Roads in Market Deeping, Swineshead, Cranwell and Louth to get ‘roughed up’ in £300k treatment programme

Roads in our area will be ‘roughed up’ to get a new lease of life as part of a new re-surfacing programme.

Lincolnshire County Council will be carrying out ‘Carriageway Retexturing’ on roads in Market Deeping and Swineshead in the coming week as part of a £300,000 improvement scheme.

The top part of the road is shotblasted with specialist equipment to improve braking and safety as a result of this new process. Work is due to take place between November and January.

Coun Richard Davies, executive member for Highways said: “This is another excellent technique we can use in colder weather as part of our carriageway surface treatments programme. These are the works that give us a smooth, improved road surface and we usually carry them out across many roads.

“Whilst hundreds of other highways teams are continuing with pothole repairs, road rebuilding and plenty of other areas of maintenance that we are delivering daily and will continue to do, this is the next part of our specialist surface scheme that’s about to get underway.

“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.”

Sites which will be getting the treatment include:

- Blenheim Way/Northfield Road, Market Deeping

- Boston Road, Swineshead

- B1188, between Scopwick & Digby

- A153, Leasingham Moor

- A1031, Ludney

- A15, Cranwell

- A157, Main Road, Biscathorpe

- A158, Burgh Le Marsh

- Keddington Road, Louth

- A15, Waddington Heath

Motorists are warned to expect some temporary road closures and traffic management while the works are taking place.

Coun Davies added: “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.”

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