Every Somerset road being surface dressed this summer

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.

Most sites will be completed by the council's contractor Keily Bros within a single day or just a couple of hours - though larger sites may take between one and three days.

In most cases, roads stay open and traffic is managed with stop/go boards, but in some narrow locations a short, temporary road closure may be required.

This year’s surface dressing programme will cover the following routes:

• Lane through Aisholt to Lower Aisholt, Aisholt
• Aller Drove, Aller
• Main Street, Ash (near Hill View School)
• A39 Chilton Polden Hill, Ashcott to Bawdrip
• West Buckland Road, Blackmoor
• Blagdon Hill Road, Blagdon Hill
• Blakes Lane, Bridgwater
• Church Road, Bridgwater
• Stagshead Lane, Bromton Regis
• B3140 Love Lane, Burnham-on-Sea (near the recently upgraded pedestrian crossing)
• Hillview Road, Carhampton
• Meadowside, Carhampton
• New Road, Carhampton
• A30 Crewkerne Road, nr. Chard
• A371 Draycott Road, Cheddar
• A37 Ilchester Road, Chilthorne Domer
• Highway Road, Coat
• A30 Chard Road to St. Rayn Hill, Crewkerne
• B3167 Higher Kingstonwell, Cricket St. Thomas
• Fry's Lane, Croford
• A371 Shoalford/ Long Street, Croscombe
• B3168 Holdens Way, Curry Rivel
• Knowle Lane, Dunster
• Quarme Lane, Exton
• Stone Lane, Exton
• Whitnell Lane, Fiddington
• A3098 Styles Hill to Berkley Cross, Frome
• A362 Warminster Road, Frome
• Brunel Way, Frome
• Critchill Road, Frome
• Locks Hill, Frome
• Rossiters Hill, Frome
• Rossiters Road, Frome
• Stonebridge Drive, Frome
• A37 Ilchester Mead Interchange, Ilchester
• B3151 Northover/ Yeovil Road/ Church Street, Ilchester
• B3151 Somerton Road/ Bondip Hill/ Edmond Hill, nr. Kingsdon
• Kingsdon Hill, Kingsdon
• Quarry Road, Kingsdon
• B3187 Milverton Road, Langford Budville
• B3165 Martock Road, Long Load
• A372 Langport Road, Long Sutton
• B3224 Raleighs Cross, nr. Lydeard St. Lawrence
• B3139 The Causeway/ Church Street/ Blackford Road, Mark
• Combe Hill, Milborne Port
• Glenmore Road, Minehead
• Hayfield Road, Minehead
• King George Road, Minehead
• Ponsford Road, Minehead
• Tregonwell Road, Minehead
• Link road to A3088, Montacute
• A39 Cannington Road, Nether Stowey (two separate stretches - including one near the Cricketer Farm development)
• Over Stowey Road, Nether Stowey
• Parish Hill, North Cadbury
• Fosse Way, Over Stratton
• Over Stratton Road, Over Stratton
• South Harp, Over Stratton
• Yeabridge Lane, Over Stratton
• A38 Bristol Road, Pawlett
• Bush Lane, Pightley
• A361 Whitstone Hill, Pilton
• B3188 Ford Road to Gandstone Cross, Pitsford
• B3227 Wiveliscombe Road, Preston Bowyer
• B3168 Ilford Bridges, Puckington
• Isle Abbotts Road, nr. Puckington
• Bradford Road, Rode
• Church Lane to Rode Hill, Rode
• A37 Old Frome Road to Underhill, Shepton Mallet to Gurney Slade
• A371 Commercial Road/ Long Street/ Pike Hill/ Wells Road, Shepton Mallet
• Brooks Road, Street
• Middle Brooks, Street
• Overleigh, Street
• Allotment Road, Sutton Montis
• A3087 Trenchard Way, Taunton (west of the crossing between the railway station and the Firepool boulevard)
• A38 Chritchard Way, Taunton
• A38 Stonegallows/ Wellington Road, Taunton
• Parkfield Road, Taunton
• B3224 Beulah Chapel to Withiel Hill, Treborough Common
• Chapmans Farm Lane, Treborough Common
• Court Lane, , Treborough Common
• Treborough to Sminhays Cross, Treborough Common
• Lowton Road, Trull
• Road Lane, Tucker Street
• Gerbestone Lane, nr. Wellington
• Back Lane, Westhay
• Burtle Road, Westhay
• Shapwick Road, Westhay
• B3168 Puckington Road to Ruskway Lane, Westport
• A30 West Coker Hill/ High Street, West Coker to East Chinnock
• A361 Woodlands Road to Stockbridge Lane, nr. West Pennard
• B3224 Quarme Combe Straight to Round House, Wheddon Cross
• Peacehay Lane, White Ball
• B3188 Ford Road, Wiveliscombe
• Combe Lane, Woolavington
• Wrangcombe Road, Wrangway
• A3088 Cartgate Link Road, Yeovil
• A37 Dorchester Road, Yeovil (two separate stretches)

Councillor Richard Wilkins at the 'park and bus' site on the Orchard Grove estate in Taunton (Image: Somerset Council)

Further details of these and other roadworks in your area can be found by visiting www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/roadworks-and-travel.

Councillor Richard Wilkins, portfolio holder for transport and waste services, said: "Every summer we deliver this programme so that our network remains safe.

"Surface dressing is critically important in keeping our highways running efficiently.

"Surface dressing is used on roads still in good condition to extend their life. It works much like repainting wooden windows - regular maintenance is essential."