Cheshire east and utility companies don't work together like they use to,
As if they ever did.
There's so many contractors and sub contractors doing utility work these days to don't know who they are employed by.
Total mayhem.

of late January 2026, there is significant ongoing road disruption in Crewe and the surrounding area, with numerous, often overlapping, road closures due to repairs and utility works. While the exact total changes daily, dozens of locations are affected, leading to severe congestion.
Key closures and roadworks in the Crewe and surrounding area currently, or starting immediately, include:
Major Road Closures & Restrictions
A532 Weston Road, Crewe: One-way closure (eastbound) from the Service Road to A5020 David Whitby Way, lasting until 6th February.
A532 Oak Street, Crewe: Closed in both directions between A5078 Edleston Road and A5019 Mill Street, until 23rd January.
A530 Middlewich Road: Various closures and traffic lights between Crewe and Nantwich for ongoing works.
Gatefield Street, Crewe: Closed for roadworks, expected to last until 31st January 2026.
Union Street, Crewe: Access from Mill Street is closed to improve traffic flow, with access now via Edleston Road.
Wesley Place, Crewe: Closed to vehicles from 26th January to 6th February for drainage installation.
Lord Street, Crewe: Road closure scheduled until 31st March 2026.
Nantwich Bypass (Willaston): Road closure scheduled for roadworks until 16th February.
Surrounding Areas & Upcoming Work
B5077 Lawton Road, Alsager: Night-time closures (20:00-06:00) until 22nd January.
St Pauls Street, Crewe: Closed until 26th January.
Crewe Town Centre: Delamere Street and Market Street are scheduled for overnight closures for resurfacing between 17-22 February.
Severe Pothole Damage: Residents have reported major surface issues on Flag Lane, Sydney Road, Minshull New Road, Stewart Street, and Ruskin Road.
Motorists are advised to check one.network for live updates on specific closures and diversions.

Thank goodness someone else is eating out of the same bowl as me.
ShawryNo1 I've been bang on about this for month's ,
Steve Bratt wil tell you, sorry to bring it up again Steve 🥴😂😂.
I quite agree with you poor preparation leads to poor success.

More nonsense from our esteemed Council.
Blaming it on the weather yet again.
The weather is no worse than it was 40 years ago when a pot hole in the road made the local news.
The truth is they are incompetent, I wouldnt trust them to mend a puncture on a pushbike, never mind a pothole.
They should be sacked.
I could mend a pot hole better than them, its not rocket science.
Just condescending rubbish from a council that I can only assume think we are stupid.

West Street from Merrills Bridge to the Traffic lights at Dunwoody way is an absolute nightmare. With traffic parked all along one side and pot holes everywhere else. Many of them caused by the building work carried out when the “New Estate” was built on the site of the old works where the WALL came down. Why those builders were contracted to resurface the roads after is a mystery.

Don't forget Stewart st.

The council are ‘looking into them’ sounds like they are looking into the abyss which is the state of the council and the roads.
Over the festive period a drain/cover collapsed on oneside of Victoria Street in Crewe but rather than fix it the council have added yet another road closure but not in one direction but both despite the other direction being separated by a central reservation.
It feels like Crewe is closed to road traffic with the ever mounting road closures
Victoria Street; Gatefield Street; Wistation Road; Victoria Avenue; Heardman Street; Railway Street; Weston Road

The regulations requiring utility companies (gas, water, electricity, telecoms) to reinstate roadworks to their original condition—often summarized as "putting it back as they took it out"—are mandated under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) in the UK.
Key Details regarding the guarantee:
Current Guarantee: Under the statutory code of practice (SROH), companies are generally required to guarantee their permanent repairs for two years (or three years for deep excavations).
Proposed/Extended Guarantee: In 2019, the Department for Transport (under Transport Secretary Chris Grayling) proposed increasing this guarantee to five years to tackle potholes caused by poor reinstatement.
Current Status (2025): While the 5-year proposal was paused/backtracked in 2020, subsequent calls from the Transport Committee and the Pothole Partnership (2025-2026) have urged the government to enforce a 5-year warranty on repairs.
Scotland Exception: As of October 2023, Scotland introduced a 6-year guarantee for permanent reinstatement.
The goal of these regulations is to ensure that if a road surface fails (e.g., a pothole forms) within the guarantee period, the utility company must return to repair it at their own expense.

It beggars belief,
Go along broad Street and stop by the kings cross kebab chippy,
At the side of the chippy which to me is not a road but a dirt track, it's littered with pot holes,
And guess what they have put tarmac in some of them, WHAT ARE THEY THINKING ABSOLUTELY MADNESS.
it's more than likely this is an unnamed street, or Road , whatever it's a dirt track.
As I said in my early response to road maintenance CHESHIRE EAST HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE.
I watched worker trying to fill pot holes in the rain absolutely pathetic waste of money.

I don't believe your complainant. How big was the hole - or how fast was the car going - for a brand new tyre to be destroyed in one impact? If you can't see and stop for a hole bad enough to do that there's something wrong with either your eyesight, reactions or speed. If you can't avoid these how would you avoid a small child? There's nothing in the Audlem photo that would do any damage even if it does look a mess. The other photo is Hungerford Road and I drive over it regulary without damage. A sudden influx of unsolicited comments to a news site usually means an organised campaign, I wonder who would be doing that? Yes the council's privatised contractors are hopeless - but it's the utility companies who do most of the damage so where is the organised campaign about them? How many readers know that the council can spend a fortune doing a full rebuild of a road for a 20 year life (like Remer Street recently) and a utility company can get it's lowest bidder contractors to dig it up and only has to give a 2 year warranty on the repair after which any further repairs are paid for out of your taxes. Why not start a campaign about that?