Roads and highways - maintenance surveys

Service Outline

Manchester City Council has a responsibility to keep the roads and footpaths safe to use and for carrying out repairs and for administering highway legislation. This includes planned and emergency maintenance, surveys and street works.

Each year we carry out a visual survey of the condition of all principal and other classified roads and some of the busiest unclassified roads. This then provides us with the information needed to draw up the Council's annual structural maintenance programme. We also inspect every adopted highway on a regular basis. Any area of road or pavement which may become of imminent danger to road users or pedestrians is noted and repairs arranged.