Buckinghamshire Highways Resilient Network Plan 2025

Buckinghamshire Highways is actively working to understand and manage the risks that climate change poses to its road network. With more frequent extreme weather events such as flooding, heatwaves, and storms, the council is taking a coordinated, data-driven, and community-focused approach to ensure its highways remain safe, reliable, and resilient. These changes have prompted the evolution of well-established and proven winter services to a more holistic resilient network approach, accounting for a broader range of risks.

Resilience is embedded across the council through a “One Council” approach. This means all departments work together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents. Buckinghamshire Highways also works closely with external partners, including the Environment Agency, Met Office, and utility companies, through the Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum (TVLRF). Participating in the TVLRF ensures that our response to emergencies and severe weather events are coordinated with the necessary parties and provides a structured way to share information and lessons learnt, all of which improve the county’s ability to respond quickly and effectively to incidents.