Over 100 roads across Surrey will be improved as part of a £8.5m highways maintenance programme this Summer, to help prevent potholes.
85 miles of the county’s busiest roads will be made more resilient using surface dressing. Surface dressing is a cost effective, more environmentally friendly treatment which makes roads safer and prolongs their life by over ten years. Highways teams will carry out the works from June – August this year.
Lucy Monie, Director of Highways and Transport at Surrey County Council, said, “We understand that the state of our roads continues to be a source of frustration for our residents.
“The increasingly wet weather really impacts our roads – which are some of the busiest in the country. This is why here in Surrey, we’re investing nearly £300m in repairing and improving Surrey’s roads and pavements by 2028.
“This includes our upcoming surface dressing programme which will significantly strengthen many miles of Surrey’s busiest roads and prevent deterioration in years to come. This year’s programme will be the biggest surface dressing programme ever undertaken in Surrey.”
Surface dressing involves spraying bitumen binder (a sticky tar-like substance) on a clean, dry road surface, over which stone chippings are spread.
The surface is rolled to embed the stones into the bitumen although some loose stones will remain on the road surface for about a week. The weight of vehicles passing over these loose stones will force them into the bitumen to finish the new road surface. The method offers many advantages, including:
Sealing the road surface to keep out water to reduce deterioration of the road surface and prevent potholes forming
Restoring the necessary level of skid resistance to reduce skid-related traffic collisions
Enabling worn out road surfaces to last longer, increasing the time before structural maintenance is required, making this is a cost effective approach
Minimising traffic disruption and congestion as large areas of roads can be treated in a single day.
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