Erewash roads included in County Council annual maintenance plan

Two Erewash roads have been included in a programme of annual maintenance works to be carried by Derbyshire County Council, starting from early July and running into mid-August.

Each summer, the authority coordinates works at the same time with local district and borough councils, carrying out a maintenance programme on all the dual carriageways in the county. 

The work includes cutting the grass on the central reservations and at the sides of the roads, emptying the gullies and drains, carrying out some road repairs where needed and any other bits of maintenance work that needs carrying out. We do reactive work throughout the year on these roads but this is just the annual bigger maintenance. 

District and borough councils will be picking up litter at the side of the road or in the central reservation at the same time while the traffic management is in place.

The council has worked to try to avoid key times and events, such as football matches, and signs are being put out on the roads ahead of the dates to give drivers advance notice of the work.

In Erewash, the maintenance programme includes the overnight road closure of the A61 at Little Eaton to Pektron between 9pm and 4am on both Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th August, whilst on Monday 12th August, the A6007 Chalons Way in Ilkeston will see lane closures implemented between 9:30am and 3:30pm.