Mansfield and Ashfield road users to benefit from improvement works

Residents and road users in Mansfield and Ashfield can expect to see major improvements across the district this month as part of Nottinghamshire County Council’s (NCC) record £181.25 million Highway Capital Maintenance Programme, council chiefs say.

Nottinghamshire County Council, working with its highways partner Via East Midlands, has published its month-ahead programme of planned roadworks for September, featuring five major resurfacing schemes around the district.

These include the A6009 Rosemary Street/A38 Stockwell Gate junction in Mansfield, the B6020 Victoria Road in Kirkby, the B6023 Mansfield Road and the B6028 Stoneyford Road in Sutton.

These works will be conducted alongside the countywide surface dressing and micro asphalt programmes, which continue across more than 200 sites throughout Nottinghamshire.

Both are preventative treatments that help to extend the life of the highway by retexturing the road surface, preventing water ingress, and reducing the formation of potholes and cracks. The works are weather dependent, and the latest programmes, along with explainer videos, can be found at www.nottshighways.co.uk/surfacedressing and www.nottshighways.co.uk/micro.

In addition to these works, patching teams, supported by the council’s new JCB Pothole Pro machines, will deliver patch repairs on another eleven roads in the area. These include Alfreton Road in Sutton, Kingsway and Nottingham Road in Kirkby, Chatsworth Avenue and Derwent Drive in Selston and Ward Avenue and Wighay Road in Hucknall. In the meantime, highways teams will be making improvements Wilhallow Lane in Underwood, and Booth Crescent, Bright Square North and Sutton Road in Mansfield.  

Councillor Bert Bingham, Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment at NCC, said, “We are continuing to make significant progress in improving roads across Ashfield and Mansfield with major resurfacing schemes planned for September alongside a range of additional repairs and preventative maintenance works.

"Our summer surface dressing programme continues to make good progress, with micro-surfacing works also set to continue. More than 150 roads across the county will be treated between now and autumn. As schedules can change due to weather conditions, residents are encouraged to check the Notts Highways website for the latest information.

"This year's record highways investment has enabled us to tackle more roads than ever before. By the end of July we had delivered nearly 100 road surface improvement schemes and we will complete hundreds more by the end of the year.

"I'd like to thank residents in advance for their patience and understanding while these works are carried out."

Via will continue to run its year-round programme of preventative maintenance which includes cleansing highway gullies and drains, tree inspections and surface repairs.

The full schedule of works is available on the nottshighways.co.uk website, with updates provided regularly to reflect any changes due to weather or operational needs.