£12 MILLION in road schemes have DELIVERED for road users across the county 

Lincolnshire has put real money behind its summer road programme, and it shows. 

• £6 million on surface dressing.  
• £4.5 million on in‑situ recycling.  
• £450,000 on carriageway preservation.  
• And another £1.1 million already lined up for micro‑asphalt, the autumn phase that will be well underway by the time you read this. 

Highways at LCC is clear about what this successful summer of schemes, mean. It’s a shift toward early intervention where potholes still get fixed, but the long‑term way out of the road repair cycle is preventative treatment. You stop the damage before it starts to stretch the life of the network and it means that you end up spending less later. 

Cllr David East, executive member for Highways at Lincolnshire County Council said: "The results are speaking for themselves. We have put serious money into serious schemes across the county to get to grips with road issues that affect many people as they travel.

"Our crews have been working very hard all summer, and the work is continuing at pace to keep the uplift going.

"What we're seeing is the delivery of preventative road maintenance that gets ahead of the problems before they grow into something bigger. It's the right way to approach the issues that have been set upon our county for too long.

"We're not being complacent either. There's no resting on our laurels with these results, they are good and I am delighted to say that myself, the administration at LCC and the Highways officers and crews involved are fully committed to continuing the good work. Thank you to all involved and I hope that those seeing the difference in their area are happy with the investment made and the results seen."

Crews have spent the summer strengthening the local road network ahead of the coming winter. They moved through hundreds of sites while the sunny weather was here, laying surface dressing, retread, preservation treatments, mastic asphalt, resin repairs and reactive patching. A full sweep of methods aimed at keeping roads in better condition for longer.  

217 roads were surface dressed, 24 got the in‑situ retread and regeneration treatment and 41 were topped with preservation. That’s 213 miles of worn‑out surface treated and turned around. 

It wasn’t just surfacing. Teams also tackled drought‑related cracking, brittle edges and the kind of hidden damage that shows up after long dry spells. Lincolnshire gets more of that than other parts of the country, and it’s one of the reasons the county leans so heavily on early intervention.  

Andy Creasey, the county programme manager for Highways, said the progress reflects months of planning and coordination. “There has been a huge amount of work taking place across the county over the summer, and the progress we have made is testament to the planning, preparation and coordination that has gone into delivering the programme. 

“Delivering this volume of work across such a large highway network, within a relatively short summer window and while working around weather conditions, requires careful planning and close coordination between our teams, our partners and the communities we work in. 

“I’m really pleased with the progress we have made and the amount of preventative maintenance we have been able to deliver. The focus now moves onto the next phase of the programme, with carriageway micro‑asphalt getting underway and continuing our approach of using the right treatment at the right time to protect Lincolnshire’s roads.” 

The county’s road condition continues to get better. The unclassified network has now improved for the thirteenth year in a row and the trend is clear, by getting ahead of problems to come, we can continue to turn things around. 

And the work isn’t slowing down. The next phase is already running. 94 roads will receive micro‑asphalt, a two‑layer process for roads that are still structurally sound but are starting to show early signs of wear. The scheme seals, protects and buys years of extra life which is exactly the kind of early intervention the county is now banking on. 

To keep up to date with the latest highway programme of works. 

Where and when for the autumn scheme?  

Here are the roads included in the live micro‑asphalt programme (so if you live on or near these roads, you’ll see the crew moving through the area in the coming weeks): 

Ancaster 

• Flaminian Way 

Barkston 

• The Leas 

Billingborough 

• Aveland Drive 

Boston 

• Burleigh Gardens 

• Comer Close 

• Towell Close 

Bracebridge Heath 

• Ripon Close 

Branston 

• Cornus Close 

• Forsythia Close 

• Lodge Drive 

• Malus Close 

• Shardloes 

• Stonelea Close 

• Veronica Close 

Chapel St Leonards 

• Palma Court 

Coningsby 

• Carrington Close 

• Greenfield Road 

• Read Way 

Dunston 

• Willow Lane 

Gainsborough 

• New Street 

Grantham 

• Arnold Avenue 

• Ashley Drive 

• Lynden Avenue 

• Vernon Avenue 

• Vivian Close 

Halton Holegate 

• Manor Drive 

Holbeach 

• All Saints Close 

• College Close 

• Fairfields 

• Farmers Gate 

• Fenland Walk 

• Harwood Avenue 

• Hix Close 

• Holland Way 

• Langwith Drive 

• Langwith Gardens 

• Littlebury Gardens 

• Marshlands Drive 

• Meridian Walk 

• Netherfield 

• Oxford Gardens 

• Pearl Court 

• Reapers Close 

• Sir Isaac Newton Close 

• St Catherines Court 

• St William Court 

• Stockmans Avenue 

• Stukeley Gardens 

• The Boundaries 

• The Sidings 

• Western Avenue 

• Wheatsheaf Close 

• Windmill Close 

Horncastle 

• Brook Road 

• College Park 

• Jobson Road 

• Tweed Close 

Lincoln 

• Burghley Road 

• Epsom Close 

• Epsom Road 

• Goldcrest Close 

• Truro Drive 

Little Bytham 

• Glen Close 

Louth 

• Badminton Way 

Market Rasen 

• The Ridings 

• Wells Drive 

• Wetherby Close 

Morton near Bourne 

• Ford Lane 

Moulton Seas End 

• Mawford Close 

Navenby 

• Fosters Close 

• Maiden Well Close 

North Greetwell 

• Greetwell Court 

• Lawley Close 

North Hykeham 

• Chiltern Way 

• Denzlingen Close 

• Grandfield Way 

• Holt Close 

• Malvern Close 

• Mendip Avenue 

• Neale Road 

Skegness 

• Allenby Way 

• Johnson Close 

• Moss Drive 

• The Meadows 

South Hykeham 

• Briar Close 

Sutton on Sea 

• Cades Field Road 

• Shelley Close 

Swaton 

• Chestnut Close 

Waddington 

• Maple Close 

• Pine Close 

• Sycamore Drive 

Washingborough 

• Harvard Close