How Hartlepool Borough Council fares in new nationwide potholes league table.
Hartlepool council executives have reaffirmed their commitment to continuing to improve after receiving their first rating in national pothole league tables.
The government’s new traffic light system allows drivers to observe how well all 154 local highway authorities in England are addressing the issue.
Authorities are rated as red, amber, or green based on their present road quality and how successfully they use government cash to patch potholes and invest in long-term highway maintenance.
Hartlepool obtained an amber grade overall, along with 124 other authorities, including Durham and Stockton, but Darlington and Middlesbrough received a green score.
The evaluations are supplemented by scorecards that assess local highway authorities’ performance in three areas.
Hartlepool achieved a green rating for how much it spends on local road maintenance, as well as amber ratings for road condition and adherence to wider best practices.
Councillor Owen Riddle, chair of Hartlepool Borough Council’s neighbourhoods and regulatory services committee, stated that the authority had achieved “continuous improvement” in recent years.
He stated, “As an authority, we are responsible for maintaining nearly 400 kilometres of public roadways.
This is a huge challenge, and we take it very seriously. “We use information from a variety of sources to run a rolling five-year preventative maintenance program, including annual condition survey data, highway safety inspection input, engineers’ local knowledge, and reports from local residents, councils, and businesses.
“This programme is ‘fluid’ in the sense that it can be modified based on the information provided above so that those parts of the road network with the greatest needs are prioritised for maintenance over other routes deemed to have a longer lifespan.”
“This flexibility also allows us to respond swiftly when roads deteriorate dramatically due to, say, extreme weather conditions.
“We collaborate closely with appointed contractors, incorporating industry best practices and innovation, such as the use of low-carbon and high-durability road surfacing materials, as major components of our maintenance program.
This is an ongoing process that we intend to expand upon in the future.
“Our latest local highways maintenance transparency report demonstrates the continuous improvement within our highway network over the last five years and we remain committed to continuing this improvement.”
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