Issue - meetings

Mark Borland, Group Manager - Projects & Contracts, Highways to introduce the report, which seeks Local Committee approval for the identified roads to be resurfaced in Surrey Heath under Operation Horizon.

Operation Horizon is a new targeted investment programme for road maintenance.  For Surrey Heath in particular, the new programme will result in £8m being invested in the local road network and will enable 45km of road (12% of local network) to be re-surfaced over 80 separate road schemes

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed to

(i)    Approve the £8m Operation Horizon programme for Surrey Heath and that the 45km of road, across the defined scheme list detailed in Annex One, is resurfaced over the investment period.

(ii)   Receive a Surrey Highways annual report in March 2014 confirming programme progress and success to date.

Operation Horizon is a new targeted investment programme for road maintenance. 

For Surrey Heath in particular, the new programme will result in £8m being invested in the local road network and will enable 45km of road (12% of local network) to be re-surfaced over 80 separate road schemes.  It was confirmed that an international company was being used and that a ten year guarantee on works was included within the contract.  Members were concerned that the long term planned programme should be flexible enough to include priority changes and that works should be joined up with planned gas/ water works and any structure changes (i.e. Bus lane – should this be amended, and traffic calming measures). 

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed to:

Approve the £8m Operation Horizon programme for Surrey Heath and that the 45km of road, across the defined scheme list detailed in Annex One, is resurfaced over the investment period.

Receive a Surrey Highways annual report in March 2014, confirming programme progress and success to date.