Local highways offices

How to contact us

Staff based in our highway offices can answer your questions about roads or pavements.

• Contact your local highway office (you can find out which office serves your area, on the map below).
• Some problems can be reported online – Report a problem in your area.
• Find out more about East Sussex Highways and the services we provide by downloading one of our highways leaflets.

Map showing the four local highway areas - Eastern, Western, Eastbourne and Hastings. Eastern area covers Battle, Bexhill, Hailsham, Heathfield, Mayfield, Northiam and Rye. Western area covers Alfriston, Crowborough, Forest Row, Lewes, Newhaven, Polegate, Ringmer, Rotherfield, Seaford and Uckfield.

What we do

We are responsible for:

• all general aspects of highway maintenance such as grass cutting, gulley emptying and repairing potholes
• routine inspections of all roads and footways
• highway improvement schemes
• 24 hour response to emergencies that affect the highway (flooding, fallen trees, oil spills etc)
• winter salting/gritting and snow clearance
• temporary traffic orders, including road closures
• control and co-ordination of work by utility companies such as gas, water and electricity
• licensing of skips, scaffolding, hoardings etc on the highway
• enforcement action against encroachments, obstructions and other unlawful activities
• highway signing and lining
• local traffic management, such as traffic calming schemes
• adoption of new roads and footways
• maintenance of wildlife verges.