Pothole Fund 2014/15
Quarter One Progress Report
In the 2014/15 financial year, after a period of sustained extreme weather events, there was a
noticeable impact on the rate of deterioration to the public highway. In response to this, and in
addition to the LTP maintenance grant, Luton Borough Council Highway Services, (LBC) received
additional funding to address this.
LTP Maintenance
LTP Additional Maintenance
Flood Repair Grant
Pothole Fund
1,028,000.00
106,000.00
120,725.00
200,018.00
This report addresses the Pothole Fund and how LBC intends to use this grant.
The funding received from the Department for Transport has allowed LBC to treat seven additional
roads that are showing clear signs of deterioration, which has been accelerated by increased ingress
of water into the sub-layers of the carriageway.
With increased local funding and additional capital investment from central government, LBC has
been able to increase both the level of proactive works as well as reactive works.
Many of these roads have previously been patch repaired by LBC, but additional funding has enabled
the Council to invest in more extensive repairs of the defective road surfaces which will prolong the
integral life of the road surface thus postponing the need for full carriageway reconstruction .
The table below lists the various works to be funded by this grant.
Road Name
Ward
Buxton Road
South
Eaton Green
Road
Leagrave High
Street
Wigmore
Lewsey
Lime Avenue
Lewsey
Linden Road
Leagrave
Oakley Road
Challney
Old Bedford
Road
Barnfield
Section
Adelaide Street to Stuart
Street
Hedley Rise to Herts
boundary
Junction with Poynters
Road
Whole length
Dordans Road to Archway
Road
Addington Way to Linden
Road
Junction with Bradgers
Hill Road
Detail of Works
Programme
Date
Order Value
Carriageway resurfacing
15/10/2014
16,828
Carriageway repairs
25/09/2014
38,227
Carriageway repairs
16/10/2014
17,592
Carriageway resurfacing
17/10/2014
50,310
Carriageway repairs
02/10/2014
14,186
Carriageway repairs
11/10/2014
49,409
Carriageway repairs
28/08/2014
11,681
198,233
Buxton Road
Surface Type
Bitumen macadam
Road Type
The town’s main police station and magistrates court is based here. There are no residential
properties on this section of the road. This is a non-principal road providing direct access from the
A505. On-road parking is limited to one disabled bay.
Planned Works
Carriageway resurfacing of 850m2 of road.
Eaton Green Road
Surface Type
Hot rolled asphalt
Road Type
Non-principal main Road bounding the Wigmore estate. The road narrows into a country lane where
it meets the boundary with Hertfordshire.
Planned Works
In September 2014 1435m2 of carriageway repairs from its junction with Colwell Rise to the
Hertfordshire boundary was completed.
Leagrave High Street
Surface Type
Hot rolled asphalt
Road Type
Busy arterial route through the Lewsey ward. It is a wide road with dualled sections and areas of
lane narrowing with central hatching and pedestrian islands. The road is mainly residential with the
majority of properties benefitting from off-road parking. There are two schools on Leagrave High
Street, Ferrars Junior School and Barnfield West Academy.
Planned Works
Carriageway repairs to approximately 650m2 of its junction with Poynters Road.
Lime Avenue
Surface Type
Bitumen macadam
Road Type
Residential road with the northern section having properties on one side of the road and the Luton
& Dunstable Hospital on the other. Most properties have access to off road parking.
Planned Works
The whole length of the carriageway, 2000m2, will be resurfaced.
Linden Road
Surface Type
Bitumen macadam
Road Type
Busy non-principal residential road which is also used to access the Marsh Road shopping area and
Leagrave train station.
Planned Works
526m2 of carriageway repairs from its junction with Dordans Road to its junction with Archway Road.
The engineering difficulties will be working near to Archway Road where the carriageway narrows at
the railway bridge.
Oakley Road
Surface Type
Hot rolled asphalt
Road Type
Principal road running adjacent to the Electrolux industrial area and a residential estate with off road
parking areas. Oakley Road has always carried higher volumes of HGV type vehicles due to this being
the main route to access the Electrolux site. Within the last 10 years the industrial site has been
significantly reduced with the surplus land being used for housing. This is a wide carriageway that
has been visually reduced with central hatching.
Planned Works
1300m2 of carriageway repairs from its junction with Addington Way to its junction Linden Road.
Old Bedford Road
Surface Type
Bitumen macadam
Road Type
Old Bedford Road runs parallel to the A6 (New Bedford Road) and is a heavily trafficked arterial
route running from the town centre to the borough boundary in the north. This junction leads to one
of the further education facilities in the town, Luton Sixth Form College, where nearly 2,600 students
are enrolled. The mini roundabout at the junction is showing damage where southbound traffic has
driven over it.
Planned Works
320m2 of carriageway repairs was undertaken in August 2014 at its mini roundabout junction with
Bradgers Hill Road.