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January 2010
Sir Paul welcomed Surrey Council’s plans for extra spending to repair road damage caused by the recent adverse weather conditions. Surrey County Council is taking immediate action to tackle the increase in potholes following the severe weather by investing an additional £½ million into pothole repairs.
Leader of the council, Dr Andrew Povey, announced the additional funding saying: “For the past week our highways teams have been working around the clock tackling the snow. Now that most of the snow has cleared our top priority is to tackle as a matter of urgency the potholes that have been forming all over the county. We are aiming to fix at least 200 potholes a day until the job is done This extra money is on top of the annual budget for pothole repairs.”
During such severe weather, the road becomes brittle because of the cold, and cracks can develop. If water gets in and freezes it expands and so makes a bigger hole and once the surface is broken deterioration is very quick. The repeated freezing and thawing process over such a prolonged period only makes this worse.
The council has more than 25 repair teams carrying out the repairs and will bring in additional contractors if necessary. Urgent repairs are being dealt with quickly then ‘A’ roads will be prioritised as they carry the most traffic. Once the A road network is in an acceptable condition the teams will work through other roads.
The General Manager of Polesden Lacey expressed her concern last week about the deterioration Polesden Lacey Road had suffered, leaving the road virtually impassable. With 1000 visitors to the estate each day and hundreds working or living there, it is vital that such repairs receive urgent attention.
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