How we maintain our roads and drains
How we maintain our roads and drains
Find out what we do to look after our roads and drains.
Roads
Every year we treat our roads to help them stay:
- free of potholes
- skid-proof
- water-proof
Most of the work we do is called surface dressing.
We spray the road with a hot, tar-like material called bitumen, cover it with stone chippings, and roll the road to make it flat. We do this each summer.
We also treat some roads with micro asphalt , a cold bitumen material.
You can report a damaged road or footpath.
Drains and gullies
We aim to clean every drain or gully in Bristol at least once a year.
Our yearly work helps us to:
- make sure we clear every drain in Bristol
- get data on the condition and silt levels of individual gullies.
- target problem areas, so we don’t visit gullies that don’t need cleaning as often
We still respond to emergencies if there is an immediate danger to the public or a risk to property.