What We Look After
As part of keeping our roads safe we also look after traffic signals, drainage, street lighting, paths and bridges
Roads
- Most of our roads are classed as urban.
- We look after 510 kilometres of road.
- If we had to rebuild all our roads today, it was cost around £720 million.
- We collect condition data to help plan where we do our maintenance work.
- This data is telling us that 5% of the roads could be considered for maintenance.
Report a pothole in the road
Learn more about how we maintain our roads.
Traffic Signals
- Our traffic signals allow traffic to flow safely around Bournemouth.
- We have 51 traffic signal junctions and 115 crossings to maintain.
- We do safety inspections to understand the condition and when to replace the equipment.
- The general condition of our traffic signals is average.
- These systems are sometimes referred to as Intelligent Transportation Systems or ITS.
More about Traffic Signal maintenance.
Drainage
- We have 22,000 gullies across Bournemouth to keep clean.
- As part of major road maintenance works we make sure gullies are repaired to take water to underground pipes.
Report a problem with drains on the road
Find out about the work we do on our Drainage system.
Flooding - find out who to report a problem to.
Street Lighting
- We look after 20,000 street lights to keep Bournemouth safe at night.
Report a faulty street light
Learn more about how we maintain our Street Lights.
Street Lights in Bournemouth.
Paths
- We look after 1200 kilometres of paths.
- If we had to rebuild all our paths today, it was cost around £373 million.
- We collect condition data to help plan where we do our maintenance work.
- This data is telling us that 17% of the paths could be considered for maintenance.
- Paths are sometimes referred to as footways or pavements.
Report a pothole in the pavement
More detail on Path maintenance.
Bridges
- We have 23 bridges and 72 other structures to look after.
- If we had to rebuild all our structures today, it was cost around £153 million.
- We do safety inspections to understand the condition and when to replace parts of the bridge.
Find out about the work we do on our bridges.