FOI003643 FOI Highways

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We would be grateful if you could provide the information set out below.
Please provide the information below for highway structures that you maintain as a highway authority. Please use data as at 31 March 2026, or the latest date held. If the information is held in a different format, please send it as held; a partial response is very welcome
1.    As at 31st March 2026, how many highways structures do you maintain, by type?
Structure type    Asset count (#), 2026
Road bridges    
Footbridges    
Culverts (on your own reporting threshold)    
Retaining walls    
Sign / signal gantries    
Tunnels    
Other    
Total                                     

a.    Please include how many of the bridges carry the highway over a railway

2.    As at 31st March 2026, how many bridges do you have, by primary material?
Bridge material    Asset count (#), 2026
Steel or other metal    
Steel / concrete composite    
Reinforced concrete    
Prestressed concrete    
Masonry or brick arch    
Timber / other    

3.    As at 31st March 2026, how many structures fall into each Bridge Condition Index (BCI) band? BCIav (or BCIcrit if that is what you report)
BCI band    Asset count (#), 2026
Very Good (90 to 100)    
Good (80 to 89)    
Fair (65 to 79)    
Poor (40 to 64)    
Very Poor (0 to 39)    

4.    What was your capital and revenue spend on highway structures for each year in the table below? If spend is not split, please provide total spend for as many years as held.
FY    Capital (£)    Revenue (£)    Total (£)
2020/21            
2021/22            
2022/23            
2023/24            
2024/25            
2025/26            

5.    What is your budgeted or planned capital and revenue spend on highway structures for each year from 2026/27? If spend is not split, please provide total spend for as many years as held.
FY    Capital (£)    Revenue (£)    Total (£)
2026/27            
2027/28            
2028/29            
2029/30            
2030/31            

6.    What is your latest estimate of the structures maintenance backlog (the cost to bring the stock to your target condition) and the date of that estimate?
7.    Please name the contracts or frameworks used for highway structures works in 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26, the contractors appointed under each, and the contract end dates