A busy road riddled with potholes is set for resurfacing, it has been confirmed.
The Ropewalk, Southwell, will be resurfaced during Nottinghamshire County Council’s 2024 to 2025 highways scheme, which runs in line with the financial year.
Southwell Town Council planning and highways committee chairman Jeremy Berridge shared the plan at a meeting of the committee yesterday (March 3), having received confirmation from the town’s county councillor Roger Jackson.
He said the news was “music to our ears”.
The road has been in disrepair for a number of years, and although it had some patch repairs made in 2023 the surface has continued to deteriorate.
At a previous meeting when questioned on the state of the road, Roger Jackson explained the previous resurfacing work had used a new, experimental compound which was supposed to last 20 years — however it had not worked as intended and had broken down quickly after a period of time.
The Ropewalk is a busy town-centre road linking Lower Kirklington Road and Queen Street, providing access to the town’s Co-op, Lowes Wong Infant and Junior Schools, the Bramley Centre Carpark and a number of businesses and residential streets.
It is also on the bus route linking Nottingham City Centre and Southwell.
Mr Berridge suggested the amount disruption which would be caused by the temporary closure for resurfacing may be part of the reason the road has waited so long for repair.
More highways improvements across the town were also confirmed by Mr Jackson, including additional signs leading up to the mini roundabout connecting The Ropewalk and Lower Kirklington Road — which Mr Berridge highlighted the council had been “asking for for some time” — extra signs on Westgate near Holy Trinity Church of England Infant School, and a safe bus stop location on Nottingham Road — which currently had a dropped curb blocked by a barrier.
