Hertfordshire County Council says nearly £50 million will be spent over the next year making improvements to its highways network.

Planned work includes repairs and maintenance to pavements, roads, bridges and traffic signals, as well as improvements such as tackling safety problems, reducing traffic congestion, and encouraging walking and cycling.

The funding is being split right across Hertfordshire and the council has released a lengthy list of streets that are set to see work between April 2022 and March 2023.

Earlier this week, we asked our followers on Facebook which roads in Watford they believe need resurfacing.

Plenty of suggestions were put forward including Vicarage Road, Leavesden Road, High Road, Chalk Hill, the Radlett Road estate, and Greycaine Road.

It turns out the council agrees, with five of those six roads earmarked for repairs.

The council splits its resurfacing jobs into two categories - 'surface inlay' which is where the old surface is removed and replaced - and 'micro asphalt' - or micro-surfacing - which is work to improve the existing road surface.

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A list of roads in the borough of Watford that are due to undergo a full resurfacing (inlay) over the next year, according to the council are:

  • Vicarage Road (from Hagden Lane to Farraline Road)
  • Hagden Lane (from Whippendell Road to Rickmansworth Road)
  • Greycaine Road
  • Aldenham Road (from Chalk Hill to Pinner Road)
  • Raphael Drive and Brocklesbury Close (both on the Radlett Road estate)
  • Gammons Lane (between Leavesden Road and Courtlands Drive)
  • Leggatts Wood Avenue
  • Douglas Avenue
  • Harris Road
  • St Johns Road
  • Station Road
  • Codicote Drive
  • Rother Close
  • Nascot Street
  • Avon Close

Around 30 or so streets in Watford are due to see micro-surfacing work take place.

For more details on the planned schemes, and when exactly they might take place, click here.

Cllr Phil Bibby, who is cabinet member for highways and transport in Hertfordshire, said: "We know that the condition of the county’s pavements, cycleways and roads really matters to our residents, and it matters to us too.

"While we can’t do everything, this work programme, along with the regular repairs we do, will make a real difference across the county."