment fund that will unlock savings of more than £37 million. The council estimates that its £9 million investment fund will generate more than four times as much in savings for local taxpayers by 2017. Under the ‘invest to save’ scheme, services bid for money to get projects … Continue reading
Team USA cycling star Janel Holcomb has urged motorists and cyclists to treat each other with “mutual respect” as part of Surrey County Council and Surrey Police’s new Cycle Smart campaign. The Olympic hopeful gave her support to the road safety initiative while training on Surrey’s stretch of the 2012 Olympic road race route last … Continue reading
US cyclist Janel Holcomb says Surrey’s Box Hill climb will prove the decisive point of the women’s Olympic road race as the 100 day countdown to the 2012 Games begins (18 April). The Olympic hopeful described the course as “challenging from start to finish” after checking out the course last week (April 10) with fellow … Continue reading
USA Olympic cycling road race hopefuls Kristin McGrath and Janel Holcomb talk about the course in Surrey. The pair checked out the Olympic road race route last week (10 April) with Surrey County Council’s Alan Flaherty, who helped event organisers design the course. Kristin McGrath What have the roads been like? The roads … Continue reading
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