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Highways Programme 2011/12

Southampton City Council is now working in partnership with Balfour Beatty to deliver the highways service for the city. The new partnership will provide a more structured, coordinated and better managed approach to essential highway repairs and maintenance, and will deliver high quality, value for money planned improvements throughout the city.

The Highways partnership is responsible delivering for every aspect of the highways contract, from fixing potholes, to designing and implementing new safety schemes, resurfacing roads and footways and renewing kerbing.

Despite the tough financial climate, Southampton City Council is continuing to invest millions of pounds in the highways infrastructure of the city. This, coupled with developer contributions and government funding, will amount to a total spend in excess of 6 million pounds over the next financial year. In addition to this, £415,000 of government money has recently been agreed to spend on repairing thousands of potholes across the city, and 2011/12 will see many miles of road and footway being resurfaced, improvements that will benefit motorists, pedestrians and cyclists alike.

Southampton will continue to be at the forefront of Highway design and modernisation, producing bold and innovative new streetscapes, and transport solutions. Following on from the award winning redevelopments of both London Road and the QE2 mile, one of the city's most popular and historically significant areas; Oxford Street, is due for a major makeover this year.

Additional, up to the minute information on highway repairs in the city can be found on the Road Works page. The information on this page is not limited to the works undertaken by the council and includes short notice, emergency works by the utility companies that provide our water, gas, electricity and telecommunications.

Our 2011/12 Highway Improvement programme is here, All start dates are subject to change, and durations are approximate depending on weather conditions.

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Contact Us: Highways

Address:

Highways Service Partnership
Balfour Beatty Workplace
City Depot and Recycling Park
First Avenue
Millbrook
Southampton SO15 0LJ
Telephone: 023 8079 8010
e-mail: actionline@southampton.gov.uk


Highway Improvements 2011/12

1. How are projects funded?


Projects are funded from a variety of sources including the Councils own money, government funding and developer contributions. Often projects are funded from more than one source

2. How do projects get into the programme?


Projects are assessed by officers against agreed criteria (including the TAMP).

Each year officers prepare a programme of proposed projects which are costed and recommended to Councillors for approval.

3. How do I suggest a project?


The Council receives suggestions all the time for road improvements and safety schemes.

If you think that there is a need for a project in your area you can email us at

We can't provide a scheme in every street and we have to prioritise our resources. We will look into all suggestions and get back to you.

4. I live near one of the schemes, how do I comment?


You can email us with your comments at:

Each project is fully designed before construction and we welcome local input into this process.

5. Will I get advised before work starts?


Yes, before work starts we ensure that all affected properties are notified.

6. Are the dates in the programme certain?


We try to keep the information as accurate as possible, but things do change sometimes out of our control.

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