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We maintain 1,000 of kilometres of drains and over 108,000 gullies across the county on behalf of our communities.

The information here provides details on the planned repairs to drainage systems across the county that we will be undertaking throughout 2024 and 2025.

The scale and type of work will vary depending on the individual scheme and the repair being undertaken.

Drain cover at the side of a road

Most of our work will be delivered either under a full road closure or local traffic management system, such as traffic lights. This will cause disruption to the road network while we are on site. We will keep disruption to a minimum and we appreciate your cooperation during these critical works.

As well as the large-scale drain work, planned in advance, we also continually do reactive work across the whole county in response to issues that arise. This includes cyclical gully maintenance. By doing this, we keep the drain network flowing and identify any issues that need further investigation and repair.

We also regularly empty and clean gullies and pipes when they become blocked. We do this when we have identified a problem needing to be fixed through our routine inspections or when an issue is reported by a member of the public.

Planned work by district for 2024-2025

Updates are provided monthly by officers. Expand the district to see details of when and where the work will take place, and details of road closures and diversion routes.

Whilst we aim to be as accurate as possible with the below times and dates, there are instances where these may change at short notice.

Our 2024/25 programme currently does not include any capital maintenance work here, but other reactive highways repairs are always being delivered. We are now planning the capital maintenance work for your area for 2025/26. Find out more in FAQs.

Drainage projects

Planned works include repairs to existing drainage pipe and laying sections of new pipe. Plus installing new drainage systems, gullies, and manholes.

Parish / Town Road Start date Duration
       

Cyclical drainage work

Our cyclical drainage work is undertaken every other year. Work involves jetting, emptying, and cleaning all gullies and drains.

Parish / Town / Road Start date Duration
North of river To be confirmed  
South of river To be confirmed  

Drainage projects

Planned works include repairs to existing drainage pipe and laying sections of new pipe, installing new drainage systems, gullies, and manholes.

Parish / Town Road Start date Duration
Little Thetford The Wytches 7 October 2024 Completed
Littleport Sandhill To be confirmed 3 weeks. Working hours 8am to 6pm.

Cyclical drainage work

Our cyclical drainage work is undertaken every other year. Work involves jetting, emptying, and cleaning all gullies and drains.

Parish / Town / Road Start date Duration
Littleport 30 September 2024 Completed
Little Downham 15 October 2024 Completed
Pymoor 18 October 2024 Completed
Ely City (West) 21 October 2024 30 days
Wentworth 29 November 2024 2 days
Witchford 2 December 2024 4 days
Chettisham 5 December 2024 1 day
Isleham To be confirmed  
Soham and Barway To be confirmed  
Wicken and Upware To be confirmed  

Drainage projects

Planned works include repairs to existing drainage pipe and laying sections of new pipe, installing new drainage systems, gullies, and manholes.

Parish / Town Road Start date Duration
Wimblington Blue Lane To be confirmed 6 weeks. Working hours 8am to 6pm.
Leverington Roman Bank To be confirmed 4 weeks
Parson Drove Fen Road To be confirmed 4 weeks

Design and Investigation in 2024-25 only

  • Gorefield - Gote Lane
  • Parson Drove - Fen Road

Cyclical drainage work

Our cyclical drainage work is undertaken every other year. Work involves jetting, emptying, and cleaning all gullies and drains.

Parish / Town / Road Start date Duration
Leverington 5 December 2024 8 days
Tydd St Giles 17 December 2024 2 days
Newton 19 December 2024 1 day
Gorefield 19 December 2024 3 days
Four Gotes 23 December 2024 1 days
Wisbech 23 December 2024 44 days
Chatteris roundabout to Green Welly To be confirmed  
Chatteris roundabout to Wimblington roundabout To be confirmed  
A141 March roundabout to Guyhirn roundabout To be confirmed  
A605 Whittlesey Road To be confirmed  
Lynn Road, Wisbech To be confirmed  

Drainage projects

Planned works include repairs to existing drainage pipe and laying sections of new pipe, installing new drainage systems, gullies, and manholes.

Parish / Town Road Start date Duration
Great Gransden East / Middle Street To be confirmed 4 weeks

Design and Investigation in 2024-25 only

  • Chesterton - Oundle Road
  • Fenstanton - Greenfields
  • Fenstanton - Hall Green Lane, Manor Drive, Chequer Street
  • Great Paxton - High Street
  • Hemingford Abbots - Village wide
  • Needingworth - Hawkes Lane
  • Somersham - Parkhall Road
  • Stilton - North Street
  • Yaxley - Broadway 

Cyclical drainage work

Our cyclical drainage work is undertaken every other year. Work involves jetting, emptying, and cleaning all gullies and drains.

Parish / Town / Road Start date Duration
Ramsey, Ramsey Mereside, Ramsey Forty foot, Ramsey St Mary 4 March 2025 11 days
Bury 19 March 2025 2 days
Warboys 24 March 2025 6 days
Upwood and the Raveleys 31 March 2025 2 days
Oldhurst 2 April 2025 2 days
Woodhurst 3 April 2025 1 day
Wistow 4 April 2025 1 day
Toseland 7 April 2025 2 days
Yelling 8 April 2025 1 day
St Neots (rural) 9 April 2025 1 day
Abbotsley 9 April 2025 1 day
Tetworth 9 April 2025 3 days
Waresley 11 April 2025 1 day
Great Gransden 11 April 2025 1 day
Houghton To be confirmed  
Wyton To be confirmed  
The Hemmingfords To be confirmed  
Fenstanton To be confirmed  
Hilton To be confirmed  
Godmanchester To be confirmed  
Covington To be confirmed  
Tilbrook To be confirmed   
Kimbolton To be confirmed   
Grafham To be confirmed   
Perry East and West To be confirmed   
Buckden To be confirmed   
Offord Cluny To be confirmed  
Offord D'Arcy To be confirmed   
Southoe To be confirmed   
Great Paxton To be confirmed   
Little Paxton To be confirmed   
Hail Weston To be confirmed   
Great Staughton To be confirmed   
Diddington To be confirmed   
St Neots To be confirmed  
Sibson cum Stibbington To be confirmed  
Water Newton To be confirmed  
Chesterton To be confirmed   
Alwalton To be confirmed   
Elton To be confirmed   
Haddon To be confirmed   
Folksworth and Washingley To be confirmed   
Stilton To be confirmed  
Yaxley To be confirmed   
Farcett To be confirmed   
A1198 To be confirmed   
B645 To be confirmed   
A141 To be confirmed   
A1307 To be confirmed   
A1123 To be confirmed  
A1126 To be confirmed   
A1096 To be confirmed   
A605 To be confirmed   
A15 To be confirmed  

Drainage projects

Planned works include repairs to existing drainage pipe and laying sections of new pipe. Plus installing new drainage systems, gullies, and manholes.

Parish / Town Road Start date Duration
Fulbourn Geoffrey Bishop Avenue 14 October 2024 7 weeks. 2-way traffic lights. Working hours 8am to 6pm.
Linton Lamb Fair Court 25 November 2024 10 weeks. Working hours 8am to 6pm.
Willingham Over Road To be confirmed 2-way traffic lights.

Design and Investigation in 2024-25 only

  • Fulbourn - Station Road
  • Great Wilbraham - Church Street
  • Little Wilbraham - High Street
  • Waterbeach - Chapel Street

Cyclical drainage work

Our cyclical drainage work is undertaken every other year. Work involves jetting, emptying, and cleaning all gullies and drains.

Parish / Town / Road Start date Duration
Hauxton To be confirmed  
Harston  To be confirmed  
Foxton  To be confirmed  
Newton  To be confirmed   
Shepreth  To be confirmed  
Thriplow  To be confirmed  
Fowlmere  To be confirmed   
Melbourne  To be confirmed  
Heydon  To be confirmed   
Great Chishill  To be confirmed   
Little Chishill To be confirmed  
Meldreth To be confirmed   
A603 Wimpole to M11 To be confirmed  
A1301 Great Shelford to Stump Cross To be confirmed   
A1307 Cambridge City boundary to Haverhill To be confirmed  
A1307 Girton to Cambridge City boundary To be confirmed  
A1304 Six Mile Bottom To be confirmed  
A1303 Madingley to M11 To be confirmed  
A10 Royston to M11 To be confirmed  
A505 Royston to A11 To be confirmed  
A1198 Royston to A428 To be confirmed  
A1303 Cambridge to Newmarket To be confirmed  
A10 Lazy Otter to Milton roundabout To be confirmed  
A1134 Long Road Cambridge To be confirmed  
A1134 Perne Road Cambridge To be confirmed  
Bourn To be confirmed  
Caldecote To be confirmed  
Hardwick To be confirmed  
Toft To be confirmed  
Comberton To be confirmed  
Coton To be confirmed  
Grantchester To be confirmed  
Great Eversden To be confirmed  
Little Eversden To be confirmed  
Harlton To be confirmed  
Haslingfield To be confirmed  
Wimpole To be confirmed  
Orwell To be confirmed  
Barrington To be confirmed  
Whaddon To be confirmed  
Barton To be confirmed  
Kingston To be confirmed  

Roadwork and traffic information

Our interactive map gives you more detail on the latest roadworks, road closures and diversions. Works listed on this page are included.

Visit our road and traffic information page to access the map and instructions on how to use. Details of upcoming roadworks in PDF format are also provided.

The map uses data from Causeway one.network. Enter your road name and see the types of work happening today or in the next two weeks, three or twelve months.

You can also follow us on X (formerly Twitter) for updates on where we are working - @Cambs_Traffic

Can't find what you are looking for?

If you are unable to find a scheme on this page, it may be part of our reactive or cyclical maintenance programmes.

These works are more area based and include gully cleansing, road patching and public rights of way maintenance.

You can find out more about the county-wide road resurfacing programme on our Road improvements page.

FAQ

Please read through our frequently asked questions. If you are unable to find the answer please contact us.

The work area is the section of the road where our operatives will be working. The road closure area often extends beyond this to manage through traffic and divert it on to an alternative route. This helps us do the work quickly and efficiently, while keeping residents, road users and the workforce safe. 

If you receive information notifying you about a road closure, we will include a map which indicates both the work and road closure areas if these are different.

As the work involves heavy plant and equipment, we cannot guarantee you will be able to access your property without having to wait or access via the other end of the works.

If you normally drive into or out of the work area during the hours when the closure is in place, we may ask you to please make alternative arrangements.

We will often phase works to try to reduce the disruption this can cause, and the site team will be available to communicate with residents and businesses regarding this.

We will always maintain access to properties if it is safe to do so. Delays will sometimes be unavoidable when we must move machinery or equipment out of the way. We thank you for your patience and cooperation while this is done.

Work is phased to allow property access from at least one end of the road. Access may differ, depending on where we are working.

We place advance warning signs at the starting points of our works at least 14 days before the work starts.

We will inform residents and businesses which are located with the area of work, via letter or leaflet drop, at least 14 days in advance of work starting, wherever possible.

We try to keep noise to a minimum, and plan noisier working activities for earlier on in shifts where we are working at night in residential areas. However, the work is being delivered using heavy plant and machinery and this will cause noise and disruption whilst the work is on site, especially where we are working overnight. To try to limit this we:

  • Consider alternative ways of working, for example during the day, instead of night, when working in residential areas at the weekend.
  • Working reduced hours overnight. This approach often means a longer delivery programme, whereas working longer shifts will result in the work being completed quicker.
  • Working during the day whenever we can to reduce costs and disruption to residents during unsociable hours.

Contact

To report an issue with a road, please visit our report a highways fault page.

If you have any queries or require any additional information please email: Local.Highways@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Capital maintenance programme

For more information on the workstreams covered please visit our capital maintenance programme page