Road Maintenance

You can expect

• all carriageways and footways will be inspected on a regular basis to check for defects (as per table below);
• emergency defects, such as missing manhole covers, will be made safe within 4 hours;
• other defects will be corrected as resources permit and according to priority;
• safety inspections to be carried out as per tables below:

Carriageways

Inspection checks for defects

carriageway	months
Class A	6 months
Class B	6 months
Minor roads	6 months
Estates (no through roads)	12 months

Footways 

Inspection checks for defects

footway	months
Main shopping	3 months
Busy urban	3 months
Other urban	6 months
Estates	12 months

 

• Highway verges outside urban areas will be cut once a year, in July/August. Before and after this time we will make additional cuts for safety purposes as necessary
• Emergency sweeping will be carried out after accidents, storms and during Autumn leaf-fall only;
• Highway drainage systems will be maintained to ensure that water is effectively carried away from highway surfaces;
• Gullies and associated pipework will be emptied and flushed once a year. Ditches will be cleaned out as required. Floods in the highway will be alleviated as soon as practicable, priority depending on severity and potential threat to property;
• Signs and road markings will be replaced and cleaned as necessary, priority depending on location and type (whether statutory, informatory or directional);
• Pre-salting of defined priority routes will be carried out when frost, ice or snow are forecast, together with post-salting or ploughing of affected routes as necessary according to severity of conditions;
• Planned pre -salting of Trunk Roads will be completed within 2 hours and County Roads within 3 hours of start. Emergency call-out response time is one hour prior to start of salting.