Crews will be carrying out a huge programme of works this month and beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A major programme of road repairs is underway across Essex to fix damage caused by the cold and wet weather this winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This follows Essex County Council\u2019s recent announcement of an extra \u00a36 million in highways repairs and improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will be invested alongside the annual \u00a3102 million highways budget for 2026\/27. This means more money is now being spent maintaining the county\u2019s roads than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Extra crews and specialist vehicles will join existing teams already tackling the issues that matter most to residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These include permanent patching and pothole repairs, plus crews to deal with drainage defects which will help prevent highway flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Repairs will use a jet patcher machine, which fires repair material into potholes at high pressure, which can also be used on rural roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High-performance machinery will create drainage channels (\u2018grips\u2019) in rural road verges. This will help quickly remove water from the road surface, preventing surface water flooding and potholes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Work is already being delivered in March through the council’s Members’ Highways Initiative. Road and pavement repairs through the programme will be carried out across 100 sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Councillor Mark Platt, Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Sustainable Transport said: <\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve listened to our local communities, and we know that repairing roads is the top priority. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve invested additional funds to help tackle these issues on the county\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile we have a year-round programme of highway maintenance, that task is severely challenged when we have the combined effects of very cold and wet weather which creates the perfect conditions for potholes and other road defects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis investment will help us carry out even more of those repairs, helping to make everyone’s journeys around the network smoother and easier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The programme of work will continue for the next few months and will also include resurfacing work as soon as drier conditions allow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cllr Peter Schwier AIEMA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cabinet Member for Environment, Waste Reduction & Recycling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong>Hedingham Division, Essex County Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Crews will be carrying out a huge programme of works this month and beyond A major programme of road repairs is underway across Essex to fix damage caused by the cold and wet weather this winter. This follows Essex County Council\u2019s recent announcement of an extra \u00a36 million in highways repairs and improvements. This will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}