The remarkable answer to the question, ‘how deep does a pothole need to be in Surrey?’ depends on the depth of the road surface. At the Woking Borough Council Overview and Scrutiny committee meeting on 14th September I learnt that most Surrey roads have a surface above the base of the road of about 35mm. […]

The recent decisions by Woking Borough Council to not increase parking charges in Woking for the second time in the year are in my opinion not enough to offset the damage done to the local economy by high prices, extended charging hours and a lack of appropriately priced, frequent public transport. There is something wrong […]

All residents in Woking should have received a letter telling them what day their waste and recycling collection days will change to from this week.  I have not received my letter yet and so I went to this website (http://www.woking.gov.uk/localservices) to see what day my collection changes to.  If you do not know what day […]

Details of my question to the full council of Woking borough council on Thursday 16th July are below, as well as the answer from the leader of the executive.  Question from Councillor O E K Wells “Could the Portfolio Holder responsible state if statistics are recorded for the proportion of Council staff travelling to work […]

At the Council meeting on Thursday 16th July it was a pleasure to see Mayor Tina Liddington presenting the Woking Community and Good Neighbour awards to so many people who put so much into the local community.  Without people making these efforts each and everyday the lives of so many people in Woking would be […]

The Knaphill Street Surgery will return after the school summer holidays on Saturday 26th September. The surgery will continue on the last Saturday of each month from then onwards.  The surgery runs from 10.30am to 11.15am in Knaphill High Street. Since we started these surgeries in December 2008, it has been really pleasing to meet […]

On Friday 19th June it is the 64th Birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi.  She has remained under house arrest for of 13 years following the refusal of the Burmese military to accept the victory of the National League for Democracy in the 1990 general election.  She is now facing a futher 3 – 5 […]

Congratulations to Cllr Diana Smith for being re-elected again to represent the people of Knaphill and Goldsworth West on Surrey County Council.  It will be a long hard fight getting Surrey County Council to provide good services and value for money, but I know Diana along with newly elected Will Forster and Mohammed Amin are […]

Despite or rather as is clear from appearances, Surrey County Council has in the past under spent its road budget.  Cllr Skellet, until recently the Leader of Surrey County Council and a Conservative, even appeared to suggest in the letters page of the Surrey Advertiser that people were satisfied with the quality of Surrey’s roads […]

Cllr Diana Smith, Cllr Ric Sharp and I braved the wintry March wind for our monthly High Street surgery on Saturday 25th March.  As ever it was a useful exercise for meeting local residents and listening to their concerns.  Should local people have any concerns they can contact us via email or phone and of course […]