Devon’s planned road maintenance schemes now listed online

You can now view a comprehensive list of highway maintenance work planned for Devon's roads this financial year.

Devon County Council has published the information on their website, in line with Department for Transport (DfT) guidelines for local highway authorities to show local taxpayers how highways funding is being used in their area.

The webpages include information on more than 1,420 schemes in the capital highway maintenance programme – covering everything from resurfacing, patching, surface dressing, drainage improvements, and road marking.

Preventative treatments will cover around 260 miles (420km) of the highway network and covers work such as surface dressing and footway “slurry seal” (a top surface material for pavements).

Devon’s 8,000-mile road network is the biggest of any authority in the country and is the equivalent length of covering a third of the circumference of the world.

The County Council’s highway maintenance strategy recognises that it’s not possible to maintain every road to the same standard, due to limited budgets and resources.

The Council will continue to prioritise available funding for A and B roads, which are the busiest parts of the network and carry around 80% of traffic in the county. The remaining budget is spread across Devon’s lengthy road network of C roads and unclassified roads.

Investment is also being made in preventative maintenance, such as surface dressing, to manage and extend the lifespan of roads. However, nearly 59,000 potholes were fixed last year and it’s expected that a similar number will be repaired this financial year.

A full list of the planned highway maintenance programme can be found on our website.