Roads major maintenance
About this Service
The Council carries out regular inspection and testing of the condition of the highway network, using visual and mechanical surveying techniques as appropriate. This information is recorded for reference and analysis, and is used in developing future maintenance programmes.
A programme of major structural maintenance involving the reconstruction, patching, repair or resurfacing of parts of the highway network is carried out annually. The schemes programmed depend on the availability of funding, the condition and deterioration of the network, the volume of traffic, and the safety implications. This work has to be co-ordinated with the large number of public utilities and others who also have programmes for their own plant and apparatus in the highway.
As well as maintaining the safety of the road network the planned maintenance increases the life of a road so that its condition does not deteriorate so quickly. These factors are taken into account in determining maintenance programmes.
Because of the limited funding available it is necessary to set priorities and these have to be reviewed annually as the condition of the network changes over time and with use.
Contact Details
Email: clarence@wiltshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 0800 23 23 23 - From landlines within Wiltshire: or 01225 77 72 34 From
Mobiles and from outside Wiltshire.
Fax: 01225 713488
Postal Address:
Customer Services
Wiltshire Council
County
Hall
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14
8JN
Last updated: 14 August 2009