Bridges and Other Highway Structures
How to report defects or damage to a bridge or other highways structures

Contact Us Highways
Contact details for Highways and Engineering.

Highways and Pavement Obstructions
Details of how to report an obstruction on a pavement or the highway

Highways Drainage
Information on highways drainage and how to report blocked or overflowing gullies and road floods

Highways Enforcement
How we enforce the public rights on the road and footpath network and what you can do to help us

Highways Licensing
We issue licences for the following temporary obstruction to part of the highway - skips, scaffolding, hoardings to separate building works from the street and building materials stored on the highway.

Highways Structural Maintenance Programme
Highway maintenance programme of works

Kerb Crossing, Kerb Lowering and Access Requests
Permission is required from the council in order for you to construct this. Wakefield Council provides a quotation and construction service if you need to drop the kerb outside your property to make a driveway.

Potholes and Dangerous Pavements
Report potholes on the highways and damaged or dangerous pavements

Private Streetworks
Useful information for residents of 'private' streets, also known as 'unadopted' roads.

Roadworks
Planned and current roadworks affecting traffic sensitive roads in Wakefield

Spillages on Highway
Details of how to report any incidents of spillage on the highways

Street Furniture
The Council provides and maintains a range of street furniture such a public seats, litter bins and road signs

Street Lighting
Help us keep our streets safer with better lighting. Notify us online if you see a faulty streetlight.

Street Name Plates
Report a damaged or missing street name plate or make an enquiry about naming and numbering on new building developments

Walls
How to report a defect of damage to a highways wall

Winter Gritting
Snow clearance, road gritting and winter driving advice