Surrey County Council has published notices warning of closures of Carlton Road, covering the period from 4th June 2010 and lasting for 12 months.
The closures are to allow the resurfacing of the road to take place, currently scheduled to occur during the summer school holidays in order to minimise disruption.
The full resurfacing of the road is the most significant resurfacing project in the whole Borough this year, and has been achieved after a number of years of pressure from local residents, the Carlton Residents’ Association, and local Councillors.
County Councillor for Redhill, Lynne Hack, said:
“Getting Carlton Road fully resurfaced has been a priority for me for a number of years. Given its length and the severe tightening of Surrey’s roads budgets it has not been easy, and it has taken a while to get it to the top of the Surrey wide priority list. Therefore it is very good news that it is to be done this summer.
“Residents should not expect the road to be closed for 12 months as allowed in the closure order – it is standard practice for road closure orders to be for a duration of 12 months, in case there are delays later which would otherwise require new, expensive closure orders. The work should take far less time than this, and access will be maintained to properties as far as possible.
As part of the standard process of road resurfacing, all utility companies have been notified by Surrey County Council that it will be resurfacing the road, giving them the opportunity to bring forward any scheduled utility works in Carlton Road to happen before the resurfacing takes place. However utilities have the right not to take up this offer, and undertake some types of work (eg emergency work) after the resurfacing.
Residents with any queries relating to the road closure and resurfacing works should call Surrey County Council on 03456 009 009.
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Well done! hope all goes well
Thanks. A bit of further digging reveals that the closures are likely to last for 4-6 weeks – the 12 month period is only there as a contingency.
As a Carlton Road Resident that complained to SCC about the state of our road, I am extremely pleased the works are progressing. Well done to everyone that applied the pressure.