Central Government allocated us with an additional £9.848 million to be used in 2023/24 and 2024/25 for road resurfacing and highways maintenance throughout the county.
Additional resurfacing and maintenance work completed in 2023/24 using the £4.924 million of funding announced in 2023’s Budget
Carriageway resurfacing on:
- the B1191 in Martin Dales during Quarter 3 of 2024, valued at £1,182,000
- the A17 and B1395 in Heckington during Quarter 3 of 2024, valued at £1,189,410
- South Eau Bank in Throckenholt during Quarter 4 of 2024, valued at £397,000
- Stonepit Lane in Keelby during Quarter 4 of 2024, valued at £575,000
- Tenter Lane in Navenby during Quarter 4 of 2024, valued at £85,000
- Hulls Drove in Sutton St James during Quarter 4 of 2024, valued at £485,000
- Branston Causeway in Bardney during Quarter 4 of 2024, valued at £156,000
- Hougham Road in Dry Doddington during Quarter 4 of 2024, valued at £650,000
- Avon Close in North Hykeham during Quarter 4 of 2024, valued at £25,000
Carriageway patching on:
- Middlegate in Manby during Quarter 4 of 2024, valued at £302,000
Additional resurfacing and maintenance work programmed to be completed in 2024/25 using the £4.924 million of funding announced in 2023’s Budget
Footway reconstruction on:
- Boston Road in Spilsby during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £231,426
- Manor Way in Deeping St James during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £222,730
- Jubilee Grove in Sleaford during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £192,582
- Queens Road in Spalding during Quarter 3 of 2024, valued at £294,000
- Seacroft Esplanade in Skegness during Quarter 3 of 2024, valued at £193,908
Carriageway patching on:
- Caistor Lane in Tealby during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £204,000
- Wellington Road in Boston during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £250,000
- Nocton Road in Potterhanworth during Quarter 2 of 2024, valued at £230,000
- Bardney Road in Tupholme during Quarter 3 of 2024, valued at £260,886
- Willoughby Road in Alford during Quarter 3 of 2024, valued at £243,118
- Broadgate Road in Sutton St James during Quarter 3 of 2024, valued at £224,000
Carriageway recycling on:
- Fen Lane in Long Bennington during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £190,410
- Delgate Bank in Weston Hills during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £163,400
- Crawcroft Lane in Sutton on Sea during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £150,833
- Blue Gowt Drove in Pinchbeck during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £150,000
- Lymn Bank in Thorpe St Peter during Quarter 2 of 2024, valued at £200,000
- Cork Lane in Thorpe St Peter during Quarter 2 of 2024, valued at £200,000
Carriageway resurfacing on:
- Kirkmond Road in Kirmond Le Mire during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £179,043
- Tattershall Road in Kirkby On Bain during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £131,283
- Fen Road in Timberland during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £121,782
- Firebeacon Lane in Covenham St Bartholomew during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £120,111
- Lammas Leas Road in Market Rasen during Quarter 1 of 2024, valued at £119,090
- Stamford Street and Victoria Street in Grantham during Quarter 2 of 2024, valued at £305,000
- Main Road in Roughton during Quarter 2 of 2024, valued at £200,000
- Heath Road in Ashby De La Launde during Quarter 2 of 2024, valued at £120,000
Total amount of investment in local highways for the previous five years and planned investment for 24/25, split between DfT and local funding
- In 2020/21, the total investment was £78.34 million, made up of £54.43 million from DfT and £23.90 million from Lincolnshire County Council
- In 2021/22, the total investment was £77.37 million, made up of £42.34 million from DfT and £35.03 million from Lincolnshire County Council
- In 2022/23, the total investment was £78.12 million, made up of £42.09 million from DfT and £36.03 million from Lincolnshire County Council
- In 2023/24, the total investment was £109.85 million, made up of £53.9 million from DfT and £55.95 million from Lincolnshire County Council
- In 2024/25, the total investment will be £116.19 million, made up of £47.02 million from DfT and £69.17 million from Lincolnshire County Council
(Funding figures listed above do not include Major Schemes)
Innovation
We are always exploring new and innovative techniques for highways maintenance, including:
- the cold recycled bound material technique, which takes old road surface material and recycles it. In 2022/23, it’s estimated that we recycled roughly 40,000 tonnes of material back into the road network.
- our Operational Control Hub (OCH), which allows us to monitor activities across our road network in real-time. The OCH, established in 2023, will use live data to challenge on contract decision making to ensure that the service improves now and into the future.
- automation of our performance reporting by utilising new software and systems to pinpoint areas that can be improved. This data is presented during the Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committees. You can view an example report here.
- the hydro re-texturing technique which uses high-pressure water jets to extend road life for an extra three to five years.
- our use of artificial Intelligence to capture information about the condition of our roads and other useful asset information for driven inspections.
Coordination of highway works
Collaboration
We work closely with utility companies and others, such as developers and private licence holders, who undertake works on our highways network to prevent repeated digging up of the same roads.
As part of this, we launched the Lincolnshire Street Works Charter on 1 September 2023. The charter acts as a commitment to drive positive change and ensure work is completed safely, whilst striving to keep disruption to a minimum, and has been signed by ten of the major utility companies working in the county.
Each organisation committed to the charter has a champion who ensures the aims and objectives are embedded throughout their business and contract partners.
Protecting our highway network
We take the protection of the highway seriously, and we strive to understand and utilise powers available to us within the New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004 and the Highways Act 1980.
On a day-to-day basis, our work to achieve this includes:
- Using Section 58 restriction notices, where major schemes with substantial resurfacing/construction are undertaken, to prohibit planned works for a period of two or three years. These are published on our website and Street Manager to ensure works promoters have visibility of where planned works cannot be undertaken. Where utility work is exempt, we consider the impact on a case-by-case basis, seeking an agreement with the works promoter to widen or increase their reinstatement where this would be beneficial for the longevity of the surrounding highway.
- Operating the Lincolnshire Permit Scheme to coordinate works on the highway. We receive over 75,000 permit requests each year and are focused on effective coordination to reduce repeated visits to the same street, where possible – a permit fee discount of 30% is available to utility companies who plan to work collaboratively.
- Utilising third party systems, such as One.Network, to provide greater visibility of historic works when assessing permit applications.
- Encouraging the use of Forward Planning Notices by works promoters to increase awareness of major schemes. We are currently developing a map-based portal where major works across the county can be viewed by all organisations working on the highway. It is the long term intention to use this as a platform to view new development sites, where multiple sets of works are likely, with the portal having the ability to request collaborative working.
- Undertaking a rigorous inspection regime at all stages of street works. We fully engage with Performance Based Inspections and carry out additional routine inspections to ensure reinstatements that will have the most impact should they fail are inspected before their guarantee periods expire. This includes undertaking inspections at weekends, to ensure the correct standards are met.
- Carrying out a robust investigatory core testing regime to ensure the newest of surfaces which have been reinstated by utility companies (usually in the case of immediate or connection works) are correctly reinstated.
- Issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices, defects and Section 74s where non-compliance is identified.
- Where a works promoter fails to complete remedial works following the notification of a defect, we will complete the remedial and recharge the works promoter where necessary.
- Fostering collaborative working at developer sites to reduce the impact on the highway both from an asset and disruption point-of-view. We have included developers in our Street Works Charter discussions to gain their understanding of how this type of collaborative working can be achieved.
We also contribute to local and national working groups, such as the Joint Authorities Group and Highways and Utilities Committees, to promote the importance of effective planning.