Surrey County Council

Leafy Surrey seeks bidders for £800m roads deal

25/06/2020

Surrey County Council is carrying out further pre-market engagement for a highway maintenance contract that could be worth £800m over 14-21 years.

Surrey seeks market help with rethink of £615m highways services

09/07/2019

Surrey County Council is consulting the market in what appears to be a major rethink of the delivery of its highways maintenance, construction and design services before the procurement of some £615m of work.

Shoddy reinstatement 'put lives at risk'

26/04/2019

BT has received what is thought to be one of the highest fines ever for ‘bad road repairs’, which ‘could have had fatal consequences’ according to the courts.

Roadworker dies on Surrey roundabout scheme

04/06/2018

A worker has died on site at a road improvement scheme in Surrey, after apparently being hit by plant machinery.

Surrey CC outlines footpath improvement plans

14/11/2016

Surrey County Council will improve almost 42 miles of footpaths next year.

Young people on the road to a career in highways

03/11/2016

A trial scheme aimed at providing young people with the skills to launch a highways career has proved so successful that it will be rolled out further next year.

Kier wins £160m Surrey highways extension

10/02/2016

Kier Group has been awarded a £160 million four-year extension to its highways maintenance contract with Surrey County Council.

Kier and Surrey CC plan careers college to train highways workforce

04/02/2016

Kier and Surrey County Council are set to launch a ‘construction academy’ that will see them train their own highways workforce.

Increased congestion in Surrey

10/12/2015

Heavy rush hour traffic is forcing Surrey drivers to set their alarm up to eight minutes earlier than five years ago in order to get to work on time.

Fixing Surrey’s roads would cost £300m

17/11/2015

Fixing all of Surrey’s roads today would cost nearly £300 million, the county council has revealed.

Drive to overhaul roads saves £7m

02/09/2015

More than £7 million-worth of taxpayers money has been saved as a result of Surrey County Council’s drive to make the county’s roads more pothole-proof.

Surrey CC wants money from Roads Fund spent on local roads

29/07/2015

Surrey County Council wants money from the government’s new Roads Fund to be spent on local roads.

Surrey CC to make roads pothole-proof

14/07/2015

Surrey County Council will make more than 800 roads pothole-proof over the next three years.

Preview of Epsom town centre revamp

10/03/2015

An artist’s impression of a planned £3.3 million revamp of Epsom town centre has been published by Surrey County Council.

Renovation of historic Surrey bridges completed

03/07/2014

A project to regenerate two historic bridges in Surrey has been completed on time despite severe winter flooding.

Surrey gets £3.8m boost to help fix flood-damaged roads

23/06/2014

Surrey County Council has welcomed a £3.8 million government boost towards its £23m repair bill to fix flood-damaged roads.

Government supports “fairer” roads funding for Surrey

05/06/2014

A former minister and Surrey’s deputy leader have convinced the government that the county should get a fairer deal on road funding.

Street light upgrade to finish early

12/05/2014

A scheme to upgrade Surrey’s street lights is set to finish a year ahead of schedule.

£12.5m cost to fix Surrey’s flood-hit roads

26/02/2014

A £12.5 million repair bill to fix Surrey’s flood-affected roads and bridges is just the tip of the iceberg, according to the county council’s highways chief.

Flood-damaged roads to be fixed by Surrey County Council

10/01/2014

Surrey County Council is set to spend millions of pounds on repairing roads damaged by the floods.