Record road improvement programme planned
The following report comes from Councillor Matthew Milligan, ESCC
A record number of East Sussex roads will be given a new lease of life with this year’s programme of pothole-preventing work.
More than 40 miles of roads have been included in East Sussex Highways’ surface dressing programme which began in June, more than double previous years.
It follows a significant investment in the county’s road patching last year to ensure those most in need of repair were ready for surface dressing. After surface dressing, the road is reopened to traffic which helps the chippings to bed in. The road is then swept after 24 hours and seven days, before road markings are reapplied.
This year, an additional surface seal will be applied to 25 sites in residential and high traffic areas. This will help the dressing bed in and will help to prevent loose chippings.
Roads will be closed while the work is carried out with signed diversion routes in place. A temporary speed limit on 20mph will be in place following works for the safety of motorists.
A total of 421,413 metres squared of road has been included in the 2025/26 surface dressing programme, compared to 246,583 in 2023/24 and 256,346 in 2022/23.
More information is available here.