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Fairer Funding for Surrey's Roads
Closed
8,457 signatures
What the petition asks
We call upon the Government to reform the Fairer Funding Formula to ensure there is enough money for road repair and up-keep. The current method for calculating the grant for such work unfairly penalises Surrey. The calculation should give more weight to traffic flow and level of usage.
Surrey has almost 3,500 miles of roads with over 4.8 million miles travelled on those roads per year. The grant received by Surrey from the Government is about £4,000 per million vehicle miles travelled. A Neighbouring county has a figure of £5,500 per million vehicle miles travelled.
The recent Pothole Fund announced by the Government which uses the same formula saw Surrey get £1.8m, whereas one of our neighbouring counties received £2.9m, and a quiet west country area was given £4.4m.
The recent Pothole Fund announced by the Government which uses the same formula saw Surrey get £1.8m, whereas one of our neighbouring counties received £2.9m, and a quiet west country area was given £4.4m.
Timeline
| 2 May 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 Nov 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
8,457
Status
Closed
Opened
2 May 2018
Closed
2 Nov 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.