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£4.8m investment in highway maintenance and winter readiness
Highways in the county are to benefit from £4.8 million of extra investment to enhance highway maintenance and improve readiness for winter. The decision follows the exceptional winter conditions of 2023 which caused extensive damage to Nottinghamshire’s road network. The money will go to highway maintenance, focusing on permanent in-lay repairs and large-scale structural patching schemes ...
Report a road or pavement problem - Nottinghamshire County Council
cycle track damage cycle track lining issues cycling issues caused by roadworks any other cycling issues a problem with a newly laid road a problem with a public footpath or bridleway travellers camping on the highway a roadwork problem parking-related problems. If it is an emergency, please contact our Customer Services Centre on 0300 500 80 ...
Find out if a road is publicly maintained - Nottinghamshire County Council
Find out if a road is publicly maintained A 'publicly maintained' road (sometimes referred to as an 'adopted road') is a road that we (as the highway authority) are responsible for maintaining. This includes things such as fixing street lights that are not working and repairing pot holes. Not all roads and footpaths in Nottinghamshire are publicly maintained. Roads that aren't publicly ...
Road innovation - Nottinghamshire County Council
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Communities and Place Review & Development Committee chairman, Councillor Gordon Wheeler says the council’s strong track record of innovation on the county’s road network is still alive and kicking. Successful innovation allows us to make use of new materials, ways of working and technologies to improve the highway services we provide and the value for ...
Ready, set, grit: County’s teams start full time winter weather standby
November has arrived, which signals Nottinghamshire’s gritting teams moving to full-time standby, ready for the winter ahead. Although preparations have been underway for some time, 24-hour standby marks the official start of winter for Nottinghamshire County Council and its highways partner Via East Midlands. A team of permanent night shift drivers work from November to March and additional ...
Colliery Way to officially open - Nottinghamshire County Council
22 March is set to be a big day for residents and motorists who live in and travel through Gedling as Colliery Way, formerly known as the Gedling Access Road, officially opens to traffic. The £49 million road will link the A612 with Mapperley Plains and will improve journey times, reduce congestion through Gedling Village and bring new homes, jobs and businesses to the area. Works on the 3 ...
Compulsory Purchase Order and Side Road Orders for A614 signed off by ...
A multimillion-pound scheme to improve five junctions along the A614/A6097 corridor edges one step closer following confirmation of the Compulsory Purchase (CPO) and Side Road (SRO) Orders for the scheme from the Secretary of State for Transport. Nottinghamshire County Council is now in a position to formally secure land at Ollerton Roundabout, Lowdham Roundabout and Kirk Hill, East Bridgford ...
B6009 Watnall Road reopens
The B6009 Watnall Road, Hucknall has reopened to residents and road users following flooding from recent storms which closed the road. The road, which operates as a main link between Hucknall and Watnall, was reopened today after water levels receded enough to allow machinery to access the entrance to a culverted watercourse that runs beneath the road. This allowed teams to clear debris which ...
Videos - Nottinghamshire County Council
The hub was set up to improve the efficiency and quality of road repairs across the county. Based at the Via East Midlands Bilsthorpe Highways Depot, the new hub will improve communications with residents, businesses, and road users ahead of and during works, ensuring people are better informed about improvements in their area ahead of the start of any schemes.
Infrastructure - Nottinghamshire County Council
The Infrastructure Team are responsible for the provision of improved and new physical transport infrastructure. To meet our agenda for a ‘prosperous’ Nottinghamshire, we’ve developed an ambitious road and rail infrastructure investment programme within our economic transition plan. This plan will improve access to jobs, services and facilities as well as helping our businesses move ...
Gritting map - Nottinghamshire County Council
Gritting map Via East Midlands, who manage the county’s highways on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council, grit when road temperatures are predicted to be at or below zero degrees and when snow and/or ice is predicted to settle on the road surface. The gritting of motorways and trunk roads in Nottinghamshire including the M1, A1, A46, A52 and A453 is the responsibility of National ...
Highways review panel
A cross-party highways review panel was set up in May 2021 to review and monitor how we maintain the highways network in Nottinghamshire. Over a series of five meetings, with input from a significant Local Government Association (LGA) peer review and external input from industry sector experts WSP, a number of recommendations to improve the council’s highway maintenance work were identified ...
£44 million investment into Nottinghamshire’s highways, transport and ...
Improvement schemes, road and path repairs, traffic signal upgrades, drainage schemes and road safety measures are all included in the county council’s plans for the year ahead. The plans mean that Nottinghamshire County Council will be investing £44.6million into Nottinghamshire’s highways, transport and environment over the next 12 months. This investment includes: £27m allocated to ...
Report a highways obstruction - Nottinghamshire County Council
Report a highways obstruction in Nottinghamshire.Report a highways obstruction If you spot a highways obstruction, please report this using our online form. Issues you can report on this form are: road obstructions pavement obstructions live/dead animal in carriageway spillage/debris in the road If your issue is an emergency please contact our Customer Service Centre on 0300 500 80 80. Trunk ...
Compulsory Purchase Order and Side Roads Order
A Side Roads Order (SRO) is a statutory order in the UK which authorises highway authorities to make alterations to roads or other highways affected by a road scheme - e.g. stopping up, diverting or connecting them to a new or improved road and stopping up and replacing private accesses affected.
Additional investment for Nottinghamshire’s roads
Councillors at the February Transport and Environment Committee discussed proposals to make a significant investment in patching as part of £15m additional funding in roads and the environment over the next four years. The funding will specifically target a right repair, right first time, approach that delivers permanent repairs whenever possible, and will involve increasing the number of ...
Queen’s Road in Newark now open - Nottinghamshire County Council
Queen’s Road in Newark reopened over the weekend (17-18 Feb) after work to repair a collapsed Victorian culvert was completed. The road reopened to traffic on Sunday, and a permanent reinstatement of the trench and lining works has been completed ahead of the opening. The unprecedented amount of rainfall experienced over recent months caused multiple delays to the project, with water levels ...
Inform us about an event on or affecting a public road
There will also be road works and traffic diversions which will have an impact on traffic flow. If all of this activity was not co-ordinated it could cause traffic disruption or accidents or make access to the event difficult. If we know about your event we can ensure that works are scheduled appropriately.
Pothole frequently asked questions - Nottinghamshire County Council
Pothole frequently asked questions How do I report a pothole? You can report a pothole using our Report a pothole online form. How long will it take you to repair a pothole I've reported? We aim to deliver the right repair to potholes at the right time, improving the quality of road repairs. This means less filling of individual potholes with either hot or cold materials, moving to cutting out ...
Transport and Highways Committee
So road works need to happen, but I am keen to minimise the inconvenience they cause to local communities and the travelling public. We expect traffic volumes to continue to grow.