More of Swansea’s streets are in line for resurfacing after the council signed off £14.5m for the city’s roads.
Cabinet has approved further highways funding, which the council said built on a wider commitment of more than £12m for resurfacing, repairs and potholes — taking total investment to around £14.5m in 2026-27. The authority described it as a record level of investment.
The decision follows the extra £2m for the city’s roads the council set out earlier this month, which has now been formally approved.
The council said almost 4,600 potholes had been filled in the first five months of this year, alongside resurfacing schemes across the city.
It said recent resurfacing had included Cwm Level roundabout, Wimmerfield Drive in Killay, Roseland Road in Waunarlwydd, and Vardre Road in Clydach, along with streets in Uplands and Morriston.
The council said further work was planned through its small resurfacing programme, with schemes scheduled in Gowerton, Penclawdd, Mayals and Bishopston.
It said the latest funding would pay for more carriageway resurfacing, junction improvements and urgent smaller repairs, helping to tackle a backlog of maintenance.
Cllr Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, said residents wanted to see real improvements to the condition of the city’s roads.
“This record level of investment is helping us deliver that,” he said. “People are already seeing resurfacing and repair work taking place in communities right across Swansea, and thousands of potholes have been fixed in recent months.”
He said the latest funding would allow the council to do more in the year ahead, meaning “more resurfaced roads, more local repairs and a continued focus on the areas that matter most to residents.”
Cllr Stevens also acknowledged that the council’s approach to potholes was, in many cases, a stopgap.
“Our commitment to pothole repairs, for example, is to provide a temporary fix for problem places while we plan more full repairs at a later date,” he said.
He added that the investment also supported longer-term work to make the road network more resilient, including drainage and flood prevention.
The funding comes after the council’s wider road repair blitz earlier this year, when it said new resurfacing crews had been brought in to step up the programme.
The council said further schemes would be confirmed as the programme continued.
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