We are responsible for an overall road network of approximately 575km and over 26,777 street lights and other lit signs. Southampton has more than 10,000 car parking spaces throughout the city centre, most are owned and operated by the city council.
Whether you’re visiting Southampton or live here, these pages should answer all your questions on roads and parking in the city.
On the 4 October 2010 we entered into a Highways Service Partnership with Balfour Beatty Workplace, the efficiencies generated from the partnership will be re-invested back into the highway service. The Partnership will not provide the level of additional funding required for significantly improving the condition of the highways network (for which it is estimated between £10-15m spend per annum is required) or move the Council away from a ‘managed decline’ strategy. However, it will ensure the Council is maximising the output from its existing budgets, ensuring maximum value for money spend on the highway network, investment in the service delivery infrastructure with increased capacity and resources available to the Service.
All Highways Services with the exception of ROMANSE and City Parking & Patrol have transferred to the Service Provider.
Balfour Beatty are a world-class engineering and construction service business with significant experience of delivering highways services which will ensure that the Council is maximising the money being spent on highways.
Southampton City Council
