Highways maintenance and annual capital programme
Read about how we maintain and repair pavements and roads, what we've done in the last financial year and how we contribute to a greener Islington.
When we plan highways maintenance work, we use:
- data collected and recorded during the Highways team's regular inspections
- condition surveys - taken every year, both internal and external - to identify areas that need future regeneration from reconstruction and resurfacing programmes, including both carriageways and pavements.
We undertake planned maintenance where streets have exceeded their life spans or generally become beyond repair due to wear and tear. We also plan around areas near sensitive locations such as schools, parks, public services (like medical centres), transport hubs and town centres, that have high footfall.
Highways maintenance in 2024/25
We have 295km of streets in Islington of which 281km are maintained by Islington highways. 14km of this is maintained by Transport for London (TfL).
For the 2024/25 capital programme, the highways team have:
- renewed seven footways
- resurfaced 13 carriageways.
Pavements
| Road name | Funding from |
|---|---|
| St John Street | Capital |
| Market Road | Capital |
| Bunhill Row | Capital |
| Central Street (two locations) | Capital |
| Percival Street | Capital |
| Tree pit reinstatement (various locations) | Capital |
Carriageways
| Road name | Funding from |
|---|---|
| Cloudesley Place | Capital |
| Central Street | Capital |
| Grange Grove | Capital |
| Golden Lane | Capital |
| Canonbury Park North | Capital |
| Clerkenwell Road | Capital |
| Stroud Green Road | Capital |
| Baring Street | Capital |
| Hornsey Road | Part Capital, part Department for Transport |
| Zebra crossing lining refresh (various locations) | Capital |
| Freegrove Road | Department for Transport |
| Dunford Road | Department for Transport |
| Essex Road | Department for Transport |
Highways maintenance in 2023/24
We have 295km of streets in Islington of which 281km are maintained by Islington highways. 14km of this is maintained by Transport for London (TfL).
For the 2023/24 capital programme, the highways team have:
- renewed nine footways
- resurfaced nine carriageways.
Capital programme funding
Pavements
| Road name | Funding from |
|---|---|
| Banner Street | Department for Transport |
| Baron Street | Capital |
| Elmore Street | Capital |
| Hanley Road | Capital |
| Hornsey Road | Capital |
| Percival Street | Capital |
| Whewell Road | Capital |
Carriageways
| Road name | Funding from |
|---|---|
| Baron Street | Capital |
| Central Street | Department for Transport |
| Ella Road | Capital |
| Hornsey Rise | Part Capital, part Department for Transport |
| Hornsey Road | Capital |
| Islington Green | Capital |
| Liverpool Road | Capital |
| St John's Way | Capital |
| Tufnell Park | Capital |
Reusing materials for a greener Islington
We support and explore ways to create a sustainable environment - making sure changes we make balance resources, protect and sustain living things and support everyone's health and wellbeing.
With the works we undertake as part of the planned maintenance program we include any greening opportunities as well as supporting and maintaining net zero carbon - making sure we set things up to only produce as much greenhouse gas as we remove.
When renewing footways, we store as much of the old footway material as we can - like block, artificial stone and tactile paving, and street furniture - at our depots at Fairbridge Road and Downham Road. We then use these again when making repairs.