Surrey has started to create the largest Olympic venue of the Games.


Roadside barriers are being installed along 42 miles of Surrey’s roads – enough to lap the running track of the Olympic stadium 170 times.


The barriers will appear stacked and tethered by the side of the road between now and the first cycle race on July 28.


Staging the Surrey section of the events requires 5,000 cones, 4,000 road signs and 545 road closures.


There will also be an army of 6,000 people involved including stewards and volunteers. Hundreds of thousands of spectators are expected to flock to Surrey to watch the Olympic events in the county.


Councillor Helyn Clack said: “We’ll be creating the largest venues of the Olympic Games from scratch which is a big job and these statistics hammer home the sheer scale of the task.


“Preparations have been going on for more than two years to ensure the Games in Surrey are a success.


“Staging sporting events on this scale will inevitably cause disruption. We’re asking residents and businesses to plan ahead and be prepared for road closures, parking restrictions and issues caused by hundreds of thousands of extra people coming to Surrey to watch the races.”


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