Each summer we, coordinating work at the same time with local district and borough councils, carry out a maintenance programme on all the dual carriageways in the county.
The work includes cutting the grass on the central reservations and at the sides of the roads, emptying the gullies and drains, carrying out some road repairs where needed and any other bits of maintenance work that needs carrying out. We do reactive work throughout the year on these roads but this is just the annual bigger maintenance.
The district and borough councils will be picking up litter at the side of the road or in the central reservation at the same time while the traffic management is in place.
We have worked to try to avoid key times and events, such as football matches, and signs are being put out on the roads ahead of the dates to give drivers advance notice of the work.
The maintenance programme is:
- Saturday 6 July - A617 Heath to Temple Normanton, road closed 6am to 6pm
- Sunday 7 July - A617 Hornsbridge to Temple Normanton, road closed 6am to 6pm
- Monday 8 July - A52 Shirley Hollow, Stop go convoy 9.30am to 3pm
- Tuesday 9 July - A617 Lordsmill Street, lane closures 7pm until 4am next morning
- Wednesday 10 July - A619 Markham Road, lane closures 7pm until 4am next morning
- Thursday 11 July - A619 Baslow Road, Chander Hill, road closed 7pm until 4am next morning
- Friday 12 July - A617 J29 (M1) Doe Lea dual carriageways, lane closures 8pm until 6am next morning
- Saturday 13 July - A616/A6135J30 (M1) Barlborough, lane closures 8pm until 6am next morning
- Monday 15 July - A61 Alfreton dual carriageways, lane closures 9.30am until 3.30pm
- Tuesday 16 July - A621 Owler Bar, lane closures 9.30am until 3.30pm
- Wednesday 17 July - A632 Slack Hill, closed to Chesterfield bound traffic 9.30am until 3.30pm, open to Matlock bound traffic
- Thursday 18 July - A61 Bowshaw roundabout, lane closures 9.30am to 3.30pm
- Friday 19 July - A617 Pleasley dual carriageways, lane closures 9.30am to 3.30pm
- Sunday 21 July - A61 Dronfield bypass, road closed 6am until 6pm
- Monday 22 July to Thursday 25 July - A6 Chapel bypass 7am until 3.30pm lane closures
- Friday 26 July - A6 Taddington dual carriageway, lane closures 7am until 3.30pm
- Sunday 28 July - A61 Dronfield bypass, road closed 6am until 6pm
- Monday 29 July - A515 Collycroft - Clifton – Ashbourne, road closed 8pm until 4am next morning
- Tuesday 30 July and Wednesday 31 July - A52, A515 link Ashbourne link road, closed 8pm until 4am next morning
- Thursday 1 August - A444 High Cross Church Gresley, closed northbound 8pm until 4am next morning
- Saturday 3 August - A619 Rother Way, road closed 4am until 11am
- Sunday 4 August - A61 Tesco to Horns Bridge, road closed 4am until 4pm
- Monday 5 August - A516 (A38 to Mickleover roundabout), lane closures 9.30am until 3.30pm
- Tuesday 6 August - A516 (A38 to Mickleover roundabout), lane closures 9.30am until 3.30pm
- Wednesday 7 August and Thursday 8 August - A61 Little Eaton to Pektron, road closed 9pm until 4am next morning
- Friday 9 August - A516 (Hilton between double roundabouts), lane closures 9pm until 4am next morning
- Sunday 11 August - A61 Tesco to Whittington Moor, road closed 4am until 4pm
- Monday 12 August - A6007 Chalons Way, Ilkeston, lane closures 9.30am until 3.30pm
- Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August - A38, J28 (M1) To Nottinghamshire boundary, lane closures 4am until 11am.