Status of services in Woking Borough - Friday 18 January, 3pm

18 January 2013

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Due to current snowfall, Woking Borough Council would like to update residents and businesses on the state of local services.

Council buildings

All Council buildings will close early and as follows:

Woking's Centres for the Community (St Mary's in Byfleet, Moorcroft in Kingfield, The Vyne in Knaphill and Parkview in Sheerwater) will close at 3pm.

Woking Leisure Centre and Pool in the Park will close earlier. Please check their website at www.freedom-leisure.co.uk or call 01483 771122 for the latest information.

The Civic Offices will close at 3pm.

Arrangements are being made to operate critical services over the weekend including the Community Meals service.

Waste and recycling services

Waste and recycling services have been cancelled and/or closed today (Friday 18 January) at the following locations:

Black bins and food bins Bonners Lane, Rosebank Cottages, Hillside, Old Hill, The Cloisters, ST Peters Road, St Peters Close, Corrie Road, Poundfield Gardens, Townsend Lane, Saunders Lane, Saunders Copse, Hook Hill Lane (Mayford end) Goose Lane, The Hatchingtan, Kemisford, Kingsway, Kingsway Avenue, De Lara Way, Vale Farm Road, Wilbury Road, Oaks Road, Hurst Close, Fernhill Lane, Court Green Heights, Sun Hill and Star Lane.
Garden waste Allen House Park, Goose Rye, Goose Lane, Holly Bank Road, Saunders Copse, Saunders Lane, Smarts Heath Road, Allen House Park, Sun Hill, Delta Road, Chiltern Close, Kemisford, Mayford Green, Hook Hill Lane and areas off, including: Hook Hill Park, Ridge Close, Hook Park, Copper Beech Close, Mount Close and Mount Road.
Kestrel Way Recycling Site - This site will be closed and re-opened when safe to do so.
Next week - Weather permitting, properties that have not been serviced today [Friday 18 January] will be prioritised on Monday 21 January.

If your refuse bin was not collected, we will endeavour, weather permitting, to collect on Monday 21 January. Please leave your waste bin out for collection as usual.

Households who would usually have their recycling collected on Monday 21 January, should present their blue recycling bin and green garden waste bin as usual.

We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to thank you for your patience.

General advice

The Council would advise residents to:

only go out if necessary. If you do need to venture out, please take extreme care
avoid travelling unless necessary. If you do need to travel, please take precautions and be prepared
check that elderly neighbours or people who may require assistance are OK
make sure animals and/or children do not walk on frozen ponds or the Canal
only call 999 in a real emergency
tune in to their local radio and television news programmes to stay abreast of the latest situation with regards the heavy snowfall.

We can all help support our local communities and neighbours. Helpful information and advice about preparing for winter can be found on Surrey County Council's website here.

Further updates about Council services, including waste and collections, affected by the heavy snow will be posted up on this website and on Twitter @WokingCouncil in due course.

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