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Repair plans include what is arguably Banbury’s most pothole ridden road
27/03/2024
Repair plans range from surface dressing to full structural maintenance
What is arguably Banbury’s most pothole ridden road is set to be fixed. Work has been scheduled for structural maintenance on the Warwick Road from the Southam Road junction as far as Orchard Way this August. It will take around three weeks to complete.
The repair is just one due to be undertaken in 2024.
Work to patch the B4100 Aynho Road from Adderbury to the county border is also planned, but with no start date confirmed yet.
Dukes Meadow Drive in Banbury is one of nearly 100 Oxfordshire roads which will receive a Surface Dressing treatment in the next three months. Work on the Hanwell Fields link between the Southam and Warwick Roads is due to start on May 2.
Rather than a full resurfacing, surface dressing involves applying bituminous emulsion on to the road as a binder. This is followed immediately by the application of chippings to dress the emulsion layer. The Council says this method offers many advantages, including sealing the road surface to keep out water, reducing deterioration of the surface and restoring skid resistance.
Other roads due to have surface dressing applied include the B4035 between Banbury and Broughton.
The £7m surface dressing programme is part-funded with £2.629m from the Department for Transport’s road resurfacing fund. The overall cost of planned road repairs is around £43m.
Bill Cotton, Oxfordshire County Council’s Corporate Director for Environment and Place, said: “We know how important the quality of our roads is to our residents and this significant programme of work will help keep many miles of highways in a better condition for years to come.
“Surface dressing is one of the most cost-effective methods of roads maintenance and spring is the best time to start this programme of work. We would urge motorists to watch out for notifications of the work taking place and to drive carefully after it has been carried out.”
Richard Lovewell, Business Director for Milestone’s Oxfordshire contract, said: “We’re proud to be embarking on Oxfordshire’s biggest programme of this kind in 20 years. Surface dressing is one of the best and most cost-efficient and sustainable way to extend the life of our county’s roads.
“Thanks to close collaboration with Oxfordshire County Council and our supply chain, we’ve planned the work in a way that minimises disruption and maximises efficiencies. We’ve also positioned Oxfordshire right at the start of the national surface dressing season.”
A map showing planned road repairs can be seen here.
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam
Hayden Hayden On 27/03/2024 at 11:32 am
Surface dressing? What a waste of our taxes. Fill the potholes. Re surface the roads!
John Hatton On 27/03/2024 at 11:54 am
the head of occ allowed 8 wheel lorry to use to our road a small little cul-de-sac whilst building 3 doll house’s over 3 years and now look at it’s not fit for the purpose and no one cares and we all pay our road taxes @Westbeech Court OX169RY
John Lang On 28/03/2024 at 7:59 am
Surface dressing ? What a waste of our money ! These roads need resurfacing not a short term bodge.
Julie On 28/03/2024 at 10:45 am
Daventry Rd needs resurfacing as there are loads of potholes not filled in and the old ones need redoing. Take the whole surface up and redo the whole road including the round about with Manor Rd. it will be cheaper in the long run instead off just doung the potholes.
lee On 29/03/2024 at 10:23 am
well, next year when the old road breaks up under this new surface we will be back to square one….this is a total waste of money, the job needs doing properly