Government reveals proportion of major Sheffield roads in poor condition
Sheffield’s roads are maintained by private company Amey, which is 15 years into a 25-year, £2.2bn contract with the city council to repair roads
Just one per cent of major roads in Sheffield are in ‘poor’ condition, new figures show.
The Department for Transport has published a league table of locally-managed major roads in poor condition in the year to March, as reported by councils across the country.
The figure refers to the proportion of ‘A’ roads classed as red in each council area, not the number of roads.
Red means the roads should have been considered for maintenance.
In Sheffield, one per cent of major roads were classed as red this year, the same figure as last year.
It comes after an outcry over potholes in Sheffield peaked at the end of February following extreme wet weather.
Sheffield’s roads are maintained by private company Amey, which is 15 years into a 25-year, £2.2bn contract with the city council to repair roads.
Nationally, Brighton & Hove tops the table with 17 per cent of major roads in poor condition in the year to March, down from 18 per cent last year.
Manchester is seven per cent, up from six per cent last year.
Most local authorities reported figures to the DfT that were collected using Scanner technology: Surface Condition Assessment for the National Network of Roads.
Some authorities, including Brighton and Manchester, used alternative methods to collect 2026 data.
Other areas with one per cent poor major roads include Dudley, East Riding of Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Peterborough and Sunderland.