Roads damaged by last winter's severe weather
will be repaired and resurfaced thanks to a £500,000 grant from the
Department for Transport.
Peterborough City Council received the
£543,342 grant as part of a £200 million budget to help councils
repair damage to their road networks caused by the extreme weather
that the whole country suffered last winter.
The city council identified large areas of
carriageway that had suffered significant damage during the past
winter and prepared a programme of carriageway patch
repairs/resurfacing in order to restore the life of the road
surface.
Large numbers of temporary repairs were
completed by two full-time crews deployed on the network to deal
specifically with the immediate effects of the winter weather. The
information gathered during this process together with other
condition survey data has been used to identify and prioritise
those areas where repair works would take place.
The project focused mainly on areas where
evidence clearly showed that road surfaces deteriorated quickly
during the worst period of the winter with many roads suffering
widespread potholes as a result.
Councillor Peter Hiller, Cabinet Member for
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Planning, said: “This special funding
from the Department of Transport has helped us carry out vital road
repairs for the benefit of local people. With the potential for
another severe winter these funds have helped us to resurface
additional roads in time for what could be another onslaught of
freezing temperatures.
"This prudent and timely investment will help
save not only council tax-payers' money after the winter period but
also reduce the inevitable disruption caused by unplanned road
repairs."
The roads where carriageway patch repairs
and/or resurfacing works have been or will soon be carried out by
Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited are:
Resurfacing - Lime Tree Avenue; Alma Road;
Broadway from Monument Street to Huntly Grove; Ledbury Road from
Audley Gate to Bradwell Road; Marholm Road, Walton; Crowland Road,
A47 to High Street, Eye; Summerfield Road; Norman Road and Eyebury
Road junction with Tanholt Road.
Carriageway patch repairs - Charles Cope Road;
Shrewsbury Avenue; Chapel Lane, Orton Waterville; The Gannocks;
Lawson Ave; Mount Pleasant; Coneygree Road; Daffodil Grove; Lincoln
Road, Werrington; Fulbridge Road, Werrington; Paston Parkway;
Copeland; Aldermans Drive; Atherstone Avenue; Audley Gate and
Midland Road.
A significant programme of crack sealing has
also been completed across Peterborough’s ‘A’ road network.
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