One Darlington June 2023

Improving your
roads this summer
Residential roads and rural routes around the
town will be improved this summer, with a
£2.5m programme of resurfacing, repairs and
micro-asphalting works planned.
The 2023 summer programme will include seven
resurfacing schemes totalling 1.86km of road
length, including Feethams roundabout, Barnes
Road in Mowden, Burnside Road in Firthmoor and
Neasham Road.
There will also be a widespread programme of
structural patching across the town, amounting to
2.738km of road surface.
We carry out surveys of the road and footpath
network annually and this condition data is used
to prioritise which schemes will be added to the
summer programme of works. The funding for this
year’s highways maintenance schemes includes
£388,000 awarded by the Government from its
2023-24 pothole fund.
The programme also includes schemes, covering
1.5km of road surface, that will be carried out using
a more eco-friendly in situ recycling process,
which recycles the existing carriageway material
and saves on the cost of new materials and
landfill, as well as reducing the number of vehicle
movements.
Towards the end of summer, the micro-asphalt
programme will be carried out on 31 streets across
the town, which seals the road surface to prevent
water damage and extend its life by up to 10 years,
covering 5.595km.
All roadworks schemes are planned to minimise
disruption on our road network and larger
schemes are planned during the school holidays,
when there can be up to 15% less traffic at rush
hour. There are also a number of improvement
schemes planned by gas and electricity
companies – these works are programmed, where
possible, to run alongside our own to minimise
disruption.
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