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Road maintenance

Dorset Highways management and performance

Information on our strategic approach to managing its highways infrastructure.

Footway slurry seal

Slurry sealing is a low-cost preventative measure for footways to seal the surface and provide a new texture.

In-situ recycling

Deep in-situ recycling is a near end-of-life treatment used on roads that have extensive visible defects.

Micro-surfacing

Micro-surfacing is preventative road treatment which seals the road, improves road texture and prevents water ingress.

Pothole repairs

How we repair potholes

Road patching

Dorset Highways carries out patching work across the network.

Road preservation

Road preservation is an early life preventative treatment which stops water ingress and surface deterioration.

Road re-texturing

Road retexturing is a restoration treatment where the carriageway is blasted to restore surface texture.

Road resurfacing

Our approach to road resurfacing

Surface dressing

Details on how we carry out surface dressing

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