This is how many teams are repairing Sheffield's roads - including working on potholes
The FOI response also clarified what it meant by ‘team’ and ‘scheme’.
The breakdown of how many teams are working on fixing Sheffield’s crumbling roads has been revealed.
Thirteen repair teams are working on Sheffield’s road in total, the council has confirmed.
Some 10 teams are tackling potholes and other safety-related defects.
Two teams are dedicated to resurfacing longer sections. And one team is working on ‘surface dressing’.
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The figures were from the authority’s Freedom of Information department in response to a request for an update on resurfacing and repairs from The Star.
It comes after councillors called an extraordinary meeting to discuss the performance of private company Amey, which is 15 years into a 25-year, £2.2bn contract with the city council to repair roads.
The response, dated September 29, referred to jobs scheduled for ‘contract year 15’ which runs from April to March 2027.
It stated that 52 resurfacing schemes had been completed, with 80 remaining.
And of 60 surface dressing jobs, all the main works had been completed and there were only minor remedial works left to do.
At the extraordinary meeting, Amey bosses said more than 3,000 ‘category one’ hazardous potholes last winter had fallen to 120.
And the less serious ‘category two’ potholes had fallen from 3,433 in January to 1,283 in August.
The FOI response also clarified what it meant by ‘team’ and ‘scheme’.
It said: ‘It should be noted that the size of a team can vary considerably.
‘A reactive repair team may consist of a single or double-crewed vehicle repairing defects at multiple locations throughout the day, whereas a resurfacing scheme will involve a significantly larger workforce, specialist plant and support vehicles operating at a single site’.
It added: ‘A scheme is the wording used to identify individual areas. With major resurfacing works, each scheme is planned and programmed separately as a number of factors need to be taken into account around permitting conditions, treatment types, resource allocation and traffic sensitivity.
‘Schemes vary in size but encompass an area which has been identified as requiring a resurfacing treatment.
‘It may include multiple roads, such as at a junction, or just one. It may or may also not include full road lengths’.