Extensive maintenance work completed on A41 at Prees Heath
Extensive maintenance and repair work has been carried out on a section of the A41 at Prees Heath.
Work was carried out during a two-night road closure on 24 February and 25 February 2021, and included:
- 1,500 square metres of structural patching and resurfacing work.
- Pothole Texpatching repairs.*
- Six ironwork gullies raised and repaired.
- 28 streetlights replaced with energy efficient luminaires, and four sign lights replaced.
- 200 cats eyes replaced, plus roadmarking and lining works.
- All gullies within the closure cleaned and emptied.
- Some road direction signs replaced.
Work was carried out by the partners in the Shropshire Highways alliance – Shropshire Council, Kier and WSP.
This work will reduce disruption of an important and busy section of road that is under constant pressure.
About Texpatching
*Under this new process, potholes are cleaned out, filled with a unique material called Texpatch, then covered with a neat, square patch. This will provide a longer-lasting, smoother, neater finish compared to traditional pothole repairs, and seals up all joints, which should result in an increased life span for the repair.
