What road maintenance involves
Surrey County Council is responsible for maintaining approximately 4800 km (3000 miles) of roads. We repair potholes and other minor defects throughout the year when they come to our attention and meet our highway safety standards.
As part of our Highways Maintenance Programme, we carry out three types of work on the road:
- Resurfacing - where we remove the top of the road and put a new road surface down. This is undertaken where there are problems in the underlying structure of the road.
- Preventative maintenance - we carry out work to the top of the road to improve the skid resistance, increase the lifespan of roads and reduce the risk of potholes. To find out more about what this involves, see our page about surface dressing.
- Extensive repairs - this is to sections of the road which are damaged. We cut out the damaged sections of the road, including any wider deterioration, and replace them.
Routine maintenance on high speed roads
We coordinate a programme of routine maintenance for high speed dual carriageway roads in Surrey where traffic generally travels at over 50mph.
This includes working with our district and borough councils, who are responsible for litter picking and sweeping while we are carrying out drainage works and gully cleaning.
We perform maintenance on high speed roads under the control of National Highways twice a year on each road. We schedule several jobs in one day to minimise disruption and work is carried out between 9.30am and 4pm unless stated otherwise.
Proposed road maintenance in your area
We are currently undertaking a programme of major highway maintenance known as Operation Horizon, to view a full list of the roads, please visit our Horizon highways maintenance page.
To check if any other maintenance is planned for your area please visit our roadworks page.
