As mentioned elsewhere, the roadway has not been constructed to highway standard. The base layer is compacted chalk and the wearing surface is an accumulation of tar and chippings applied over the years.
Up until the mid 90s, the surface was treated with a top dressing of tar & chippings every 5 years or so. After this time the SHA employed a professional highways engineer to advise us on what, if any, remedial work needed to be carried out. Our advice was that top dressing was not necessary as this did not increase the strength of the road – a better plan would be to patch the road when problems appeared. This strategy has been followed ever since, and appears to be satisfactory. At present (2025) we have had the road professionally surveyed about every 3 years and carried out repairs as indicated.
Maps
Topographical survey of Sleepers Hill carried out in 2011.
Topographical survey of Sleepers Hill carried out in 2025
Correspondence with Contractors etc
Options for Maintenance of SH by RPF Nov. 2015
Notes of Meeting re Road Maintenance Apr 2015
Report of Maintenance carried out Nov. 2021 by Tim Jones
Possible Future Road Repair Costs June 2022 by Tim Jones
Fee proposal from PB April 2025
Expenditure on major Road Repairs:
Figures taken from respective Balance Sheets of those years:
2011/12 £21,000
2015 £6,300
2014/15 £7,026
2015/16 £6,374
2018/19 £5,530
2021/22 £27,539 *
*The actual sum for carriageway repairs was around £10,300. The balance was incurred carrying out :
a)Laying macadam to the verge at St Marys – £11,900
b)Repairs to the verges and drainage channels to 5 other properties – £5,300 (80% of these costs were reimbursed by the 5 Frontagers)