Operation Horizon - Barrow Green Road

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Dear Surrey County Council,

Refer to the "Surrey Road Maintenance / Operation Horizon" report for Tandridge (available on your website http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/?a=811848 - dated 17/02/2014, retrieved 13/04/2014).

This report concerns infrastructure spending, and makes the following claim: "Savings in excess of £2 million have already been achieved through contract savings and value
engineering, which is being reinvested into the reconstruction of more roads".
(1) Please provide a detailed explanation of this "saving", how it was calculated, and why you have allocated/ascribed this saving to "Project Horizon" (rather than any other measure)?

Further, according to this report, the 2000 metre section of Barrow Green Road, Oxted, between Oxted Road and Gordans (sic) Way (road ref C74) has been completed.

Please also provide me with the following information:
(2) Date on which resurfacing work was completed?
(3) How long is the "Project Horizon" surfacing expected to last? i.e. when would you expect to redo the work or provide further upgrade to the road surface.
(4) What was the cost of resurfacing this stretch of road?
(5) To date, how has Surrey Council inspected the work done, and on what dates has it done this?
(6) What future inspections are planned and on what dates has Surrey Council scheduled inspection of the road condition and the works undertaken?
(7) What event or events would invoke the "10 year guarantee", in case the Project Horizon work proves to be substandard and needs to be redone.
(8) Are there any instances when Surrey Council will be liable for the costs of such rework? (For example, if it has provided an incorrect specification to the contractor as to the nature of the work required).

Finally, please provide me with:
(9) The specification from Surrey County Council to the contractor requesting that the work to C74 be carried out.
(10) The report/correspondence from the contractor confirming that the work has been carried out to the agreed specification/standard.
(11) All inspection reports on the completed work, including any that may have been done during the period the work was being carried out.

Yours faithfully,
Mark Ramsden

FOI, Surrey County Council

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From:        M Ramsden <[FOI #206994 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Surrey County Council <[Surrey County Council request email]>,
Date:        13/04/2014 12:50
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Operation Horizon -
Barrow Green Road

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Dear Surrey County Council,

Refer to the "Surrey Road Maintenance / Operation Horizon" report for
Tandridge (available on your website
[1]http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/?a=811848 - dated 17/02/2014, retrieved
13/04/2014).

This report concerns infrastructure spending, and makes the following
claim: "Savings in excess of £2 million have already been achieved through
contract savings and value
engineering, which is being reinvested into the reconstruction of more
roads".  
(1) Please provide a detailed explanation of this "saving", how it was
calculated, and why you have allocated/ascribed this saving to "Project
Horizon" (rather than any other measure)?

Further, according to this report, the 2000 metre section of Barrow Green
Road, Oxted, between Oxted Road and Gordans (sic) Way (road ref C74) has
been completed.

Please also provide me with the following information:
(2) Date on which resurfacing work was completed?
(3) How long is the "Project Horizon" surfacing expected to last? i.e.
when would you expect to redo the work or provide further upgrade to the
road surface.
(4) What was the cost of resurfacing this stretch of road?
(5) To date, how has Surrey Council inspected the work done, and on what
dates has it done this?
(6) What future inspections are planned and on what dates has Surrey
Council scheduled inspection of the road condition and the works
undertaken?
(7) What event or events would invoke the "10 year guarantee", in case the
Project Horizon work proves to be substandard and needs to be redone.
(8) Are there any instances when Surrey Council will be liable for the
costs of such rework? (For example, if it has provided an incorrect
specification to the contractor as to the nature of the work required).

Finally, please provide me with:
(9) The specification from Surrey County Council to the contractor
requesting that the work to C74 be carried out.
(10) The report/correspondence from the contractor confirming that the
work has been carried out to the agreed specification/standard.
(11) All inspection reports on the completed work, including any that may
have been done during the period the work was being carried out.

Yours faithfully,
Mark Ramsden

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