Surrey's poor road maintenance is costing you a fortune

£638,239 - that's the cost in vehicle damage claims that Tory controlled Surrey County Council has paid out. This is FOUR TIME WORSE than anywhere else in England.

Figures published by breakdown firm Britannia Rescue show that in the 2 year period 2010/11 - 2011/12 Surrey paid out £638,239 in claims for damage caused by bad roads, four times the amount paid out by the next nearest county council (Nottinghamshire: £158,578). Our Conservative run County - rated in the lowest possible category in the country with just one star - is clearly not improving. While vast amounts of money are being hoarded, Surrey Highways, like so much else in the county, is being neglected and we the taxpayers are paying the price of this. "It is an utter disgrace" said an angry Cllr Ian Beardsmore.