The Council understand how important properly maintained roads are for our communities and are committed to maintaining them to a safe standard.

This is why the Council inspect roads regularly and look to action all customer reported defects as soon as possible. Over the winter period the Council have faced a substantial increase in the number of customer reported defects and are currently identifying and delivering over 2000 pothole repairs a week with over 30 crews out on the network working to address these issues.

Longer term, the Council assess the condition of all our roads annually, via a driven road network condition survey, this then prioritises where the Council invest in planned maintenance countywide. Unfortunately, the Council operate under financial constraints and receive a finite amount of funding from government to use each year for road maintenance. Whilst the Council have supplemented this with a further £20m of our own funding, the Council still require £800m to bring all our roads countywide up to the required standard.

Recently, the Council have budgeted over £3m towards road maintenance in Wisbech and the surrounding area and have completed key schemes including Ramnoth Road, Ollard Avenue, and St Michaels Avenue Wisbech. You can see the remainder of our road investment programme here Road improvements | Cambridgeshire County Council and you can find more details on the wider programme here Capital maintenance programme | Cambridgeshire County Council.

Specific to the Wisbech area the following identifies the plans the Council have delivered, or will soon deliver

In addition to the capital investment outlined above, the Council inspect all our roads at set intervals depending on how they have been categorised and will address any safety defects as these are identified. This means that all roads will be subject to a bi-annual, annual, quarterly, or monthly inspection by our Highway Maintenance Team.

Some roads may be assessed at intervals shorter than monthly if the Council consider this necessary and will implement measures such as additional signage, reduced speed limits, or lane closures to ensure road users can safely use a route.

During an inspection officers will identify and order any work which meets our investigatory levels. More information on these investigatory levels can be found here How long does it take to fix a road fault | Cambridgeshire County Council. This approach is aligned to national guidance and ensures there is a prioritised approach to Highway Maintenance with more heavily trafficked routes being inspected more often.

The Council also rely on our communities to report defects to us which we then aim to inspect within ten working days. This local intelligence, provided by our residents, is important to us, especially for roads that are inspected less often. Reports can be submitted via our website here Report a highways fault | Cambridgeshire County Council.

The Council will shortly be starting our road condition survey programme and will assess the whole of our road network again to help inform how funding is allocated for 2027 / 28 financial year. This will be presented to the Highways & Transport Committee later in the year for review and approval.

In the meantime, the Council will continue to maintain our roads through regular proactive safety inspections and responding reactively to reports received regarding potential defects in line with our published policies and procedures where they haven’t currently been identified for capital investment.

Thank you for bringing this matter to the Council’s attention via your petition and you are encouraged to continue to report defects via our website so they can be logged and tracked.'