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Salting routes in Surrey

The links below open pdf lists for the roads that will be salted in each district and borough. You can also find details of salting routes on the Surrey Interactive Map.

We have a limited budget and a total of 4,800km of road network that can't be treated all at the same time, so we prioritise roads for salting. Find out how we decide which roads to salt and when.

  • Priority 1 roads: Treatment will vary depending on various factors including the type and severity of the forecast weather, the likelihood of snow and the amount of residual salt on the roads. These roads will be treated when we receive a frost/ice forecast.
  • Priority 2 roads: During periods of prolonged and persistent frost, ice or snow, we extend the treatment to include these roads, but only once priority 1 roads have been cleared.
  • Priority 3 roads: During periods of snow clearing the priority 2 network will be extended to include access routes to primary schools.
  • Roads we partly salt: If your road has 'part' after the name please view the salting routes on the Surrey Interactive Map to see which part will be salted.
  • A roads plus: Roads shown with A+ beside them are 'A' roads with main access routes to A&E and acute and second tier hospitals, as well as a number of other hospitals. It also includes main access routes to large and medium population hubs. During extended periods of cold weather, we concentrate on gritting A+ roads which represent approximately 17% of all the roads in the county. You can view details of the A road plus network on the Interactive Map.

Salting route pdf's available to download


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  • Updated: 14 May 2013
  • Simon Mitchell
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