Posted on Monday 24th February 2025
Cllr Mark Deaville
A major highways improvement scheme on Buxton Road/Stockwell Street junction in Leek will start this week.
The scheme, which starts on Monday 24 February, is being carried out by Staffordshire County Council and will see crews make more than 120 repairs. Work is expected to take around two weeks to complete and will include fixing potholes and footpaths, repairs and replacement of damaged kerbs and ironworks, clearing drains, verge and ditch clearance and updating signs.
Working in stages, crews will start at the four-way junction before making their way along Buxton Road. Temporary traffic lights will be in operation throughout the scheme to make sure the works can be done safely.
Mark Deaville, Cabinet Member for Strategic Highways at Staffordshire County Council, said:
“Investing in our highways is essential to keeping Staffordshire moving, and it’s great to see these vital repairs get underway.
“This is a very busy part of the town and as always, crews will be doing their utmost to minimise disruption and get the work done as efficiently as possible. I’d like to thank people and businesses for their co-operation and patience while this important work is done.”
The scheme kicks off as the county council announced up to an extra £15 million boost to additional highways investment in the county, on top of the extra £45 million over three years. The additional investment will see more repairs to potholes and drainage issues, a full preventative maintenance programme to help stop defects forming in the first place and targeted enforcement on landowners with drainage issues affecting the highway.
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