North East Lincolnshire Council’s Highways team says that it has been “working hard” to repair a surge in potholes caused by last winter’s severe weather. In the current financial year (2026.27), more than 16km of local roads are scheduled for resurfacing, and this programme is expected to grow over the next four years.

North East Lincolnshire has 618km of roads, all of which are routinely inspected to keep them safe.

Since early December, the Council’s five‑person Highway inspection team has carried out around 4,600 planned inspections, including planned maintenance inspections and reports raised by the public.

Repairs have beeb primarily identified through planned, reoccurring safety inspections and are prioritised based on the size and depth of a pothole as well as, the location and speed of road. Repair times can range from 24 hours to three working months. High‑priority issues may receive a temporary fix first to keep the road safe.

This year, there has been additional rainfall nationally, with a 56-day stretch of poor weather earlier in the year, causing highways authorities across the country additional pressure to tackle pothole repairs.

Since December in North East Lincolnshire there have been 3500m2 of tarmac reinstated, with approximately 30 potholes filled per day, or around 600 a month. Some areas of tarmac replaced include multiple potholes, or slightly bigger patch repairs.

A council spokesperson said:

“We have had better weather and drier roads over the last two months (March and April), so the peak of winter road surface deterioration has passed. Highway teams are continuing to address new emergency potholes that form, and are catching up on more routine road surfacing work caused by this year’s unprecedented spell of wet weather.”

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