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Resurfacing Programme 2008-09

This year's road resurfacing programme includes repairs and surface treatment to over 80 individual roads across the Borough. The total length of roads in the programme is about 33 kilometres or just over 20 miles. The Council approved the list of roads in March and engineers have been working together with their term highway contractor, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services, to decide on the most cost effective treatments and planned works, which will take place from June to September.

The types of resurfacing will be Stone Mastic Asphalt Surfacing (SMA), DBM Overlay (Dense Bituminous Macadam), Surface Dressing or Micro Asphalt depending on the classification and condition of each road. See FAQs for an explanation of these treatments.

Affected properties will be notified by letter 5-7 days before the work starts and signs will be displayed at each site to warn road users. In some circumstances road closures will be necessary to complete works quickly and safely, but access to properties will be maintained as far as possible - this may mean a short wait whilst works are completed directly outside a property. Where road closures are in force diversions will be clearly signed.