A number of roads across Lincolnshire will receive surface treatment over the festive period. At the start of November and into late January, Lincolnshire County Council's highways team will continue its surface treatments programme and give some old roads a new lease of life.
The latest round of works involves a process called carriageway retexturing which sees the top part of the road shot blasted with specialist equipment to improve braking performance and safety. Nearly 11,000 metres of roads will get the roughing-up treatment.
The council has warned over some traffic delays at each site via a mixture of temporary road closures and convoy working traffic management. Road receiving the surface treatment from November to January include:
Blenheim Way/Northfield Road, Market Deeping B1188, between Scopwick & Digby A153, Leasingham Moor A1031, Ludney A15, Cranwell A157, Main Road, Biscathorpe Boston Road, Swineshead A158, Burgh Le Marsh Keddington Road, Louth A15, Waddington Heath
Councillor Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: "One of the best things about this technique is that we don't have to close a road for very long and in most cases, we can get the scheme done with traffic lights and a moving convoy to keep the road open. We will try to avoid disruption wherever possible to lessen the impact on local traffic networks.
"Because of the type of work, some disruption will be unavoidable to maintain the safety of road users and our crews, and I want to thank anyone affected by this improvement programme for their patience and understanding."
He added: "As part of our 'On the Road in '24' commitment, we have already delivered 12 miles of Carriageway Micro Asphalt, 177 miles of carriageway surface dressing and now we're focusing on this carriageway retexturing programme. Retexturing is a very sustainable and cost-effective way to restore skid resistance and texture to improve tyre grip.
"We can do this work by either Hydro Blasting or Shot Blasting and can carry out this work on roads where the surface is in generally good condition but needs roughing up to get better performance. Retexturing means we get a big improvement in the right places at reduced cost whilst delivering on our carbon saving commitments."