Roads - funding of maintenance

In March 2018, The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP (and Transport Secretary) announced details of a further £100 million to be given to councils to help repair potholes and protect local roads from future severe weather. Derby City Council were awarded £230,810 from the Pothole Action Fund, specifically to repair or prevent potholes on the city’s roads. In addition, we received a late allocation of £114,459 pothole funding in 2017/18, which was carried forward to 2018/19. Our total allocation was £345,269 and has been spent as follows:

• North Parade Shops - 274m² carriageway resurfacing costing £8,706.31 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in June 2018
• Prince Charles Avenue Shops - 873m² carriageway resurfacing, costing £39,201.68 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in October 2018
• Kedleston Road service Road - 672m² carriageway resurfacing, costing £30,141.65 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in October 2018
• Abbey Street/Monk Street - 585m² carriageway resurfacing, costing £42,356.58 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd in February 2019 (to complement the new cycling scheme and Curzon Street improvements)
• Shardlow Road Roundabout - 435m² carriageway resurfacing with HRA Steelphalt, costing £22,684.66 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd in February 2019
• Shardlow Road patching - 585m² carriageway resurfacing with HRA Steelphalt, including 156m² binder costing £27,378.13 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd in February 2019
• Wiltshire Road/Berkshire Road - 275m² carriageway resurfacing with HRA Steelphalt, costing £16,281.15 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd in February 2019

The following schemes had been identified for improvements in 2018/19, however due to road space allocation, we are now due to complete in early 2019/20. 

• Grampian Way Island - 1275m² carriageway resurfacing with HRA Steelphalt, quoted for £28k – to be completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd – scheduled for May 2019
• Prince Charles Avenue Slip Road, from A52 to Barnes Green - 1355m² carriageway resurfacing with HRA Steelphalt, quoted for £30k – to be completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd – scheduled for May 2019
• Stenson Road, from Angelica Close to Rail bridge - 1586m² carriageway resurfacing with HRA Steelphalt, quoted for £34k – to be completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd – scheduled for May 2019
• Moorway Lane, from junction of Blagreaves Lane - 853m² carriageway patching with HRA Steelphalt, quoted for £52k – to be completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd – scheduled for May 2019
• Morledge Roundabout, 109m² carriageway resurfacing with HRA Steelphalt, including 29m² binder quoted for £15k – to be completed by Derby City Council Streetpride, with Thomas Bow Ltd – scheduled for April 2019

Total £345,750 

If there are locations you wish to see considered for pothole patching, please contact us at highways.maintenance@derby.gov.uk. 

UK Parliament Autumn Statement 2018 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his Autumn Budget Statement 2018 that the Government are allocating £420 million in the 2018/19 financial year for local highways maintenance. This will include the repair of potholes, to keep local bridges and structures open and safe, as well as to help aid other minor highway works that may be needed.  The funding was distributed on a formulaic basis, which takes into account the highway assets for which each authority is responsible. Derby’s share was £982,000 and has been spent as follows:

• Dale Road – 2520m² carriageway resurfacing scheme - work completed in December 2018 at £246k
• Raynesway Bridge concrete repairs and steel reinforcement treatment to existing girders – work completed in January 2019 at £12k
• Oaklands Avenue – 173m² footway maintenance (resurfacing to complement a cycle scheme) – work completed in February 2019 at £7.5k
• Portland Street/St Thomas Road signal refurbishment and civils improvements – work completed in February 2019 at £82k
• Stenson Road Rail Bridge signal refurbishment – work completed in February 2019 at £23.5k
• Osmaston Road/Ivy Square signal refurbishment – work due to be completed in March 2019 at £40k
• Alfreton Road Bridge structural bridge and carriageway repairs – work completed in March 2019 at £200k
• Chaddesden Lane/Maine Drive – work in progress on a drainage and carriageway resurfacing scheme (including a new 80m culvert pipe, five new/repaired gullies, 150m of new drainage pipe in the grass verge along Maine Drive and 1050m² of reconstruction and resurfacing) expected to be completed in April 2019 - £371k 

Total £982,000

In January 2017, Transport Minister Andrew Jones MP announced details of the £1.2billion local roads funding allocations for 2017/18. Derby City Council were awarded £166,000 from the Pothole Action Fund, specifically to repair or prevent potholes on the city’s roads. The funding has been spent as follows:

• Borrowash Road/Borrowfield Road - 1000m² carriageway, costing £24,559.59 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride with Miles Macadam in March 2018
• Stenson Road – 1800m² carriageway, costing £87,112.05 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride with Whitehouse Construction in December 2017
• Freeman Avenue - 631m² carriageway, costing £24,901.66 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in August 2017
• Sancroft Road - 1000m² carriageway, costing £24,816.40 – by Derby City Council Streetpride with Miles Macadam planned in May 2018 (original scheme in March postponed due to bad weather)

In April 2016, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for State - Andrew Jones MP - announced details of the 2016/17 funding allocations for the Pothole Action Fund. Derby City Council were awarded £96,000, specifically to repair or prevent potholes on the city’s roads. The funding has been spent as follows:

• Boyer Street – 780m2 carriageway, costing £35,637 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in August 2016
• Peet Street – 400m2 carriageway, costing £19,375 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in September 2016
• Shepherd Street – 900m2 carriageway and footway, costing £26,562 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in March 2017
• Birchover Way – 337m2 carriageway, costing £6,409 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in March 2017 and in preparation for surface dressing in July
• Mansfield Rd – 432m2 carriageway, costing £8,017 – completed by Derby City Council Streetpride in March 2017 and taking the opportunity to complete our work, whilst the road was closed for the recent burst sewer. Consequential damage to the highway was completed and funded by Severn Trent Water Authority.