FM Conway now fixes Bromley's roads, pavements, street lights and drains under three contracts worth an estimated £106m over six years from 1 July 2026.

The company fixing Bromley’s potholes, pavements, street lights and blocked gullies has changed. The council has awarded three new highway maintenance contracts to FM Conway, with a combined estimated value of £106 million over the life of the contracts. They began on 1 July 2026, run for six years, and carry the option of two further two-year extensions, which could keep the arrangement in place until 2036.

The award, announced by the council on 10 August, marks FM Conway’s return to the borough for the first time since 2018; the council describes it as renewing the company’s long-standing connection to Bromley.

What each contract covers

The work is split three ways. The major works contract covers planned maintenance of roads and pavements, urban regeneration and traffic schemes, drainage installation and both routine and reactive street lighting maintenance. The minor works contract handles routine, reactive and emergency maintenance across the borough’s highway assets, including the winter service, patching programmes and traffic management support. The third contract covers highway drainage cleansing: proactive and reactive maintenance of gullies, soakaways, manholes and drainage channels. (London Borough of Bromley, 10 August 2026)

Panel showing Bromley's three new highway contracts with FM Conway, worth an estimated £106 million combined, running six years from 1 July 2026 with optional extensions to 2036
Graphic by Bromley Online.

Councillor Simon Fawthrop, Executive Councillor for Transport and Highways, said “residents and motorists rightly expect high performance from our contractors, including in fixing potholes and the like”, adding that delivering the range of highway services needed for London’s largest borough is demanding. For the contractor, Matt Smith, FM Conway’s Managing Director for Term Maintenance, said: “We are very pleased to be returning to the London Borough of Bromley. This is a borough we know well.” (London Borough of Bromley)

What it means for you

Day to day, you should not need to do anything differently. Faults still get reported to the council, not the contractor, and the council is explicitly asking residents and highway users to keep reporting problems: its highway team monitors the condition of roads and pavements and raises fault reports, but resident reports remain part of how work gets prioritised. Potholes, broken street lights, flooded gullies and damaged pavements can all be reported through the council’s report-it pages.

The practical change is who turns up to do the work, and the length of the commitment: a six-year deal with extension options gives the borough a single set of contractors across planned resurfacing, emergency repairs, winter gritting support and drain clearance. If roadworks affect your street, our Bromley roadworks and travel page tracks current closures, and our parking in Bromley guide covers what suspensions mean when crews are working on your road.

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