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County Hall
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2EF
Tel: 0845 600 6400
Fax: 01670 511 413
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Roads - maintenance

The County Council is responsible for maintaining adopted non-trunk roads in Northumberland. This includes planned maintenance such as road resurfacing, reconstruction and gully cleaning, as well as ad-hoc repairs to potholes and other defects.

Northumberland County Council 

Northumberland County Council carries out planned inspections of all adopted roads with additional ad-hoc inspections being undertaken following reports of damage. 

Any repairs considered necessary are carried out within timescales determined by risk assessment, based on the type of road, the amount of traffic using the road and the nature and extent of the defect.

 

The Highway Agency

The Highways Agency look after trunk roads, that is the A1, A19 and A69, through a range of partnerships with service providers, namely AONE and RoadLink. 

 

Reporting a problem

To report a road defect, please contact us on 0845 6006400. or email us at ask@northumberland.gov.uk with as much detail as possible about the defect. This is also the number to be used for reporting defects on the A69.

 

 

To report defects on the A1 or A19 you should contact AONE directly on 01325 389991.