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Surbiton Christmas rubbish collections

By Surb_People at 14:35 on 23/12/11

Household waste and recycling collections in Surbiton will be one day later than usual over the Christmas and New Year fortnight. For example, if your normal collection day is a Thursday, then during the two weeks commencing 26 December it will be Friday instead. Collections return to normal from Monday 9 January 2012. Christmas trees will be collected on the same day as your landfill waste between Tuesday 3 January and...
Vote for Surbiton's Parks to mark Diamond Jubilee

By Surb_People at 02:11 on 23/10/11

Two parks in Surbiton are up for a Royal award and they need your help to win. Nine outdoor parks in the Royal Borough of Kingston have been put forward for a public vote to become part of a prestigious nationwide scheme to mark The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics. The Queen Elizabeth II Challenge mirrors the memorial project created by the Fields in Trust following King George V's death in...
SURBITON TREES AXED

By Surb_People at 13:19 on 08/10/11

Several seemingly healthy trees have been cut down in Surbiton in recent weeks. To make things worse, Kingston Council now have a policy not to replace any street trees. The large tree outside Bosco Bar and Hotel on St Mark's Hill was cut down about a week ago at the same time as the tree outside 4 Claremont Road. The trees looked healthy and green, but the Council insists that they were either dead or half-dead...
Night working to complete Victoria Road road-works on Thursday

By Surb_People at 13:04 on 19/09/11

The road works that have covered most of Victoria Road for the past 10 weeks are on course to be completed on Thursday 22nd September. Today and tomorrow the work will carry on throughout the night in order to finish on time. During this time the following changes to the traffic diversion route will be in place: Victoria Road will be closed from St Mary's Road to St James Road. The section of St...
Surbiton Town Centre Consultation Farce

By Surb_People at 14:44 on 25/04/11

The farce that is the Surbiton Town Centre Improvement Strategy Consultation continues. You will probably have received your latest consultation documents through your letterbox recently. They are made up of a glossy leaflet, a glossy map and a reply-paid questionnaire. So far, the consultation has taken more than two years of Council officer man-hours, meetings, street stalls and many thousands of leaflets. ...

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Surbiton Street Lights Axed?

By surbyman

I agree with everyone here. Surbiton's period-style streetlights are highly distinctive and help...

By Surb_People at 18:20 on 19/10/11

Could central Surbiton's decorative streetlights be axed? The second stage of the Surbiton Town Centre Improvement strategy will see new street lighting in central Surbiton as the old lighting columns need to be replaced. However, Kingston Council doesn't actually have the money to fund new street lights at the moment, so delays and/or cost cutting could occur. Surbiton currently has distinctive, Victorian-lookin...
Concern for Surbiton's shops as major roadworks continue

By Surb_People

UPDATE ON SURBITON ROADWORKS The current works are on target to be completed for mid-September. ...

By Surb_People at 21:41 on 18/07/11

Surbiton shopkeepers are rightfully concerned as the latest roadworks hit the centre of Surbiton. This latest set of roadworks will last for up to 10 weeks. Only a month ago we had British Telecom digging up the roads for about a month and it wasn't all that long ago that British Gas spent nearly two months doing the same to replace gas pipes. Whether it was possible to do all of these works at the same time, we...
Celebrating the Royal Wedding in Surbiton

By Surbi123

Who honestly gives a toss about a royal wedding? Two people none of us have ever met. WASTE OF TIME...

By Surb_People at 00:59 on 23/01/11

The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be celebrated throughout Britain with a Bank Holiday on Friday 29th April. As Easter falls the weekend before with May Day on the following Monday it means that many people will enjoy two four-day weekends in a row. But will anything be happening in Surbiton? As far as we know, Kingston Council has no plans for any public celebrations, although they say they...
How should Kingston Council spend your money?

By alreadyhere

This council wastes so much of our tax payers' money on things of no value. Community engagement...

By Surb_People at 00:44 on 23/01/11

Kingston Council are asking for residents to tell them what services they would like to prioritise as it seeks to cut services over the coming years. You can get involved and have your say on issues in your local area by completing the electronic consultation form here. The form should be completed by Wednesday 2nd February 2011. I am sure that the Council does have many difficult decisions to be made and...