Local highways maintenance transparency report

Our plans for highways maintenance for 2026/27

Bromley Council is continuing to deliver a risk-based highway maintenance programme, targeting investment where it will provide the greatest benefit to network condition, safety and long-term asset performance. Maintenance activities planned for 2026/27 include:

• Road resurfacing: Approximately 24.6km (15.25 miles) of carriageway resurfacing.
• Preventative maintenance: Approximately 1km of carriageway preventative maintenance.
• Pavement renewal: Approximately 4.5km (2.75 miles) of footway reconstruction or renewal.
• Reactive maintenance: Ongoing pothole repairs, localised carriageway and footway patching.
• Drainage maintenance: Continued cleansing and repair of highway drainage assets to reduce flooding risks.
• Structures and lighting: Planned maintenance of bridges, highway structures and street lighting assets.

Planned carriageway and footway works

Bromley is committed to being open and transparent about where and how it invests in the highway network. The planned maintenance works for 2026/27 can be viewed in our planned carriageway and footway works programme.

Planned carriageway and footway works

How decisions are made on our maintenance plans?

Bromley uses risk-based asset management to prioritise highway maintenance investment, directing available funding towards schemes offering the greatest community benefit. Every street is assessed against five factors:

• Condition: Street condition has the greatest influence, ensuring unsafe or deteriorating assets remain serviceable.
• Use: The Network Hierarchy reflects each street’s function and usage, helping investment benefit the greatest number of users.
• Spend: Recent reactive expenditure, including pothole repairs, identifies locations where planned work could reduce repeated, less cost-effective interventions.
• Public enquiries: Reports from residents reflect local concerns and inform programme development.
• Coordination: Proposed works are aligned with other highway schemes, utility activity, development programmes and local priorities to minimise disruption and avoid repeated interventions.

Together, these factors support schemes that reduce whole-life costs, improve service levels, strengthen network performance and provide lasting value for residents, businesses and all highway users across the borough.