How we prioritise repairs
The most important factor is how likely it is to cause harm to people or vehicles. We always prioritise defects that are a threat to safety first.
Like everyone, we have limited funds to work with. For example, In 2022 the total amount of work to do would cost about £117m, but our total budget for highways was only £9.9m.
We have to think about how to get the most value for money, so we prioritise lower-risk work based on:
- What type of road it is, e.g. major road, link road
- The size of the defect (width, depth)
- Position in the road or path
- How many people use the road or path
- Whether we are already planning to fix the issue as part of a bigger re-surfacing project