Road maintenance

We are responsible for maintaining and repairing street lights, lit signs and bollards. If you see a problem you can report it to us.

Brown tourism signs can be used to help guide people to a tourist destination. If your establishment meets the criteria you can apply for signs to be installed.

Report weight restriction breach by a vehicle in Leicestershire.

Residents and businesses can apply to relocate street lights to enable new or improved accesses for residential driveways or junctions for new developments.

Advance notices under Section 58 of the Act for highways related work.

You can tell us about problems or defects on roads or pavements in the county, such as potholes, through our online form

Find out about the government funded maintenance activities in your area.

Roads across Leicestershire will be treated this summer to help reduce the chance of potholes developing.

Leicestershire County Council is responsible for keeping all roadside drains (also known as gullies), clean and fully operational and a programme of cyclical gully cleansing runs throughout the year.

Apply for a licence or permit to place items such as a skip, scaffolding, equipment or to carry out work on roads in Leicestershire.

Leicestershire’s transport policies and plans aim to deliver a more sustainable transport system that manages carbon emissions, improves public health and safety and supports the economy and housing growth.

Roads in the county that are considered essential for economic activity and key services.

Get information about gritting, flooding and find travel updates when travelling this winter.

Most salt bins are provided so that anyone can treat critical local junctions, slopes and footways during periods of prolonged snow and ice.

A platform for strategic analysis, the PRTM is a bespoke computer-based transport model that provides consistent travel forecast evidence to the transport planning process across Leicestershire with a regional capability.

Additional funding is made available to help improve passenger transport, drive better connectivity, and improve our roads, introducing innovation in the delivery of highway maintenance.