Highway Maintenance

Hampshire County Council, as highway authority, is charged with looking after the highway network on behalf of the public. This means both maintaining its condition and protecting the right of all to use it without hindrance.

Our Highway offices deal with may aspects of work including:

Bridges, structures, parapets
Carriageway defects
Cattle grid defects
Claims - Injury/Damage
Cycle route defects
Drainage defects
Encroachments
Footway defects
Graffitti (Highway related)
Grass Cutting (Rural)
Highway hazards/obstructions
Highway Trees
Kerb Defects
Licences
Manhole cover defects
Obstructions
Pedestrian barrier / fencing
Rechargeables
Road markings / studs defects
Safety fence defects
Section 278 Work
Section 38 Development
Sign defects
Street furniture defects
Street furniture requests
Street works defects
Surface dressing defects
Trees / Hedges / Shrubs
Verge defects
Weather related issues
Weeds, ragwort control

Hampshire County Council is responsible for all highways in Hampshire except:

motorways and trunk roads which are the responsibility of the Highways Agency
roads in Southampton which are the responsibility of Southampton City Council
roads in Portsmouth which are the responsibility of Portsmouth City Council
a small minority of privately-maintained highways