Source: City of Plymouth
Forty-five Plymouth roads will get a new lease of life over the next 12 months as part of a £1.734 million investment in preventative treatment and resurfacing.
Our road surfacing programme for 2025/26 has just got under way and is targeting stretches on main routes where the overall road surface is nearing the end of its life or where multiple potholes have developed.
Nine roads will be fully resurfaced and a further 36 are undergoing surface dressing, which is used to extend the life of roads showing earlier signs of wear and tear, improving their condition and delaying the need for more costly repairs.
Surface dressing involves spraying a bituminous binder onto the prepared road surface before applying aggregate chippings (also known as the ‘lock-chip’ stage), followed by sweeping and finally re-lining.
Councillor John Stephens, Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport, said: “Ensuring people can get from A to B, however they travel, is an absolute priority for Plymouth and a resilient road network is essential. By investing in preventative treatments like surface dressing we can improve the condition of roads and slow down their deterioration to help reduce the need for much more costly resurfacing.”
Roads undergoing surface dressing between now and the end of June include:
- Barbican Road
- Beaconfield Road
- Boulter Close
- Chestnut Avenue
- Clittaford Road
- Culver Way
- Dunnet Road
- Eggbuckland Road/Frogmore Avenue
- Ford Park Lane
- Furneaux Road
- Granby Way
- Lanhydrock Road Lane
- Longbridge Road/Marsh Close
- Macadam Road/Shapters Way
- Mount Gould Road
- Old Laira Road
- Penlee Place/Ashford Road
- Plymbridge Road
- Pomphlett Gardens
- Prince Maurice Road
- Princess Street
- Princess Street Ope
- Roman Way
- Segrave Road
- Southway Drive
- Staddon Lane/Hooe Road
- Station Road (Tamerton Foliot)
- Stenlake Terrace
- St Georges Avenue
- St Peters Road
- Uxbridge Drive
- Whin Bank Road
- Wolverwood Lane
The works, which are phased over separate days, are being carried out by our road maintenance contractor South West Highways, alongside its day-to-day repairs to individual potholes.
Advance warning signs are being put out on the roadside to let drivers know when works are programmed and local residents and businesses are being sent letters with details of when their roads are being closed. Access to properties is being maintained as far as possible and any diversion routes are being signposted.
Roads that will be fully resurfaced this year include:
- Buckwell Street
- Budshead Road
- Drunken Bridge Hill/Underwood Road
- Foliot Road
- Fort Austin Avenue
- Ham Drive
- Kinterbury Street
- New Passage Hill
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