The service is the management of the Council's highways network and associated property and comprises:
— asset management and lifecycle planning of the highway network,
— management and permitting of the highway network,
— design of maintenance programmes and improvement schemes,
— engineering, technical, project management and advisory services related to the highway network,
— routine maintenance of carriageway, footways, cycleways and car parks,
— public rights of way works,
— flood protection works,
— public realm works,
— routine maintenance of bridges, culverts and other structures,
— routine maintenance of fencing, barriers, vehicle restraint systems, signs, road markings and street furniture,
— routine maintenance of highway drainage systems and other drainage assets,
— Routine maintenance of highway verges, hedges, trees and other landscaped areas,
— routine maintenance of street lighting and other illuminated installations,
— winter maintenance including precautionary salting and ice/snow clearance for the highway network,
— emergency response to incidents on or affecting the highway network,
— planned maintenance including patching, surfacing, surface treatments, reconstruction and reinstatement of the highway network,
— construction of improvement schemes for the highway network up to an estimated value of 5 000 000 GBP (per individual scheme).