We have planned dates for the 2026 to 2027 financial year, which may change.
We’ll confirm any work happening by posting letters to affected residents around 5 to 10 working days before the resurfacing starts.
The proposed dates are:
Merebank Lane - 1st April 2026
Camden Road (SM5) 2nd April 2026
Netley Close - 7th April 2026
Godalming Avenue - 8th, 9th and 10th April 2026
Henley Avenue - 10th April 2026
More dates will be added as they are agreed.
Planned work from the 2024 to 2025 financial year
Redford Avenue, Coulsdon - 27 March - Completed
Quarry Park Road - 2 April for 2 days - Completed
Vernon Road - 4 April for 2 days - Completed
Cecil Road - 5 April for 1 day - Completed
Rosebery Road - 8 April for 1 day - Completed
Pershore Grove - 9 April for 2 days - Completed
Benhill Wood Road - 10 April for 1 day - Completed
Nursery Road - 11 April for 1 day - Completed
Lavington Road - 12 April for 1 day - Completed
Henley Avenue - 15 April for 2 days - Completed
West Avenue - 17 April for 1 day - Completed
East Avenue - 18 April for 1 day - Completed
York Street - 19 April for 2 days, and reinstate speed cushions on 20 April - Completed
Watson Avenue - 23 April for 1 day - Completed
Warner Avenue - 24 April for 1 day - Completed
Waterloo Road - 25 April - Completed
Percy Road - 26 April for 2 days, and reinstate speed cushions on 27 April - Completed
Priory Road - 28 May for 3 days - Completed
Kingsmead Avenue - 29 May for 1 day - Completed
Avenue Road - 30 May for 2 days - Completed
Northdown Road - 3 June for 1 day - Completed
Dorchester Road (Morden) - 26th July for 1 day (borough boundary scheme in conjunction with the London Borough of Merton) - Completed
Manor Park Road - 28 October for 2 days, and reinstate speed cushions 29 October - Completed
Mill Lane / Butter Hill - 29 October for 1 day - Completed
Diamond Jubilee Way - 30 October for 2 days, and reinstate speed cushions - Completed 31 October
Dalmeny Road (Worcester Park) - 1 November for 1 day - Completed
Wood Street - 6 November for 2 days, and reinstate speed cushions 7 November - Completed
Throwley Way / Benhill Avenue - postponed
Gomshall Avenue and Central Avenue - 21 and 22 February (with 22 being road hump reinstatement) - Gomshall Avenue Completed, Central Avenue postponed due to a water leak and will be rescheduled.
Gander Green Lane - 5 and 6 March (section between number 223 and number 281; works on 6 March to reinstate speed cushions only) - Completed
Orchard Way - 10 March - Completed (was postponed due to clash of works 4 November)
Florian Avenue - 11 March - Completed (postponed due to clash of works 2 April and 5 November)
Byron Avenue - 12 March- Completed
Queen's Road - 19 March - Completed
Whitethorn Avenue - 31 March - Completed
Planned work for the 2025 to 2026 financial year
Cowper Avenue - 1 April - Completed
Byron Avenue East - 1 April - Completed
Gauntlet Road - 2 April - Completed
Albert Road - 3 April - Completed
Bawtree Close - 4 April - Completed
Tweedale Road - Thornton Road to Paisley Road - 9 to 11 April - Completed
Welbeck Road - 14 April - Completed
Vale Road - 15 April - Completed
Wrayfield Road - 22 April - Completed
St.George's Road - 23 April - Completed
Welhouse Road - 24 April - Completed
Hartland Road and Halesowen Road - 28 and 29 April - Completed
Mulgrave Road (between number 42 and 108) - 30 April to 2 May - Completed
Titchfield Road - 16 - 17 June - Completed
Mill Green Road - 18 - 19 June - Completed
Rose Hill - Night Works 23 - 24 June - Completed
Stafford Road - Night Works 25 - 27 June - Completed
Farmdale Road - 24 October - Completed
Tweedale Road - Paisley Road to Middleton Road - 26 - 27 August - Completed
Grove Road - 27 - 28 October - Completed
Winchcombe Road - 29 - 30 October - Completed
Central Avenue - 31 October - Completed
Tintern Road - 1 December - Completed
Camden Gardens - 2 December - Completed
Sunnyhurst Close - 3 December - Completed
Keynsham Road - 4 December - Completed
Revell Road - 5 December - Completed
Farmington Avenue - 22 January - Completed
Quarry Rise - 23 January - Completed
Anne Boleyn's Walk (A232 Ewell Road to Kingsway Road) - 23 - 24 February - Completed
Stanley Road - 25 - 26 - 27 February - Completed
Burdon Lane / Northey Avenue Junction - 2 March (night works) - Completed
Taylor Road - Grosvenor Road to Springfield Road - 4 March - Completed
Wolseley Road - Seymour Road to Mill Green Road - 5 - 6 March - Completed
Rosehill Avenue - 6 March - Completed
Stafford Road - Night Works - Redford Avenue to Sandy Lane South - 9 - 10 March - Completed
Huntingdon Gardens - 20 March - Completed
Fairholme Road - 23 March - Completed
What happens on the day
Work usually takes place between 8am and 5pm.
Sometimes we have to do work at night due to constraints in the location. If we need to do this, we’ll let affected residents know separately and tell you anything you need to do to prepare.
Parking and driving on the road during work
Before work starts, we’ll ask you not to park on the highway within the active working area. We’ll put signs up to tell you where the specific area is.
You will not be able to park on-street or access the area during the resurfacing.
Access
There might be brief periods when you cannot access your house or business. We’ll keep this to a minimum, and our crew will tell you before any restrictions.
Deliveries
If you have a delivery or something similar on the day work is taking place, tell one of the crew on site and they should be able to help you.
If we’ve moved your vehicle
We may have to move your vehicle if it’s in the working area when our crew starts.
If possible, we’ll move it somewhere within sight of where it was parked originally. If we have to move it further and you cannot find it, speak to the crew on site or call the contact centre.
Missing road markings
We may have been unable to do line marking if it was raining or the road surface was wet. We’ll add road markings as soon as we can.
If the surface is dry and a road marking is missing, tell us and we’ll fix it.
Heavy rain
Tarmac can be laid in light rain and on a damp surface. However, if there is heavy rain and standing water on the roads, sometimes we’ll have to pause work or stop for the day if it looks like it will not clear.
Hot weather
If the weather is really warm, it prevents the tarmac from cooling down enough to be driven on. We might extend road closures until 7pm to allow the material to set more before we reopen the road.
Examples of road resurfacing
Mill Lane junction with Butter Hill before
Mill Lane at its junction with Butter Hill had a damaged surface and faded road markings.
Mill Lane junction with Butter Hill after
The junction and the road on either side of the junction has been fully resurfaced.
How we decide which roads to resurface
Once a year, we carry out visual and AI-based inspections to assess the condition of road surfaces.
We’ll also consider other factors like:
how much it’s used
trip generators
whether it’s on a bus route
whether it’s a through route
This helps us prioritise which roads are most important to be resurfaced using our available budget.
We use this information alongside other data and factors to decide which roads will be part of our planned maintenance programme.
We also try to target and complete specific areas before considering other areas. For example, we may prioritise several bad roads within a specific area instead of one road somewhere else.
We look at around 1000 to 1100 roads every year, which is the majority of the borough’s roads. These surveys and inspections help shape the reports taken to Committee for the following year's programmes.
Preventing utility company streetworks
We’ll try and restrict utility companies from carrying out streetworks on roads we’ve resurfaced for up to 2 years after we’ve completed resurfacing work. These are known as Section 58 notices.
This is subject to the limits of the legislation of the Section 58 notices and the nature of any works put forward by utility companies.
This is something we do with all of our planned maintenance works to try and prolong their life by minimising third party works where possible.
