Renewing road surfaces

Over time road surfaces become worn out due to the volume of traffic that use them and the different extremes of weather that affect them. Engineers regularly carry out electronic scanning and visually inspect our roads.

Types of surface treatment

Different surface treatments are used to maintain roads. Factors involved in choosing the type of treatment include:

• the condition of the road
• how busy the road is
• how many years of good condition will result from the money spent on the treatment

The main types of treatment we have to choose from are:

How this affects you

Depending on the road width and nature of the road being treated, we usually have to close the road and introduce local diversions. Where possible, traffic will be controlled with traffic lights or stop and go boards.

Signage

While the work is in progress, the following warning signs will be used as needed:

• temporary road surface
• raised ironworks
• no road markings
• ramp boards

Access to your property

We will try to allow you to drive in and out of your property, but please take extra care because the step up into your property driveway may be higher, until the final surface is complete. At certain times of the works it will not be possible to maintain access to your property as we will be working directly in front of your house. Please be patient with us at these times.

Night working

In some places where there is a lot of traffic the work may have to be done during the evening or at night to minimize congestion. Night working also allows for longer working sessions, allowing the work to be done more quickly than if we used the daytime between rush hours.

The decision to do the work at night is not taken lightly because of the possible disturbance to sleeping residents, and also because night work carries additional costs to the council. These considerations have to be carefully weighed alongside the scale of disruption to the whole community that would happen if the work is done during normal hours.

Road markings

Please note that after the resurfacing, the road markings will be replaced. This may not be on the same day, especially for surface dressing and micro-surfacing schemes where the road needs to be reswept a few days later to remove any loose aggregate before the markings are installed.

What you need to do

Do not park your vehicle on the part of the road to be treated, during the planned working hours. If you need advice, ask site staff or call the Highways Engineering Team on 01344 352000.

During the planing process involved in the inlay resurfacing treatment, dust may be produced, particularly when windy. If possible, keep windows and doors closed.

When the bitumen spray coat is applied, it is very sticky. Do not drive or walk through it, as it may be carried on to your property. If you need access, ask site staff.

Avoid driving or walking through the new surfacing until it has been compacted and the road has been re-opened to general traffic.

If the traffic management permits vehicle access, restrict your speed to as slow as possible through the site during the works and beware of operatives, ramps, raised manholes and gullies.

Some road surfacing involves the use of hot materials, and newly laid surfaces remain hot for some time. It is important that everybody, especially children and pets, be kept well away from the work until the road is re-opened to traffic.

Resurfacing leaflets

Road resurfacing programme

The tables below show the details for our 2022 inlay surfacing programme.

Every attempt will be made to complete the works in accordance with the schedule below. It is possible that circumstances beyond the control of the council or our contractors, such as weather conditions or plant and machinery breakdowns, could cause the programme to slip.

We will seek to update the programme below with such changes as soon as possible.

The extent of the road closures, or of the surfacing within the road closures as detailed below, may vary if site circumstances require it. 
 

Woodies Close, Binfield

Wordsworth, Great Hollands

Birch Hill Road, Hanworth

Ringmead, Hanworth

New Forest Ride, Crown Wood

Chavey Down Crossroads, Winkfield

Upper Broadmoor Road, Crowthorne

High Street, Crowthorne

Laundry Lane, Sandhurst

Rackstraw Road, Sandhurst

Long Hill Road, Ascot