Sheffield side road to be repaired for fourth time amid pothole row
“The roads in Sheffield are significantly better than the vast majority of local authorities in the UK.”
A Sheffield side road is set to be repaired for the fourth time since the start of a £2.2bn maintenance contract.
Signs state Amey is returning to Collegiate Crescent in autumn, where layers of patches indicate three generations of repairs, amid new holes, photos show.
The company has a 25-year contract with Sheffield City Council which started in 2012.
It has been in the spotlight since record breaking rain in January and February sparked an avalanche of complaints about potholes.
Earlier this month councillors called an extraordinary meeting of the environmental services and regulation policy committee at Sheffield Town Hall to review repairs.
At the meeting, Peter Bamfield, Amey business director, said there were just two potholes per mile in Sheffield - compared to six nationally.
He said: “The roads in Sheffield are significantly better than the vast majority of local authorities in the UK.”
Sheffield City Council’s partnership with Amey is called Streets Ahead.
A Streets Ahead spokesperson said the full length of Collegiate Crescent was resurfaced in 2016.
The section between Ecclesall Road and Park Lane was resurfaced in 2024. The remaining section between Park Lane and Brunswick Street is scheduled to be resurfaced this autumn.
They added: “The road will therefore have been fully resurfaced twice in 10 years, which is entirely within the expected lifespan of a carriageway.”