Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Winter damage repairs – Find and Fix and surfacing schemes

Report to: Members’ Information Bulletin

Date: 7th October 2011

Reporting officer: Director of County Council Highways and Transportation

Purpose and summary of report:

Following the winter of 2010/11 and the subsequent damage to the highway network across the country, the Government allocated additional funding to local authorities to carry out repairs. Kent County Council was allocated £6.5 million. This was divided up for each district and this report sets out how this money is being spent in Tunbridge Wells.

1. Introduction

1.1 As a result of the severe winter of 2010/11 the Government provided Kent County Council with a settlement of £6.5 million. £2 million has been allocated to a find and fix programme for carriageway pothole repairs and £4.5 million for surface treatments across the county.

2. Find and Fix 2.1 £200,000 will be spent in Tunbridge Wells as part of this programme which commenced in April 2011 following the award of contract to Ringway Highway Services. The operation is similar to last year where by external contractors are employed to permanently repair potholes and carry out patching works in nominated roads.

2.2 With the programme this year we have given greater responsibility to the local teams for identification and prioritising works. This has enabled the teams to target specific areas and drive productivity.

2.3 During the Period from Mid-April until Mid-July. 66 roads were identified for repairs with 296 potholes and 4586 m2 of patching completed. Additional roads are being added daily with a rolling programme. The completed locations are listed below for the Boards information.

Completed Road Parish BANKFIELD WAY TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL BENHALL MILL ROAD BOROUGH BIRD IN HAND STREET SPELDHURST BLIND LANE GOUDHURST BODIAM ROAD SANDHURST TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL BROADMEAD BOROUGH

TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL BROADMEAD AVENUE BOROUGH BROOM LANE SPELDHURST BROOMHILL ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH CAMPION CRESCENT CRANBROOK CHESTNUT AVENUE SOUTHBOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL CLAREMONT GARDENS BOROUGH CONGHURST LANE CONSTITUTIONAL HILL ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL CORNFORD LANE BOROUGH CROOK ROAD CRUNDWELL ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH DENE WAY SPELDHURST DINGLEDEN FARNHAM LANE SPELDHURST TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL FERNDALE BOROUGH GIBBETT LANE ROAD SPELDHURST TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL GROVER STREET BOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL HALLS HOLE ROAD BOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL HAWKENBURY ROAD BOROUGH HEARTENOAK ROAD HAWKHURST HOPE HOUSE LANE SANDHURST TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL INNER LONDON ROAD BOROUGH KEEL GARDENS SOUTHBOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL KNIGHTSBRIDGE CLOSE BOROUGH KNOWLE ROAD BRENCHLEY LANGHOLM ROAD SPELDHURST LIDWELLS LANE GOUDHURST MAIDSTONE ROAD HORSMONDEN MANOR ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH MASCALLS COURT LANE MASCALLS COURT ROAD PADDOCK WOOD TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL NEVILL TERRACE BOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL NORTH FARM ROAD BOROUGH OLD HOUSE LANE SPELDHURST PEARSONS GREEN ROAD PADDOCK WOOD PETTERIDGE LANE BRENCHLEY PRIORS HEATH GOUDHURST RAMSDEN LANE BENENDEN ROGERS ROUGH ROAD GOUDHURST ROSEMARY LANE GOUDHURST TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL SANDHURST ROAD BOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL SANDOWN PARK BOROUGH SCHOOL ROAD HAWKHURST SHERENDEN ROAD CAPEL TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL SHERWOOD ROAD BOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL SHIRLEY GARDENS BOROUGH SMALLBRIDGE ROAD HORSMONDEN TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL SOUTHWOOD AVENUE BOROUGH STANDEN STREET BENENDEN TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL STANDEN STREET BOROUGH STREAM LANE HAWKHURST THE GREEN BRENCHLEY VALE AVENUE SOUTHBOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL VALE AVENUE BOROUGH VALE ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH WATER LANE HAWKHURST WESTERN ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH TUNBRIDGE WELLS ROYAL WILTSHIRE WAY BOROUGH WOODCOCK LANE BENENDEN

3. Surface treatments 3.1 Roads have been identified where there was a need to seal the surface following patching works, previous find & fix or local knowledge of specific areas in need of attention.

3.2 The roads originally identified for Tunbridge Wells are listed below with the surface treatment, for the Boards information

Tunbridge Wells

Lower Green Road 1300 9 11700

Brenchley Road Horsmonden 3178 7.5 23835

Sponden Lane Sandhurst 2844 7 19908

Waterloo Road Cranbrook 1257 7 8799

Sand Lane 1885 4 7540

The Green Brenchley 874 6 5244

Spout Lane Brenchley 1238 4.2 5199

Marle Place Road Brenchley 1725 4 6900

Crook Road Brenchley 2005 6 12030

total 101155

3.3 Having identified the locations, each road was looked at in terms of whether the it would be possible to achieve the works in the time scales for the relevant surface treatments and by the end of the current contract. For the Boards information, the roads listed below are the roads which made the programme for Surface Dressing and have been completed

BACKGROUND PAPERS:

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CONTACT OFFICER: Carol Valentine, 08458 247800