Roads - maintenance

Roads maintenance

 This is accomplished by:

• responding to reports and complaints from the public
• responding to emergencies caused by extreme weather conditions e.g. flooding or high winds.

On a daily basis we carry out routine work such as

• cleaning
• patching
• resurfacing
• gritting of roads in the winter months.

In addition we respond to emergency call outs (danger to life and limb) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Following another severe winter in 2010/11 the government announced further funding of £200m for highway authorities in England.

Havering Council received grant funding of £322,509 from the Department of Transport (DfT) for additional road maintenance.

The money was spent on works in the roads listed below, where pre-patching of failed areas was carried out and then followed by resurfacing using micro asphalt. This resulted in halting the deterioration of these roads and has substantially prolonged the life span.

This additional DfT funding has helped the Council carry out preventative maintenance which has avoided more costly maintenance in the future.

The Council's revenue budget for carriageway patching this financial year was £598,770 in addition to this funding there is an ongoing capital programme of carriageway resurfacing.

Potholes

Before you report a pothole please note that these will only be considered for repair if they are 40mm deep and 300mm wide in the carriageway and 25mm deep on the footway.

Please indicate the precise location of the pothole by telling us the following:

• The name of the road or street.
• The nearest house number or the closest landmark.
• Is the pothole on the pavement or in the road?

Additional information required to enable us to allocate priority.

• Is the pothole in the middle or at the side (towards the kerb or a property boundary) of the pavement /road?
• The surface type e.g. tarmac, concrete, block paving, slabs, cobbles
• The estimated size and depth of the pothole.