What we are responsible for maintaining
We manage one of the largest and most diverse highway networks in England, supporting connectivity across a predominantly rural county and enabling access to key services, employment and communities.
Our network includes:
- Carriageways – 9,334km
- Footways – 4,547km
- Street Lighting Columns – 70,305 assets
- Bridges – 1,513 structures
- Traffic Signals – 354 installations
- Drainage – 152,628 gullies
- Trees – 69,382
This network is our most valuable public asset and plays a vital role in supporting economic growth, connecting communities, enabling access to services and facilitating journeys for residents, businesses and visitors.
Managing and maintaining this extensive network requires a long-term approach. Our large geographic area and rural nature mean assets are widely dispersed, creating maintenance challenges. A significant proportion of the network, particularly unclassified roads, consists of evolved routes not designed for modern traffic volumes or heavy goods vehicles. Despite this, they continue to provide essential connectivity.
The network faces pressures from increasing demand, an ageing asset base and funding constraints. Climate change, including more frequent heavy rainfall, flooding and prolonged dry periods, places greater demands on carriageways, drainage systems and structures. Through a risk-based asset management approach, we target investment where it delivers the greatest benefit, improving resilience and long-term performance of the highway network.