NEARLY 100 roads across Somerset will be surface dressed this summer, Somerset Council has confirmed.

The council has published a full list of roads across the county which will be surface dressed over the next couple of months to prevent further damage and improve traction for drivers.

Surface dressing is a nationally recognised maintenance technique for sealing a road, improving skid resistance, and preventing water getting under the surface – which is crucial to help stop potholes forming.

It works by coating an existing road with bitumen, covering it with stone chippings and then rolling it.

Because the work is dependent on warm weather, the timings of each individual stretch may change at short notice – and could be extended beyond the summer if weather conditions prove inhospitable.

While most of the surface dressing will focus on rural roads across the county, the 2023 programme includes a number of main roads which are used by residents or holidaymakers.

These include:

Several sections of the crucial A358 between Taunton and Williton, on the western side of the Quantock Hills area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB)

Several sections of the A39 between Bridgwater and Minehead via Williton – including a section near a planned development of 350 homes

The A30 Yeovil Road at the northern edge fo the Crewkerne key site

The B3170 over the Blackdown Hills AONB near Taunton Racecourse

A council spokesman said: “Surface dressing is very much dependent on the weather and so our rolling programme needs to be highly flexible.

“This means that in periods of changeable weather, the planned start dates can change several times.

“In periods of good weather, we aim to put up advance notice boards further in advance if we can.

“Surface dressing at each site is usually completed within the day, although larger sites may take one to three days to complete.”

Here is the full list of all the roads which will be subject to surface dressing this summer:

Halse Road, Bishop’s Lydeard to Heathfield via Halse

A370 Bridgwater Road, nr. Bleadon

Brean Road, Brean

Wick Road, Brean (two distinct sections)

Crow Lane, nr. Bridgwater

Durleigh Road, Bridgwater

A359 Quaperlake Street/ Frome Road/ Cuckoo Hill/ Bruton Road, Bruton

Brewham Road, Bruton

Catcott Broad Drove, Burtle

Catcott Road, Burtle

A39 Cannington Road, Cannington

Oatley Lane, nr. Cannington

Bolters Lane, nr. Castle Cary (two distinct sections)

Field Lane, nr. Chewton Mendip

Chilton Road, Chilton Trinity

Moores Lane, Chilton Trinity

Perry Green Road, nr. Chilton Trinity

Straight Drove, nr. Chilton Trinity

Waldrons Lane, nr. Chilton Trinity

Hockley Lane, nr. Compton Pauncefoot

B3170 Honiton Road, Corfe to Devon border

A30 Yeovil Road, Crewkerne

Lower Severalls Farm Road, Crewkerne

Tinkers Lane, Cucklington

Back Lane, Curry Rivel

Ditcheat Hill, Ditcheat

Pound Lane, Downhead

Hill Lane, East Brent

Manor Road, East Brent

A39 Williton Road, East Quantoxhand & Kilve

A370 Bridgwater Road, Eastertown

B3139 Bath Road, Emborough

A358 Flaxpool Hill, Flaxpool

Berkley Lane, Frome

Feltham Hill, Frome

Feltham Lane, Frome

Friggle Street, nr. Frome

Limerick Lane, nr. Frome

Western Drove, Godney

A39 Bristol Road, Green Ore

New Road, Hambridge

New Road, Haselbury Plucknett

Puddle Town, Haselbury Plucknett

A39 Bridgwater Road, Holford

Furpits Lane, nr. Langport

Wetmoor Lane, Long Load

B3165 Martock Road, Long Sutton

Huntscott Road, Luccumbe

Coat Road, Martock

Station Road, Meare

Broad Lane, Meare Green

Holloway Road, Middlezoy

Station Road, Milborne Port

Green Lane, Nettlebridge

Great Street, Norton-sub-Hamdon

Higher Street, Norton-sub-Hamdon

Little Street, Norton-sub-Hamdon

New Road, Norton-sub-Hamdon

Norton Road, Norton-sub-Hamdon

Friarn, Over Stowey

Parbrook Lane, Parbrook

A361 Glastonbury Road, Pedwell

Catscrow Hill, Pitney

Culver Hill, Pitney

Gore Hill, Pitney

Hermitage Hill, Pitney

Middlefield Road, Pitney

Upper Pitney Road, Pitney

Pye Hill, Pylle

Knowle Bridge Road, Redlynch

Station Road, nr. Shapwick

Forum Lane, Shepton Mallet

Ham Lane, Shepton Mallet

Old Bristol Road, Shepton Mallet

Windsor Hill Lane, Shepton Mallet

Higher Shepton Road, Shepton Montague

Stawell Road, Stawell

Huntham Lane, Stoke St. Gregory

Chestnut Drive, Taunton

French Weir Close, Taunton

Head Street, Tintinhull

A39 Williton Road, Washford

Chard Lane, Wayford

Church Lane, nr. Wedmore

Snipefield Lane, nr. Wedmore

Partway Lane, West Coker

A39 Williton Road, West Quantoxhead

A358 Taunton Road, Williton

A39 Bank Street/ Priest Street, Williton

A39 Minehead Road, nr. Williton

A357 Anchor Hill Garage Road, nr. Wincanton

B3162 Whatley Cross, Winsham

Pool Cross to Cloutsham Gate, nr. Wootton Courtenay

Huxham Farm Road, Wraxall

Huxham Lane, Wraxall

Lye Lane, Wraxall

Mudford Sock, nr. Yeovil

Sock Lane, nr. Yeovil

For more details on each of the surface dressing schemes in your area, visit www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/surface-dressing.