A total of £17 million investment is being made in Barnsley’s roads and active travel initiatives across the borough.
This includes:
- £11.3 million for the annual Highways Capital Maintenance Programme (excluding any principal towns work).
- £2 million investment for principal roads and side streets as part of our Community Enhancement Programme.
- £2.07 million from the government’s funding for potholes and highway maintenance.
Types of surface treatment
Highway and footway improvements include different treatments used as appropriate. This will follow an assessment by our highways engineers.
Resurface
Resurfacing is a road maintenance technique. It involves the removal of the top layer of a road surface and replacing it with a new layer.
Surface dress
Surface dressing is a cost-effective road maintenance technique that involves applying a thin layer of bitumen and stone chippings to the surface of a road. Sometimes it is necessary to fill in deeper potholes and defects first, before this process is completed. This is known as patching.
Retread
Retread is a recycling process which reconstructs the entire carriageway surface to a depth of 75mm, recycling the existing carriageway surface without having to remove it from site.
Overlay
This involves laying a new surface over the existing road surface. This is sometimes done when the existing structure is suitable and the kerbs are high enough.
Micro asphalt
Micro asphalt surface treatment is a preventative maintenance treatment. This is used to seal the existing road surface and help to improve the texture of the road. Micro asphalt involves applying a base and top layer of slurry to the existing road surface. This treatment acts as a liquid when first applied, but quickly dries ready for traffic movement.
Pothole repairs
We fill potholes as part of our road maintenance responsibilities to make sure roads are safe and accessible for motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.
Why do we fill potholes?
- Safety: potholes can be hazardous for all road users. They can damage vehicles, cause accidents, and pose risks to cyclists and pedestrians. By filling them promptly, we reduce these safety risks.
- Preventing further damage: potholes form when water seeps into cracks in the road, freezes, and expands, causing the pavement to break apart. If left unrepaired, these cracks can grow larger and deeper, making the damage more extensive and costly to fix in the long term.
What are emergency potholes?
An emergency pothole is typically a pothole that has grown large or deep enough to pose an immediate danger to road users on a carriageway. It needs urgent attention, often defined by specific size and depth criteria (deeper than 40mm and wider than 150mm in diameter).
Emergency potholes are a priority for quick repair, usually within 24 hours of being reported, depending on their severity and location. Roads with high traffic or near essential facilities often get a quicker responses.
Why would we fill a pothole and not resurface the whole road?
- Resurfacing is a lot more expensive than filling individual potholes. Pothole repairs are used to address immediate issues.
- Filling a pothole is quicker and minimises traffic disruptions. Full resurfacing is a larger project, needing more time, traffic management, and resources.
- We prioritise resources for the most critical roads, often main routes, which may be slated for resurfacing on a schedule. Pothole filling allows our roads to remain usable until they are due for resurfacing.
- Weather conditions - during certain seasons, especially winter, resurfacing may not be feasible due to weather constraints. In such cases, pothole repairs provide a temporary fix until full resurfacing can be carried out in better conditions.
Locations
The below locations, listed by ward, are included in the £11.3 million Highways Capital Maintenance Programme (excluding any principal towns work), or the extra £2 million works for principal roads and side streets as part of our Community Enhancement Programme.
The Highways Capital Maintenance Programme includes also other works not included in the following list. This includes:
- bridges and structures works
- road safety schemes
- accessibility improvements
- active travel schemes
- road sign improvements
- safety barrier replacements
This schedule may be subject to change. A number of factors can impact scheduled works. These may include weather issues, emergency or urgent works taking priority, supply chain issues, works by other groups including utilities, and other major projects. Some treatments can only be completed at certain times of year. The programme does include some works carried over from last year.
Central Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Barnsley |
Eldon Street North |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Barnsley |
Oakwell Lane |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Barnsley |
Peel Parade |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Barnsley |
Redfearne Street |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Monk Bretton |
Burton Bank Road |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Monk Bretton |
Gainsborough Way |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Monk Bretton |
Haworth Close |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Cudworth Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Cudworth |
Carrs Lane |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Cudworth |
White Cross Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Monk Bretton |
Burton Road |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Darfield Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Darfield |
Barnsley Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Darfield |
Doncaster Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Darfield |
Garden Street |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Darfield |
George Street |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Darfield |
Roundwood Way |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Darfield |
Siena Close |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Darfield |
Snape Hill Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Wombwell |
Stoneyford Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Darton East Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Barugh |
Dearne Hall Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Darton |
Howden Close |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Darton |
Station Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Low Barugh |
Swallow Hill Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Mapplewell |
Blacker Road |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Staincross |
Pennine Close |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Darton West Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Darton |
Church Street |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Darton |
Oak Tree Close |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Dodworth |
Orchard Croft |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Kexborough |
Birthwaite Road |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Kexborough |
Brookhill Road |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Kexborough |
Highfield Road |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Kexborough |
Holme View Road |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Redbrook |
Barugh Green Road |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Redbrook |
Ripley Grove |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Dearne North Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Goldthorpe |
Market Square |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Thurnscoe |
Chapel Street |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Thurnscoe |
John Street |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Thurnscoe |
Monsal Street |
Carriageway |
Micro asphalt |
Thurnscoe |
Peartree Avenue |
Carriageway |
Micro asphalt |
Thurnscoe |
Queen Street |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Thurnscoe |
Richmond Road |
Carriageway |
Micro asphalt |
Thurnscoe |
Southfield Lane |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Thurnscoe |
Windsor Street |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Dearne South Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Bolton Upon Dearne |
Angel Street |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Bolton Upon Dearne |
Lowfield Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Bolton Upon Dearne |
Carr Field Lane |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Bolton Upon Dearne |
Mexborough Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Bolton Upon Dearne |
Station Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Goldthorpe |
Highgate Lane |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Dodworth Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Dodworth |
Bradwell Avenue |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Dodworth |
Butterleys |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Dodworth |
Calver Close |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Dodworth |
Farrow Close |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Dodworth |
Low View |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Dodworth |
Nostell Fold |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Dodworth |
Saville Road |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Gilroyd |
Birdwell Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Gilroyd |
Locke Road include junction of Green Lane |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Pogmoor |
Pogmoor Lane |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Hoyland Milton Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Hoyland |
Burying Lane |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Hoyland |
York Street |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Kingstone Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Barnsley |
Blenheim Avenue |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Barnsley |
New Street |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Old Town |
Sackville Street |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Worsbrough |
Tower Street |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Monk Bretton Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Monk Bretton |
Spring Gardens |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Monk Bretton |
Wainscott Close |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
North East Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Great Houghton |
Ebenezer Street |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Grimethorpe |
Manor Crescent |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Grimethorpe |
Poplar Street |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Shafton |
Greenside |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Old Town Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Barnsley |
Cockerham Lane |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Gawber |
Haverdale Rise |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Old Town |
Greenfoot Close |
Carriageway |
Overlay |
Penistone East Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Cawthorne |
Horn Croft |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Cawthorne |
Lane Head Road |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Green Moor |
Don Hill Height |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Pilley |
Rockley View |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Pilley |
The Avenue |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Silkstone |
Alston Close |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Silkstone |
Blacker Green Lane |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Silkstone |
Stainmore Close |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Silkstone |
Barnsley Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Tankersley |
MacNaghten Road |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Thurgoland |
Fir Tree |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Thurgoland |
A629 Halifax Road, Thurgoland |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Wortley |
Soughley Lane |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Penistone West Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Crow Edge |
Lower Maythorne |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Cubley |
Cranberry Road |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Cubley |
Joan Royd Lane |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Cubley |
Stonehill Rise |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Penistone |
Broadstone Road |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Penistone |
Hall Gate |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Spring Vale |
Sheffield Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Rockingham Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Birdwell |
Hill Top Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Birdwell |
Sheffield Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Birdwell |
Worsbrough Road |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Hoyland |
Parkside Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Hoyland |
West Street |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Hoyland Common |
Sale Street |
Carriageway |
Surface dress |
Royston Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Royston |
High Street Layby |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Royston |
High View |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Royston |
Meadow Road |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
St Helen's Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Athersley |
Athersley Crescent |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Stairfoot Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Kendray |
Croft Road |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Kendray |
Neville Avenue |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Stairfoot |
Conway Street |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Stairfoot |
Hopewell Street |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Wombwell Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Wombwell |
Bondfield Crescent |
Carriageway |
Micro asphalt |
Wombwell |
Station Road |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Wombwell |
Wath Road |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Worsbrough Ward
Area |
Road name |
Type |
Rectification |
Worsbrough |
De Lacey Drive |
Footway |
Resurfacing |
Worsbrough |
Oaklea |
Carriageway |
Retread |
Worsbrough |
Royd Close |
Carriageway |
Resurfacing |
Worsbrough |
Vernon Road |
Footway |
Resurfacing |