Highways bosses have agreed a £66.5million investment for the next year — and this is which roads are set to be repaired or resurfaced.
As the highways authority, Nottinghamshire County Council is responsible for the upkeep of most public roads, aside from major A roads and motorways which are the responsibility of National Highways.
The funding was allocated in the council’s 2024 to 2025 Highways Capital and Revenue Programmes — which were finalised on Monday (April 8) — and includes £33million for road and highway asset improvements.
In the Advertiser area, resurfacing is planned for:
•A616 Great North Road, Newark, from the A46 Cattle Market roundabout to the mini roundabout at the Sugar Beet Factory entrance, to cost £500k to £600k.
•Queens Road, Newark, from Lovers Lane to B6166 Lincoln Road, £100k to £150k.
•The Ropewalk, Southwell, from Lower Kirklington Road to Queen Street, £200k to £250k.
•Kirklington Hill, Kirklington, 500m stretch east from junction with Corkhill Lane to bend, £250k to £300k.
•Carlton Ferry Lane, Collingham, extent to be determined, £400k to £500k.
•Eakring Lane, Eakring, 340m south from the surface change past Brail Lane to another surface change, and from A617 junction north for approx 170m, £200k to £250k.
•A612 Nottingham Road, Lowdham, 660m stretch from 32 Nottingham Road to the layby, £400k to £500k.
•A6075 Ollerton Road, Tuxford, 500m stretch by Westwood Farm through bends, and 250m stretch at bends at Priors Park Farm, £200k to £250k.
•Spring Lane, Lambley, from Catfoot Lane to Lambley Lane, £200k to £250k.
•Bingham Road, Langar, from the surface change 400m north of Wiverton Hall Farm, south towards the entrance to The Lodge, £300k to £400k.
•Long Acre and Fairfield Street junction, Bingham, including whole junction and Long Acre from junction to Fisher Lane, £300k to £400k.
Structural patching is planned for:
•A616 Great North Road, Newark, from the mini roundabout at the Sugar Beet Factory entrance to A616 Ollerton Road junction, to cost £50k to £100k.
•A1133 Collingham Road, Besthorpe, from Church Lane to Quarry, £50k to £100k.
•A1133 Main Road, Besthorpe, from Tinkers Lane to Church Lane, £50k to £100k.
•A6097 Epperstone Bypass, Lowdham, from Lowdham Lane to start of duals at Epperstone Road, £50k to £100k.
•A6097 Oxton Bypass, from B6386 Oxton roundabout to junction with A614 Warren Hill, Moorfields Farm and Greaves Lane, £100k to £150k.
•A614 Old Rufford Road, Oxton, from Longdale Lane roundabout to Warren Hill, £50k to £100k.
•A614 Ollerton Road, from Leapool Roundabout to Burntstump Hill, £50k to £100k.
•Whinbush Lane, Calverton, from A614 Old Rufford Road to B6386 Oxton Road, £100k to £150k.
Surface dressing — added protection to road surfaces, to prevent water ingress and enhance skid resistance — is planned for:
•Gonalston Lane, Hoveringham, from A612 to Hoveringham village, to cost £50k to £100k.
•Main Street, North Muskham, £50k to £100k.
•Thornhill Drive, Boughton, £10k to £25k.
•Newlands Avenue, Boughton, to cost less than £10k.
•Linton Drive, Boughton, £10k to £25k.
•St Helens Grove, Burton Joyce, £10k to £25k.
•Station Road, Burton Joyce, from Nottingham Road to level crossing, £10k to £25k.
•Magdalen Drive, East Bridgford, £10k to £25k.
The works programme also includes footway repairs on Cartergate, from Lombard Street to Barnbygate, and Baldertongate, from Cartergate to the Peugeot Garage.
It will also cover a range of drainage repairs and improvements, street lighting improvement, safety fencing and bridge maintenance.
The council’s Integrated Transport Programme — which has £5m allocated to integrated transport schemes — details further planned improvements, including zebra crossings on Boundary Road, Newark, and Mansfield Road, Edwinstowe, and a pedestrian crossing on the A612 Nottingham Road, Bulcote, bus accessibility and pinch point improvements in Newark, Bingham and across the county.
Safety improvements are also proposed, including an interactive sign on the A616 Caunton Road, Caunton, speed cameras on the A617 Kirklington Road from A614 to Hockerton, a change in speed limit on Harby Road, adjacent to Langar Airfield, surfacing with signs or lines on A6075 Tuxford Road, Boughton, signs or lines at A617 Wheatgrass Hill, Hockerton, and Grange Lane, Newark, and visibility improvement at Wellow Road bend, Sandy Lane, Eakring.
A further £300,000 has been allocated to the Traffic Management Revenue Programme, which in Newark includes new bollards at Autumn Croft Road, a staggered pedestrian guard rail at Belmont Close to Lilac Close, and junction protection markings at Bailey Road and Cranmer Road, John Gold Avenue, and Newton Street and Charles Street.
Prioritisation of works in the programmes involves analysis of technical condition survey data and local knowledge, and the schemes have an increased emphasis on well-used roads and recent storm damage.
The proposed schemes will still be subject to consultation, feasibility studies and detailed scheme investigations, design and value for money considerations.
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