Road will stay closed for another month - council

A town centre road in Surrey is to remain closed for at least another month, a council has said.

Issues with Victoria Way, in Woking, began in 2021 when cladding panels fell off the Hilton hotel in stormy weather, leading to road closures for repairs - a situation which has repeated itself several times.

Woking Borough Council leader Ann-Marie Barker said work had been completed to secure panels at greater risk of detachment by Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM) in the past week, but the road was expected to remain closed until at least the end of March.

SRM has been approached for a comment.

Ms Baker said it was "disappointing news and extremely frustrating" and said she would "continue to apply pressure to reopen the road as soon as it is safe to do so".

SRM had previously apologised for the inconvenience and said it empathised with the frustration felt by residents and businesses.

Preparatory work has also begun on the remaining cladding panels, with the use of a large crane on the site.

Ms Barker added that work was under way to develop a long-term solution, aided by exterior cladding specialists who were conducting investigations to determine the cause of the detachment.

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