Major road improvement programme continues

Residents and road users in Ashfield and Mansfield will see a range of road improvement works continue this October as part of Nottinghamshire County Council's record £181.25 million Highway Capital Maintenance Programme.

Six months into delivery, more highway improvement schemes have already been completed than during the whole of last year. The milestone reflects both the scale of the programme and the pace of delivery across the county, with resurfacing, preventative maintenance and targeted repairs helping to improve the condition of the roads, extending the life of the network and reducing the need for more extensive repairs in the future.

Nottinghamshire County Council, working with its highways partner Via East Midlands, has published its month-ahead programme of planned roadworks for October, featuring eight major resurfacing schemes. These include, amongst others, the A60 Mansfield Road/Church Street in Market Warsop, the A617/A6191 Chesterfield Road North Pleasley Hill Way Junction in Pleasley Hill, the A6117 Old Mill Lane in Mansfield, the B6028 Stoneyford Road and B6023 Mansfield Road in Sutton in Ashfield, along with the B6035 Sherwood Street in Market Warsop. In addition, machine lay patching will take place on the A60 Leeming Lane North in Mansfield Woodhouse while streetlight columns will be replaced on Export Drive in Sutton in Ashfield and Southwell Road West in Mansfield

Alongside these resurfacing works, the countywide surface dressing and micro asphalt programmes are treating more than 200 sites across Nottinghamshire. The surface dressing programme has now been completed for the season, with teams making the most of the weather-dependent delivery window. In the run-up to winter, targeted pre-patching repairs have been carried out at various locations across the county, and any surface dressing sites that could not be treated this year will be prioritised for surface dressing at the earliest opportunity in 2027.

Micro asphalt works continue throughout October and into November, with the latest programme information, along with an explainer video, that can be found at www.nottshighways.co.uk/micro.

The works form part of Nottinghamshire County Council's record investment in highway maintenance, delivering resurfacing, repairs and infrastructure improvements that help to keep roads safe, improve journey reliability and support long-term network resilience.

In addition to these schemes, patching teams supported by the council's JCB Pothole Pro machines will carry out repairs on Stonebridge Lane and Stonebridge Road in Warsop, Park Drive in Hucknall, Lindley Street in Selston, Common Road in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Main Road in Underwood and Highland Road in Mansfield. Further highway improvements are also planned across Warsop, Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse, Selston and Hucknall to help keep the network in good condition.

October's programme builds on a series of recently completed improvements across Nottinghamshire, including the resurfacing of the A6009 Rosemary Street at the A38 Stockwell Gate junction in Mansfield, the B6020 Victoria Road in Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Layton Avenue in Mansfield. Street lighting improvements were also completed with replacement columns installed on Chesterfield Road in Huthwaite.

Councillor Bert Bingham, Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment at Nottinghamshire County Council, said, "Six months into this year's Highway Capital Maintenance Programme, we have already delivered more improvement schemes than we completed during the whole of last year. That is a clear indication of both the scale of our investment and the progress being made on the ground.

"This programme is about much more than repairing roads - by combining major resurfacing schemes with preventative treatments such as surface dressing, micro asphalt and patching, we are taking a long-term approach that helps to protect the network, improve reliability for road users and deliver better value for taxpayers.

"The completion of this year's surface dressing programme, together with the ongoing micro asphalt programme, will protect more than 200 sites across Nottinghamshire, while October's programme will continue to bring improvements to communities across Ashfield and Mansfield.

"Every scheme contributes to a safer and more resilient highway network, helping residents, businesses and local communities stay connected. I’d like to thank road users and residents for their continued patience while this work is carried out."

Via will continue to run its year-round programme of preventative maintenance, which includes cleansing highway gullies and drains, tree inspections and surface repairs.