Nottinghamshire's seven worst areas to be tackled as part of £5m winter roadworks plan

Three new gritters will also be deployed as part of a programme of 'winter readiness' for Nottinghamshire's roads

Seven areas of "significant deterioration" on Nottinghamshire's roads will be tackled by pothole teams as part of £5 million of work to get the county's highways ready for winter. Three new gritters will be deployed and two extra teams will be used to deliver patching repairs across Nottinghamshire.

The county council says that following heavy damage by Storm Babet and Storm Henk, £4.8 million was approved to deliver a programme of "winter readiness" for this year. The Conservative-led authority says in a new report: "During the winter greater numbers of highway defects tend to occur, however the winter of 2023-24 was particularly challenging.

"Roads and footways across the county were badly damaged in the flooding caused by Storm Babet in October and Storm Henk in January. These events were so severe that the county council approved significant additional investment to help mitigate against the effects of future storms and prepare the highway network for the forthcoming winter period."

As well as the winter readiness programme, £467,000 was also approved to carry out additional drainage works. In terms of how the £4.8 million is being used for the winter readiness programme, the council says additional resources will be used to carry out patch repairs right up until April 2025.

The council also says a further seven "large-scale structural patching schemes" will take place across Nottinghamshire to tackle "areas of significant deterioration." It is not yet clear which seven stretches of road will be fixed, but the council says it will amount to around 15,000 m² of carriageway repairs.

Speaking at the time about his concern over the damage caused to Nottinghamshire's roads by Storm Henk, the county council's transport chief, Councillor Neil Clarke, said: "It is going to be a major task to try and respond and keep up with all the road surfaces that are going to be breaking up as a result of the flood water. It's something we're absolutely aware of and are concerned about and feverishly trying to do what we can to repair the roads as soon as we possibly can."