Nottinghamshire County Council has published a list of 44 of the worst roads in the county which are due to be repaired.
Nottinghamshire County Council is set to add 44 major resurfacing schemes to its 2026/27 highways capital maintenance programme as part of an £11m “Worst First” package for roads requested by elected members, says West Bridgford Wire, which lists all 44 locations.
A report to the Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment, dated 15 June, recommends approving the programme after highways officers and technical staff at Via East Midlands assessed more than 150 requests from county councillors.
The proposed schemes have been selected using carriageway condition survey data and highway inspection defect records, with the council saying the 44 sites are those most suitable for resurfacing and would deliver the greatest improvement to the overall condition of the highway network.
The work forms part of the second phase of the county council’s highways capital and revenue programmes, which was approved by Cabinet on 20 April. That earlier report recommended additional highways investment totalling £58.75 million, including £11 million for member-requested resurfacing schemes under the “Worst First” approach.
The programme now being recommended has an estimated cost of around £11.2 million. The report says this minor over-programming is expected to be absorbed by Via East Midlands from its forecast over-recovery of overheads. Financial comments in the report state the works would be funded from additional highways funding approved by Cabinet in April.
The report says not all member requests met the technical requirements for full resurfacing. Some locations have instead been identified as more suitable for other maintenance treatments, such as hotbox repairs or machine patching, and are being redirected into the prioritisation queue for those ongoing programmes.
The council says a list of outstanding requests is expected to be released soon, setting out what is planned for each site. Locations that remain technically suitable for resurfacing but have not been included in this year’s programme are expected to be reconsidered for funding as part of the 2027/28 capital works programme.
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