More than 100 Surrey roads to be resurfaced in effort to combat potholes

More than 100 roads in Surrey will be resurfaced as part of a £8.5m highways maintenance programme this summer. Aimed at preventing potholes, 85 miles of the county’s busiest roads will be made more resilient using surface dressing.

This method is meant to make roads more resilient and prolong their life by over ten years. Highways teams will carry out the work from June to August this year, subject to weather conditions.

Lucy Monie, Director of Highways and Transport at Surrey County Council, said: “We understand that the state of our roads continues to be a source of frustration for our residents.

“The increasingly wet weather really impacts our roads – which are some of the busiest in the country. This is why here in Surrey, we’re investing nearly £300m in repairing and improving Surrey’s roads and pavements by 2028.

“This includes our upcoming surface dressing programme which will significantly strengthen many miles of Surrey’s busiest roads and prevent deterioration in years to come. This year’s programme will be the biggest surface dressing programme ever undertaken in Surrey.”

Specifically, surface dressing involves spraying bitumen binder (a sticky tar-like substance) on a clean, dry road surface, over which stone chippings are spread. The surface is rolled to embed the stones into the bitumen. Some loose stones will remain on the road surface for about a week but the weight of vehicles passing over these loose stones will force them into the bitumen to finish the new road surface.

Surrey County Council says that the advantages of this system include sealing the road surface to keep out water which in turn helps prevent potholes from forming. The council also hopes it will minimise traffic disruption as large areas of roads can be treated in a single day.

Immediately after laying surface dressing is vulnerable to fast or turning traffic meaning motorists will be temporarily asked to keep their speed down.

You can see the council's interactive map of roads included in this year’s programme here or see a list below. Residents will be informed when work is taking place in their area. As this type of work is weather dependent, bad weather may mean on some occasions, works have to be rescheduled at short notice. The schemes may be subject to change.

The roads are:

1. Stoke Road COBHAM

2. Woodlands Lane STOKE D’ABERNON

3. Portsmouth Road THAMES DITTON

4. Oatlands Drive WEYBRIDGE

5. Oatlands Drive WEYBRIDGE

6. Downs Road EPSOM

7. Shere Road ALBURY

8. Shere Road ALBURY

9. Send Road SEND

10. The Street ALBURY

11. The Street ALBURY

12. Woking Road GUILDFORD

13. Aldershot Road PIRBRIGHT

14. Horsham Road ABINGER HAMMER

15. Horsham Road SUTTON ABINGER

16. Park Lane MERROW

17. The Street PUTTENHAM

18. Suffield Lane PUTTENHAM

19. Horsley Road EFFINGHAM JUNCTION

20. Beech Avenue EFFINGHAM

21. Combe Lane SHERE

22. Hound House Road SHERE

23. Sandy Lane SHERE

24. Tunnel Hill Road MYTCHETT

25. Wood Lane SEALE

26. Suffield Lane PUTTENHAM

27. Littleton Lane LITTLETON

28. Shophouse Lane FARLEY GREEN

29. East Shalford Lane SHALFORD

30. Send Hill SEND

31. Reigate Road HOOKWOOD

32. Horsham Road S/B HOLMWOOD

33. Randalls Road LEATHERHEAD

34. Randalls Road LEATHERHEAD

35. Reigate Road BETCHWORTH

36. Stane Street OKEWOOD HILL

37. Reigate Road LEATHERHEAD

38. Horsham Road OKEWOOD HILL

39. Okewood Hill OKEWOOD HILL

40. Norwood Hill Road CHARLWOOD

41. Norwood Hill Road CHARLWOOD

42. Smalls Hill Road LEIGH

43. Stan Hill CHARLWOOD

44. Lowfield Heath

45. Road CHARLWOOD

46. Cobham Road FETCHAM

47. Little Bookham Street BOOKHAM

48. Sutton Lane ABINGER COMMON

49. Damphurst Lane WOTTON

50. Sheephouse Lane WOTTON

51. Broadmoor Road ABINGER

52. Oakwoodland Lane OAKWOOD HILL

53. Wonham Lane BETCHWORTH

54. Church Road LEIGH

55. Woodhatch Road SOUTH EARLSWOOD

56. Yew Tree Bottom Road NORK

57. High Road CHIPSTEAD

58. High Road CHIPSTEAD

59. High Road LOWER KINGSWOOD

60. Chucks Lane WALTON ON THE HILL

61. Windsor Road EGHAM

62. Lyne Lane THORPE

63. Brox Road OTTERSHAW

64. Crimp Hill ENGLEFIELD GREEN

65. Norlands Lane THORPE

66. London Road BAGSHOT

67. Upper ChobhamRoad HEATHERSIDE

68. Eastbourne Road BLINDLEY HEATH

69. Eastbourne Road SOUTH GODSTONE

70. Godstone Road WHYTELEAFE

71. Oxted Road GODSTONE

72. Beddlestead Lane WARLINGHAM

73. Fairchildes Lane FICKLESHOLE

74. Hesiers Hill WARLINGHAM

75. Popes Lane OXTED

76. Dwelly Lane OXTED RURAL

77. Halliloo Valley Road WOLDINGHAM

78. Salmons Lane WHYTELEAFE

79. Burntwood Lane CATERHAM

80. Tupwood Scrubbs Road CATERHAM

81. Tillingdown Lane CATERHAM

82. Brickhouse Lane SOUTH GODSTONE

83. Caterfield Lane MERLE COMMON

84. Station Road LINGFIELD

85. Blackberry Lane LINGFIELD

86. Staffhurst Wood Road MERLE COMMON

87. Itchingwood Common Road LIMPSFIELD

88. Horsham Road ALFOLD

89. Hindhead Road HASLEMERE

90. Petworth Road CHIDDINGFOLD

91. Farnborough Road FARNHAM

92. Wrecclesham Hill WRECCLESHAM

93. Portsmouth Road GODALMING

94. Bookhurst Road CRANLEIGH

95. Ewehurst Road CRANLEIGH

96. Ockley Road EWHURST

97. Horsham Road CRANLEIGH

98. Weybourne Road WEYBOURNE

99. Tilford Road RUSHMOOR

100. Tilford Road BEACON HILL

101. Brook Road SANDHILLS

102. Boundary Road DOCKENFIELD

103. Killinghurst Lane HASLEMERE

104. Vann Lane HAMBLEDON

105. Upper Vann Lane HAMBLEDON

106. Knowle Lane CRANLEIGH

107. Sandy Lane HASLEMERE

108. Fulbrook Lane ELSTEAD

109. Kettlewell Hill / WOKING

110. Chobham Road

111. Saunders Lane MAYFORD

112. Holly Bank Road HOOK HEATH

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