Surrey County Council has today (8 February) launched a new website, www.surreycc.gov.uk/travel, to help people get around the county more easily.

The site provides real-time information in one place that will help commuters, visitors and residents decide how and when to plan their journeys.

Visitors to the site can see:

·    roadworks that might affect their journey, including an indication of how much disruption they are causing
·    other travel disruptions, such as emergency road closures
·    levels of congestion
·    train times and real-time information on some bus routes
·    events that may generate a lot of traffic, such as Hampton Court Flower Show and the Epsom Derby
·    car park locations and capacity, including for certain sites the number of spaces available
·    locations of bus stops and train stations
·    bus and train departure times
·    information displayed on the council’s roadside information signs, such as warnings about congestion on key routes

The site also enables people to report traffic signal faults, with the facility to pin down the exact signal location on a map. The council is hoping to add the facility for reporting other kinds of faults, such as potholes.

Ian Lake, the council’s Cabinet Member for Transport, said: “We are very proud to be launching this new website which will help our residents and people visiting the county decide how and when to make their journeys. This will not only make travelling less stressful, but should also contribute to easing the congestion on roads, as people will have better information about disruption and jams to avoid.
As time goes by we'll be looking to add new features and make improvements to provide Surrey residents with as much information as possible."

Visitors to the site are encouraged to give their views on the service by completing the on-line survey.