Highway maintenance

A lowered kerb allows vehicles to cross the pavement from the road to a driveway. Learn more about the permissions needed and charges to lower a kerb.

Learn more about how we deal with hazards that are blocking roads and pavements such as: scaffolding, skips, and roadworks.

We have a statutory duty to maintain the highway in a safe condition. We regularly inspect the highways for damaged potholes and make it hazard safe within an appropriate time scale.

We sell waste aggregate from highway maintenance to reduce the impact on the environment and significant cost savings to the Council and our customers.

Most roads are maintained by the Council at the public's expense except some streets called private streets, also known as un-adopted roads that are not the responsibility of the council but that of the owners of the street.

Use this form to report any problems with footpaths or bridleways, including: overgrown hedges, ploughing complaints, and general maintenance requests.

We recognise the importance of our highway infrastructure and how an effectively maintained and managed network contributes to the local economy and in achieving our corporate goals.

Every year we produce a planned investment programme, which is key to maintaining quality roads. It's your feedback and our monitoring of the wear and tear on them that helps develop this.