Two of Gedling borough’s busiest roads are to benefit from a £4m fund announced by Nottinghamshire County Council that will pay for major resurfacing work across the county.
Nine new road maintenance schemes were announced yesterday (22) at the County Council’s Full Council meeting.
A6211 Thackerays Lane Roundabout and parts of Arno Vale Road in Woodthorpe and the B6020 Kirkby Road in Ravenshead were the two borough roads listed for the resurfacing works.
The final decision on these proposals will be taken in mid-March when the 24/25 Highways Capital Programme report is approved. It is envisaged that works will begin in early summer of 2024.
The £4m is on top of the £29m of investment already planned for 2024/25 to improve the county’s roads.
The council said full plans including the sections under repair will be published ahead of the works.
Councillor Neil Clarke MBE, cabinet member for transport and environment, said the good news on the extra investment was further evidence there was a Highways maintenance plan going forward and one that he was committed to.
Cllr Clarke said: “While we’ve had to focus on the essential severe weather damage and emergency repairs of late, this funding serves as a reminder that we are still committed to our strategy of making ‘right repair, first time’ permanent repairs wherever we can.
“We are listening, and the decision to focus on these nine areas is based on feedback and reports we’ve received from residents as well as data and inspection reports from our highways partner Via East Midlands.
“We will still be undertaking permanent repairs wherever we can and will continue with large-scale patch repairs, putting a particular focus on well-used roads over the coming months.”
Council Leader Cllr Ben Bradley MP added: “We know how important the roads are to residents and they’re a priority for this council as well.
“This multi-million pound investment will deal with repairs to some of the county’s busiest roads and shows our commitment to doing everything possible to get more resources and funding to tackle this huge ongoing challenge.”
Large-scale patch repairs are part of the council’s four-year Highways Improvement Plan which includes the aims to reduce the need to use reactive short-term maintenance, maintain the road network condition and seek to improve it within financial constraints and to publish a longer-term programme of capital works to keep residents informed of future plans.
If a better flood defence system was in place for our borough, then the roads once repaired to a decent standard by actually closing the road, say over night, instead of men standing on Thackerays Lane risking themselves and other road users, then in the long-term pothole central might disappear and the rain water won’t be able to penetrate the road surfaces?!
I would like to assume that most of the road users in the Gedling borough have particular views and oppinions to the situation as to where roads require repairs / resurfacing. I realise that as time has moved on, the “tarmac” problem has reared up on almost every road in the borough to some extent , some worse than others.The two situations that I am
baffled with is concerning the road repair work undertaken at the area
where Shelford Road meets Arnold Lane, had the Highways surveyors/inspectors not visited Specsavers ? because in my oppinion the last 15m of tarmac which joins Arnold Lane (from Shelford Rd.) is in worse condition than the area resurfaced, (the area adjacent to Newton Road).May be they have there reasons?. Secondly
Westdale Lane !!! How can any other repair/resurfacing work be
prioritised ahead of Westdale Lane? I can see there be a time soon that the City buses will not run on WL.
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What about spenderling avenue, that’s off west Dale Lane & the road surface is awful ?