A further package of multi-million-pound road repairs and improvements has started in West Sussex, proactively tackling our current pothole issues and also investing in larger-scale resurfacing across the county’s 4,000km road network.
Following additional funds being added to last year’s budget for highways maintenance, West Sussex County Council is committed to tackling the impact of persistent, severe weather on the highway with both reactive and proactive measures.
This financial year, in addition to our base budget for highways maintenance and operations of £43.8million, we have invested:
an extra £4million to support highway maintenance, including pothole repairs.
an additional £7million to increase our carriageway resurfacing and treatments programme to more than £20million, enabling highways teams to deliver one of their largest programmes of works to date.
a further £2million to tackle the significant carriageway patching backlog across the county following the very wet conditions over the last six months. This work will start in early summer to maximise the best working conditions.
The county council has so far received £4.3million (£2.161m in 2023/24 and £2.161m for 2024/25) from additional government funding announced in 2023. We are using this funding to deliver additional carriageway resurfacing works, with delivery having already started and the programme due to run to September 2024.
A further £10million from council funds has been committed for next year (2025/26) to continue the work needed to make our highway network more resilient for the future.
Cllr Joy Dennis, county council Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, said: “As with many councils across the UK, we are faced with the challenge of our road network in West Sussex having gradually deteriorated over the years due to there not being enough funding available to carry out all the required works.
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