"One million square metres" worth of pot-hole and road repairs in the East Riding

A MAJOR ROAD SURFACE REPAIR and dressing programme will soon be completed on the East Riding’s roads after the worst winter in 30 years according to John Skidmore, the East Riding Council's head of Streetscene Services.

The programme started on 9 May and will be complete by the middle of this month. John Skidmore commented:

“In that time our highways teams will have laid in excess of one million square metres, which equates to an area the size of 220 football pitches. The work was earmarked to take a further few weeks, but the repair teams have got on so well with it that they should have completed the programme by 15 August."

The damage to the 3,500km highway network this past winter was so severe that many roads needed emergency repairs. The council applied for, and received additional government funding to enable the council’s highways engineers to carry out the surface dressing programme to repair damage and replace thousands of temporary pothole repairs.

Surface dressing is an important road maintenance process which has four main purposes: it seals the surface; it provides texture and skid resistance to an existing worn surface; it arrests disintegration; and, looks better than lots of patches.

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Potholes being repaired - but keep reporting them!

TEAMS ARE WORKING THROUGHOUT THE EAST RIDING to repair the damage caused to our roads as soon as possible, reports the East Riding Council.

Damage to the roads was caused by the third successive severe winter, which this year recorded the lowest ever temperatures. As a result more council staff than ever have been working to make the repairs needed to roads which are part of a 3,500km (2170 mile) highway network from Flamborough Head to Pollington and from Sledmere to Spurn Point.

The repair programme is expected to last until late March when it is hoped the weather will improve.

Councillor Stephen Parnaby, OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said:

"In some areas, we have extensive damage on some roads and, in others, a small number of potholes. Our response is being led by the highway engineers' inspections and information from councillors and residents across the East Riding.”

Work needed ranges from repairs of a single pothole to full repairs of a route. The repairs are being prioritised based on how severe the defects are and how important the road is.

The repair programme is a two-pronged response and teams are set up to undertake two forms of repair. Responsive pothole teams are filling holes identified by safety inspections, reports from councillors, the public and others. Where roads are particularly affected by numerous defects patching teams are following up to undertake longer-lasting repairs.

Members of the public can report defects requiring repair using the highway customer care line on 0845 600 1666, by email to highways.customer.care@eastriding.gov.uk.

Residents can also report local potholes via FixMyStreet.

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