Council responsible roads and roads surfaced - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Approximately how many miles of roads is your council responsible for?

2. Approximately what percentage of these roads are surfaced with the following: Concrete, Asphalt, Surface dressing?

3. Over the course of the next five years, approximately what percentage of your roads are further and additionally expected to become surface dressed?

Decision

1. 5,742 miles.

2. This information is not held.

3. Based on the last five years the average annual quantities of surface dressing are below. The annual amount in future will likely be similar.

2022 A roads

A Roads - 477603 m2

B Roads - 333751 m2

C Roads - 965828 m2

UC Roads - 610275 m2

Using average widths, the above areas can be converted carriageway length per year:

A Roads - 61km’s

B Roads - 51km’s

C Roads - 190km’s

UC Roads - 126km’s

Reference number
6037797
Date request received
1 February 2023
Date of decision
14 February 2023