Complaints about quality of maintenance work on a Banbury road
13/10/2025
The local councillor says local people would much prefer to wait for proper resurfacing
A Banbury County Councillor has called for a recently resurfaced road to be revisited due to the poor state of the work completed.
Councillor Andrew Crichton, who represents Banbury Hardwick, isn’t impressed with how Highlands was left following recent Micro-Asphalt works.
A number of residents contacted him after the surface treatment which took place last Tuesday (October 7). Some took to local social media groups to lament the quality of the work.
Photographs show loose pieces of tarmac with the edges already starting to chip away and a substantial amount of discolouration.
Councillor Crichton said: “I couldn’t believe how ugly this road now looks after this recent treatment. I get that budgets are tight and that more money needs to go further after years of cuts to local government under the last government, but that shouldn’t come at the expense of quality.
“Local people would much prefer to wait for proper resurfacing. Nobody wants to live in an area that looks shabbily maintained. I have written to the County Council to ask that they look to tidy this area up as soon as possible.”
An Oxfordshire County Council spokesperson told Banbury FM: “When this kind of road resurfacing is first applied, it can at first look incomplete.
“As vehicles drive over it, any loose material gets pressed in or moved away, and the road’s appearance will gradually improve over the next few weeks and months.
“Every area will be swept by a machine to clear away any leftover materials.
“We will also adjust manholes and drain covers so they are level with the new surface.
“Where there are gullies, we usually leave them uncovered. This helps prevent flooding in case there is heavy rain.”
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team
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