Highways Section

Our team consists of a work force of approximately 30 employees, supplemented with various local contractors, who undertake the following services islands-wide:

• Planned and reactive maintenance
• Capital improvements for all roads
• Jetty and sea ramp maintenance
• Culvert replacement and maintenance
• General maintenance and repairs to bridges
• New Haven and Port Howard port maintenance
• Stanley Airport maintenance
• Waste management at Mary Hill and Megabid tips

 

Useful links for work undertaken by PWD Highways

Please note this service is for residential properties who do not have the means to dispose of bulk waste; this does not include general household rubbish. 

 

In the winter period the Highways Section has an agreed agreed Salt route. 

 

The weight limit of all roads is 38 tonnes in the summer with the majority of roads operating under a reduce weight limit of 15 tonnes during winter months. Exemptions from the weight limits ordinances can be applied for through the Roads Engineer.