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

Report a pothole and find out how we assess, prioritise and repair defects, including what happens after you submit a report.

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