Roadworks
Roadworks in and around Slough
You can also find information on roadworks in Slough, as well as the option of receiving e-mail alerts, on the national roadworks website.
Resurfacing programme
The highways team produce a programme of works to footpaths, pavements and roads in the borough.
- Highway engineering schemes for year 2018-19
- Completed highway engineering schemes for year 2017-2018.
Each year we carry out a series of special inspections on all the roads and a proportion of pavements in Slough. Based upon these, we draw up a list of roads that need resurfacing in order of technical merit. A lot of factors determine the priority of a road on the list and include the state of the road’s surface, whether the road is actually failing structurally, the road classification, proximity of schools, hospitals or other vulnerable users.
Major Transport and Highways schemes happening in Slough
- General Scheme – recently completed
Five Points - Burnham Lane, Priory Road, Lower Britwell Road, Hogfair Lane
Junction, traffic signal and crossing improvement works
- Mass Rapid Transit – almost completed
The primary purpose of this scheme is to allow a smoother passage of commuter carrying buses and coaches through Slough.
Bath Road (North Service Road) – Dover Road to Pitts Road
Additional kerbing added, partial resurfacing, new street lights and new traffic signals
- General Scheme – ongoing
Windsor Road – Albert St. to Herschel St.
Junction improvement to facilitate recent commercial and residential development work
- General Scheme – ongoing
Burnham Lane/ Burnham train station approach
These works (partially funded by Network Rail) are taking place in order to upgrade Burnham train station to facilitate the opening of Crossrail. The highway works involve improvements to pedestrian crossings, the station car park and introduction of new gyratory system.
- General Scheme – due to start on site Feb 2018
Langley Station/ Station Road Langley
Junction, drainage, street lighting and traffic signal improvement works
- Smart motorways – work due to start Summer/Autumn 2018
This work is being undertaken by Highways England. At various locations throughout the UK the hard shoulder of the motorway is being converted to running lane for traffic. Although the works are taking place outside Slough, they will have an impact on local traffic. Our Network Management team will be co-ordinating the works to minimise disruption.
Crossrail work in and around Slough
The Crossrail website has details of current and planned work which is being undertaken as part of the Crossrail project, including information about road closures.
Resilient network
Read about our plans for when there is flooding or snowfall.
Traffic management - council permit scheme
From 4th March 2015, Slough will be operating under The Traffic Management (Slough Borough Council) Permit Scheme Order 2014. This will help us to manage street and road works across the road network better. The scheme excludes the motorways, for which the Highways Agency is the Highway Authority. Find out more about the SBC permit scheme.
Utility streetworks
Under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, utility companies have to inform the council of any work being carried out. We will inspect a percentage of this work.
If there is a problem with a utility service please contact the utility company direct - their details should be provided at the site of the works.
If there is a problem with the road surface please complete the report a highways issue form or email tfs@slough.gov.uk
National Productivity Investment Fund
£185 million in 2017/18
The funding for local highway and other local transport improvements which aims to reduce congestion at key locations, upgrade or improve the maintenance of local highway assets across England, outside London, to improve access to employment and housing, to develop economic and job creation opportunities.
Of the £185 million Slough will receive £381,000 which will be spent as follows:
- Facilitate access to jobs/housing
Bike Hire docks x 3 = £90,000
Bike Hire bikes x 10 = £20,000
- Public transport
New Bus Shelter Hub for MRT (UCB/Lonza) £40,000
- Congestion reduction
Widening of Huntercombe Spur roundabout to facilitate an express lane - £150,000
Variable Message Signs for Farnham Road, Wexham Road and Windsor Road at borough boundary - £81,000
Slough, Reading and Wokingham Street Lighting Upgrade Project
The Street Lighting Upgrade Project is a joint initiative between Slough, Reading and Wokingham borough councils which officially started in the middle of April, although about 20 new lamps were installed in Leigh Road, Long Furlong Drive and in some other streets across Slough.
We successfully led a joint bid for the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) highways challenge fund in March 2015 and the three councils were awarded £19.3m. The funding will cover 70 percent of the cost of upgrading lighting in all three boroughs, with the remaining 30 percent coming from each council.
We will use our £6.2m share to replace all of our street lanterns, all concrete columns and any steel columns that are in poor condition.
Depending on weather conditions, the two-year project is due to end in April 2018 for all three boroughs. It will replace all of Slough’s 11,300 street lamps with LED energy efficient ones, which:
- use 65-70 percent less electricity than standard street lights
- need half as much maintenance and are expected to last 100,000 hours - about 20 years
- come with a centralised computer system that allows us to control and dim lights remotely if needed.
Since getting the grant we have awarded the contract to Volker Highways
Pothole Funding for 2017/18
This funding is provided by the DfT in order to help us fix potholes or stop them forming. We have been receiving this funding since the 2014-15 financial year and will be receiving a new allocation in 2018-19. The funding supplements our existing budget helping us to ensure the highway network is kept in a safe state.
In addition to reactive works, in 2017-18 we used this funding for trialling the following innovative techniques (with a view to using them as standard).
Blow Patcher technique – Provided by D. E. Plant
This technique will allow us to carry out pothole plug in repairs in less than five minutes, which will last up to four years. Standard plug in repairs last up to six months. The technique works by clearing debris in the pothole using high pressure water, heating the existing carriageway up, filling the hole and compacting.
Tough Patch Rapid – Provided by Ultra Crete
We recently carried out a demo for a new type of cold lay material (pictured right). These types of materials allow potholes to be filled quickly by applying special tarmac directly from a bag onto the road surface and then compacting manually.
On site works ordering
Our highways inspectors currently issue orders to repair potholes from our in-office system. We will soon be supplying them with handheld devices which will allow them to issue orders to carry out repairs as soon as they see them on site. This will improve their efficiency and reduce admin costs.
Highways and Transport Service Plan
Transport and highways are important to everyone, whether you are a resident, a business or a commuter passing through the town.
The main focus of our service plan is to ensure roads are maintained to a good standard, economic competitiveness is achieved, congestion is reduced by providing alternatives to cars and the development of new housing and school places is facilitated.
- Highways and Transport Service Plan 2014 - 2015
- Highways and Transport Annual Works Plans 2014 - 2015
- Highways and Transport Risk Register 2014 – 2015