The county council’s producing Local Transport Strategies for each district and borough in the county. The purpose of these strategies is to support the growth set out within district and borough local plans and provide a programme of transport infrastructure required to deliver this growth.

Surrey County Council would like your views on the transport strategy for Reigate and Banstead and Tandridge.

Consultation drafts of the strategies are now available from County Hall in Kingston, or online on the Surrey County Council website. You can respond on paper or online, and the consultation closes on October the 28th

http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/surrey-transport-plan-ltp3/surrey-transport-plan-consultations-on-the-plan/local-transport-strategies-and-forward-programmes

The Texaco petrol station in Woodhatch was the scene of a daring raid in the early hours of last Friday morning.

Thieves driving a white van stole a cash machine outside the station in Dovers Green Road.

It’s not yet known how much money the ATM contained at the time of the theft.

Detectives from East Surrey CID are keen to speak to anyone who was in the area between midnight and 1am on Friday last.

[Anyone who has information on this offence is urged to contact Surrey Police on 101 quoting reference 45140078954. The independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.]

Sussex Residents have given the thumbs-up to repairs carried out on their roads in August.

West Sussex County Council’s Better Roads Programme is targeting rural and residential roads across the county most in need of repair.

Seventy-nine locations were improved and made safer by the County Council’s highways contractors during August and the Council received a number of emails from residents satisfied with the job done.

One resident noted that for nearly 30 years he’d watched council workmen coming every few months to repair the potholes in New Road and every time he’d say, ‘Why don’t they do a proper job?’

He added “Well, at last they have and I want to thank you for it.”