Road repairs and expenditure 2018/19 - 2021/22
Case reference FOI2022/01865
Published 16 January 2023
Request
I am looking for the following information:
* Please state how much was spent on repairing defective road surface/potholes (roads only, not pavements) in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22?
* Please state how much was spent on carriageway resurfacing in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22?
* How many miles of carriageway resurfacing took place in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22?
* Please state whether the council predominantly resurfaces using polymer modified stone asphalt, stone mastic asphalt or other?
* Please state how much was paid out (in £) to drivers making a claim for damage caused to their vehicles due to defective road surface/potholes in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22?
Response
* Please state how much was spent on repairing defective road surface/potholes (roads only, not pavements) in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22?
2018/19 - £1,601,096.81
2019/20 - £2,020,273.66
2020/21 - £2,026,600.05
2021/22 - £1,757,008.78
* Please state how much was spent on carriageway resurfacing in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22?
2018/19 - £11,852,359.26
2019/20 - £4,441,230.63
2020/21 - £8,509,235.13
2021/22 - £3,434,871.56
* How many miles of carriageway resurfacing took place in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22?
| Financial Year | Resurfacing length | Surface dressing length |
| 2018/19 | 82.3 | 35.3 |
| 2019/20 | 22.3 | 92 |
| 2020/21 | 76.6 | 31 |
| 2021/22 | 31.8 | 13.5 |
* Please state whether the council predominantly resurfaces using polymer modified stone asphalt, stone mastic asphalt or other?
The council predominantly resurfaces using polymer modified stone asphalt.
* Please state how much was paid out (in £) to drivers making a claim for damage caused to their vehicles due to defective road surface/potholes in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22?
2018/19 - £11,304.79
2019/20 - £3,323.81
2020/21 - £4,941.09
2021/22 - £884.73
Documents
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