Yesterday evening, I shared this tweet from Eber Kington an Independent Surrey County Councillor:
This morning, Haslemere Town Councillors received this pothole update from Colin Kemp, Cabinet Member for Highways at Surrey County Council. I thought it would be helpful to share, with a reminder of how to report potholes:
From: Colin Kemp CLR <colin.kemp@surreycc.gov.uk>
Sent: 31 January 2018 22:12:22
To: £Members All Councillors
Subject: short note of pothole situation
Dear all
This time of year normally sees an increase in the reports of defects and potholes on the highway due to the wet and cold weather. This type of weather is anticipated during Winter and resources are put in place to manage any peaks in defect numbers The beginning of this year has seen an unusually high number defects and potholes. The repair gangs have recently been working extra shifts throughout the week and weekend to keep up with the number of defects being reported and we have now added some additional gangs to provide some further resilience in the short term. We also have a jet patching machine out and about which carries out a rapid repair treatment. This type of repair will be mainly used on targeting potholes on some of our residential roads.
Although your local highways teams do their best to monitor their areas and spot any defects, there is over 3000 miles of road in Surrey so they/we need your help. If you see a pothole on the network then please use the Report it function on the SCC website. From here you can also see if someone has already reported a defect by zooming in on the map when trying to ‘locate the problem’.
Thank you in advance for your help and patience.
Colin Kemp
Cabinet Member for Highways
Surrey County Councillor Horsell West & Goldsworth East
Woking Borough Councillor for Horsell
Tel: 07889 289177
Cabinet Senior PA: Isabella Nye-Meredith
Tel 020 8541 7208