View our Highway Improvement Schemes for 2026/27

Any work on a public highway requires an approved permit, including works carried out by our contractors for Milton Keynes City Council. Emergency works may begin within hours, so these are not listed on the site.

One.Network updates every few minutes, showing the latest information. Hover over the icons to see who is carrying out the works, the start and end dates, and any diversion routes. You can also set up free alerts for works in your chosen area by creating an account.

Inspections

As the Highway Authority for Milton Keynes, we are legally obliged to inspect all our network each year to check it is in a good condition and safe to use. Some roads will be inspected more often than others, such as grid roads or key main routes like the A509.  During a statutory inspection, our highways inspectors will look for any defects that meet our repair criteria. They also carry out inspections for any issues logged for us by members of the public.

You can find out more about inspections and how they assess defects in our Guide to Inspections.

Other works on the highway

Utilities and developers also do works on the public highway network. This is called 'Streetworks' and is covered by the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991 (NRSWA). When they want to work on the highway, to fix their infrastructure for example, they will need to submit a permit request to us saying what they will be doing and include key information such as the date and times any closures will be on.  We receive around 600-1000 permit requests each month on average.

By law, we cannot refuse these requests but we can try and coordinate the requests to minimise disruption. We may also put some conditions on a permit. 

Find out more about Streetworks and how these works are coordinated and planned in our Streetworks - Mini Guide.

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Types of Surface Treatment

We use different methods to repair or prolong the life of the city's roads, redways and footways. Which method we use will depend on the type of road and what condition it may be in.

You can read about these below or download our Road Surface Treatments - Mini Guide :

Plane and Patch

Surfacing involves removing (planing) the existing road surface and laying a new hot bituminous material layer to the same level.

Surface Dressing

Surface dressing involves applying a thin coating of bitumen on the existing surface after which stone chippings are spread and rolled into the surface.

Micro Asphalt

Micro-Asphalt surfacing involves spreading a fine cold mixed thin asphalt over the existing road surface.

Elastomac

This is a new, innovative treatment that uses recycled material made from old tyres and road surface scrapings. The material is heated to a high temperature and poured into the pothole. The material then fills the pothole and cools sealing it and forming a waterproof membrane. 

'GripFibre'

GripFibre surfacing involves spreading high performance cold mixed thin asphalt strengthened by fibres over the existing road surface. You can find out more about this technique here.

Asphalt Preservation

This is a preventative maintenance treatment for asphalt which works through the application of a bituminous product spray applied to the road surface; it acts to preserve and protect, helping to seal the existing surface against water which can help to prevent potholes forming.

Recycling

This involves the removal of the existing road surface, processing the material, adding new bituminous binder, then relaying the recycled material as a new layer.

Retexturing

Retexturing involves the mechanical reworking of an existing surface to improve its frictional skid resistance. In addition to improving road safety, the re-use of the road surface via re-texturing considerably reduces resource and energy consumption.

High Friction Surfaces

High friction surfacing is available as hot or cold applied systems. Cold applied involves the even application of a tough liquid binder onto the road surface followed by the application of calcined bauxite aggregate. Hot applied systems involve the application of a hot pre-mixed material consisting of binder and calcined bauxite.