Message from Cllr Matthew Milligan, ESCC

Record road improvement programme planned

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 begins 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.

The process, which sees roads coated with a thin layer of bitumen and stone chippings, protects the carriageway from water and frost which can lead to potholes forming.

Full details can be found on the East Sussex Highways website at www.eastsussexhighways.com

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.

As ever please do get in touch with my at cllr.matthew.milligan@eastsussex.gov.uk with any issues that I can support you with.