It’s the job of Colas and the council to keep roads clear. Precautionary salting is carried out when we receive notification of icy conditions from the Met Office and local weather stations. Roads are treated mostly at night or in the early hours of the morning to avoid traffic. We would not advise clearing the roads yourself.
Colas concentrate on the roads agreed with the council to be priorities, such as the vital transport routes in and out of the city, major bus routes, and major routes to hospitals, schools, shopping centres and other public services. These are marked as priority 1 or priority 2 roads as follows:
Priority 1 roads
- A3
- Alfred Road
- Baffins Road
- Broad Street
- Clarence Parade
- Commercial Road
- Copnor Road
- Duisburg Way
- Eastern Parade
- Eastern Road
- Fratton Road
- Goldsmith Avenue
- Havant Road
- Henderson Road
- High Street
- Holbrook Road
- Hope Street
- Kingston Road
- London Road
- M275
- Market Way
- Milton Road
- Northern Parade
- Northern Road
- Osborne Road
- Park Road
- South Parade
- Southampton Road
- Southsea Terrace
- St George’s Road
- St Helen’s Parade
- Stamshaw Road
- Twyford Avenue
- Velder Avenue
- Western Road
- Winston Churchill Avenue
Priority 2 roads
- Airport Service Road
- Albert Road
- Allaway Avenue
- Avenue de Caen
- Bransbury Road
- Burrfields Road
- Campbell Road
- Central Road
- Chichester Road
- Church Street
- Clarence Esplanade
- Crookhorn Lane
- Deerhurst Crescent
- Devonshire Avenue
- Duisburg Way
- Dundas Spur
- Eastney Esplanade
- Elkstone Road
- Elm Grove
- Farlington Avenue
- Fawcett Road
- Festing Road
- Fitzherbert Road
- Francis Avenue
- Fratton Way
- Gladys Avenue
- Grove Road
- Grove Road South
- Gunstore Road
- Gunwharf Road
- Harleston Road
- Hayling Avenue
- Hempsted Road
- Highland Road
- Isambard Brunel Road
- James Callaghan Drive
- Jessie Road
- Jubilee Avenue
- Kings Road
- Kirby Road
- Knowsley Road
- Laburnum Grove
- Lake Road
- Langstone Road
- Lawrence Road
- Limberline Road
- Locksway Road
- Lonsdale Avenue
- Lower Farlington Road
- Lowestoft Road
- Ludlow Road
- Mablethorpe Road
- Malins Road
- Marmion Road
- Milton Road
- Moorings Way
- Museum Road
- Nelson Road
- New Road
- Norway Road
- Old Manor Way
- Park & Ride
- Peterborough Road
- Portland Road
- Portsdown Hill Road
- Portsmouth Road
- Portway
- Powerscourt Road
- Priory Crescent
- Quartremaine Road
- Queen Street Arundel Street
- Queens Road
- Robinson Way
- Rodney Road
- Southsea Esplanade
- Southsea Terrace
- Southwick Hill Road
- Spur Road
- St George’s Road
- St Mary’s Road
- Stanhope Road
- Station Road
- Stubbington Avenue
- Sultan Road
- Sywell Crescent
- Tangier Road
- Victoria Road South
- Walton Road
- Waverley Road
- Winter Road
In the case of heavy snowfall, once priority roads have been cleared, Colas will try to manually or mechanically clear other roads.
The M27 and the A27 trunk road are maintained by the government’s Highways England (HE). Portsmouth City Council and HE share responsibility for the M275.