Reform UK Nottinghamshire Announces Highways Review Results.

𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛!

We have completed our Highways Review and here are the highlights:

𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀

• Collaborating with EMCCA to develop a business case for increased highway maintenance funding for 2026–2027 and beyond.

• Emphasising sustained investment in carriageways, footways, drainage, and other highway assets.

• Advocating for a minimum three-year capital funding commitment from EMCCA.

• Aligning with the Transport for City Regions funding to support long-term infrastructure resilience.

𝗣𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

• Increasing “right first time” repairs and reducing Viafix usage.

• Enhancing follow-up patching where major resurfacing is not planned.

• Investing in preventative treatments like surface dressing and micro-asphalt to reduce pothole formation.

• Taking a whole-asset approach across all 14 Highway Assets for a resilient transport network.

• Improving utility management and progressing the Rental Lane Scheme for better coordination.

𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆

• Continuing Via’s collaborative procurement strategy with focus on:

o Supply chain management

o Social value

o High levels of local spend

• Supporting depot rationalisation to modernise infrastructure and invest in workforce.

• Embracing innovation, AI, and technology to drive continuous improvement.

• Networking and adopting sector best practices to enhance delivery.

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀

• Increasing use of explainer videos for asset management and road safety.

• Enhancing local and hyper-local communications to address community-specific concerns.

• Continuing to be transparent, honest and open to ensure public understand our services and our challenges

• Providing councillors with shareable local highway information for social media.

• Expanding future programme visibility on the Notts Highways mapping webpage.

• Creating a customer-friendly Highways Plan to explain services in non-technical terms.

• Developing a Highways Customer Service Strategy to unify communications and improve service culture.

• Considering increased budget for the Traffic Management Revenue Programme.

• Ensuring the annual member request process continues.

• Exploring expansion of the Lengthsman Scheme to urban areas with suitable resident groups.