A project has been set up to help residents recognise and report anti social behaviour in Redhill.

Safer Redhill brings together the Council, Surrey Police and YMCA East Surrey with local residents and businesses.

It has been putting in place new safety measures alongside community activities. This includes targeted youth outreach work by YMCA East Surrey with the touring ‘Y bus’, and ASB training for council officers and Street Pastors.

The Council and Surrey Police have secured Safer Streets funding for Redhill which will pay for activity until March next year.

A new task force has been created to reduce traffic disruption caused by utility works. 

The taskforce, which is made up of representatives from water, energy and telecoms companies, held their inaugural meeting last week with Surrey County Council and will continue to meet monthly.  It agreed to better co-ordinate and communicate details of the works, to minimise disruption for residents, and to introduce better escalation routes so the Council can quickly hold utility companies to account.

Utility companies’ demands in Surrey are amongst the top five highest in the UK with 88 works starting every day in the last twelve months.

Children in Surrey who recieve Free School Meals will now receive free cycling and walking training, thanks to funding secured by the County Council.

Feet First is a walking training programme for school children in Year 3 to learn road safety skills so they can safely walk to and from school with their parents and carers and prepare them for independent travel.

Bikeability training helps children learn how to cycle safely and increases confidence in cycling

Holidaymakers going to Heathrow or Gatwick Airport have been warned to plan ahead as part of the M25 will be closed this weekend.

The motorway will be closed between junctions 10 and 11 in Surrey from 21:00 BST on Friday to 06:00 on Monday.

The closure is part of an ongoing £317m project to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow.

The RAC is urging travellers to leave earlier than usual to allow time for congestion on diverted routes.