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The city council is the highway authority for Salford.

Highways include publicly-adopted roads and footpaths within the city boundary. The majority of roads and paths are covered by highway maintenance but some are privately owned or are maintained by other council departments.

You may request a variety of council services online

Seen some fly tipping? Broken street light? Dangerous pavement? No problem! You can now report all these and more from a single point of access on our website, and at a time that suits you. Visit our service request form.

The council is responsible for carrying out repairs and for administering highway legislation via the Highways Act 1980 and the New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) 1991. This includes:

Planned maintenance: resurfacing and renewal of road markings
Reactive maintenance: dealing with minor defects including potholes or other dangerous damage
Highway drainage: clearing blocked highway gullies and drainage channels
Obstructions: enforcement of highway legislation contained in the Highways Act 1980
Licensing: granting of permissions for use of areas of highway (eg scaffolding, hoardings, road opening permits, events on the highway)
Surveys: carrying out of visual and machine condition surveys of the highway network
Street works: liaison with various utilities organisations (e.g gas, electricity, water, telecoms) or other authorised bodies carrying out work within the highway. Enforcement under NRSWA