District road repairs coming up

From Staffordshire County Council Highways Dept

27.3.25

Essential repairs underway in Cellarhead

Highways crews are carrying out some essential maintenance and repairs work at the Cellarhead Crossroads, Kingsley Road and Leek Road.

Crews will also be fixing potholes along with damaged kerbs and ironworks in the week-long blitz.  People who use the road will know how busy it is, so will notice the smoother journeys when completed.

Some temporary traffic lights, road closures and diversions are in place to make sure the work can be done safely and crews would like to pass on their thanks to people for their patience and co-operation during the works.

Improvements underway or coming up soon

Crews are carrying out repairs and improvements right across the district over the coming weeks and months.

This usually includes surfacing and repairs to the road, footpaths and kerbs, traffic lights and sometimes replacing manhole covers and grids too.

The following improvements are due to take place:

• Highways repairs and maintenance works on Westminster Road in Leek, March/April.

• Pre-surface dressing patching at Mount Pleasant in Leek, April

• Highway Repairs and Maintenance works at Shaw Place in Leek, March/April

• Multiple repairs in the Haregate area of Leek including Novi Lane, Argles Road, Horsecroft Crescent and Thorncliffe View, April

• Improvements on Hook Lane, Upper Leigh, April

• Improvements on Manor Road, Tean, April

• Improvements on New Haden Road, Cheadle, April

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We’re carrying out repairs and improvements across the district over the coming weeks, making a difference to communities across the Staffordshire Moorlands. The work usually includes surfacing and repairs to the road, footways and kerbs, signals and sometimes replacing manhole covers and grids too. Repairs are scheduled as part of our annual programme, or they can be priorities put forward by your local county councillor.

While work takes place, we do - unfortunately - need to put temporary short-term closures in place, so we ask that you bear with us during these times.  The following improvements are due to take place in the coming weeks:

• Highways improvements in Dilhorne, Cheadle and Werrington - including work on Huntley Road, Rakeway Road and Dilhorne Road.

• Preparation work for the resurfacing of the A520 Leek Road, from Moorville Hall to Cheddleton, will start in January. This will include work at Cellarhead and Wetley Rocks and will be carried out during off-peak hours to help minimise disruption.

• Highway improvements - including fixing potholes - on the A52 Kingsley Road, from Leek Road in Cheadle to Barnfields Lane in Kingsley, will start on 21 January.

• Crews continue to carry out drainage works on Greenway Bank road to clear and remove debris from the drainage system behind Bemersley by Biddulph Household Waste Recycling Centre. 

• Some structural repairs to the road over the Knypersley reservoir dam have also taken place. Highways crews have also taken the opportunity to fix some potholes on the road while it was closed, which will help minimise future disruption.

Other non-council works include:

• Severn Trent Water repairs to damaged infrastructure on the A522 Tape Street in Cheadle will start in January. Openreach will also be carrying out repairs to their infrastructure on the road at the same time, which should help reduce future disruption.

District road repairs coming up - last updated 27.12.24