Our Highway Network
East Sussex County Council is responsible for maintaining most roads and pavements in the county.
Our highway network is vital for keeping local communities safe and connected, and for supporting the economic growth of the County. It is the most valuable publicly owned asset managed by East Sussex County Council and has a current value of around £5.54 billion.
Roads we look after
We repair and maintain most roads and pavements in East Sussex.
This includes:
- cycleways
- drains
- potholes
- road markings and signs
- streetlights and traffic lights
- trees, grass, hedges, and weeds
- wildlife verges
- bridges
- winter gritting services
Search the map of roads we maintain.
Read more about East Sussex Highways services.
Roads we do not look after
We do not look after private or unadopted roads.
We also do not look after trunk roads. They are maintained by National Highways (previously Highways England). The trunk roads in East Sussex are:
- A21 outside of Hastings
- A26 between the A27 and Newhaven
- A27 and most of the A259, east of Pevensey (excluding Hastings)
District and Borough councils collect litter and carry out street sweeping.
Our highway network
| A roads | 372km |
| B and C roads | 1009km |
| U roads | 1994km |
| Total roads | 3375km |
| Footways | 2482km |
| Other public rights of way | 763km |
| Cycleways | 201km |
In addition, East Sussex County Council manage the following highway assets:
- 2499 km of road markings
- 100,000 drains
- 505 km of ditches
- 766 grit bins
- 514 bridges
- 2 tunnels
- 246 retaining walls
- 43,695 road signs
- 40,000 safety bollards
- 26 hectares of wildlife verges and 20 hectares of meadow verges
- 55,000 individual trees (estimated)
- 50 ornamental shrub sites
- 4468 km of vegetated verges
- 35 km of hedges
- 37,500 streetlights
- 66 signal-controlled junctions
- 140 signal-controlled crossings.
