City councillors have approved an additional investment of £600,000 to tackle repairs on even more roads across the city.
The extra funding will be split equally between the council’s current Small Resurfacing Scheme (SRS) and its main carriageway resurfacing programme.
In March this year, Swansea Council’s approved annual budget included investment totalling £6.5 million for highways maintenance.
The additional investment will now mean more than £7 million will be spent repairing some of the 1,100km roads in the city, and will help to maintain the Council’s efforts to tackle the backlog of repairs to roads.
Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, said: “In March, we approved a significant amount of our annual budget towards highway repairs for 2024/25.
“Roads earmarked for repairs during the next twelve months have been prioritised as part of our rolling five-year highway asset programme.
“The extra money we have now approved will take the investment for this year to more than £7 million and will ensure we can also deal with roads that have suffered the impact of a recent cold and wet winter period.”
The council says that during the previous year, more than nine kilometres of road were fully resurfaced, including Pentrepoeth Road, Morriston, and Gorwydd Road, Gowerton.
It says that more than 6,500 potholes were also filled in 2023 with almost all of them repaired within the 48hr repair pledge made by the Council.
Some of the overall budget for 2024/25 has already been put to good use with a number of key routes in the city benefitting from full resurfacing work. Roads include Cockett Road, Llwynmawr Road – Tycoch and a section of the A483 Penllergaer.
Cllr Stevens, added: “Our highways maintenance teams are continuing to tackle the worst sections of road in the city, working through the night in most cases to reduce disruption to motorists.
“The reality of maintaining roads, not just in Swansea, but around the country, is there is never enough money to tackle everything that needs attention. That’s why we prioritise our maintenance work to tackle roads assessed as being in the worst condition.
“Motorists and residents in Swansea can also do their bit by reporting road defects to us so we can consider appropriate repairs. Our pledge to fill potholes within 48hrs is regularly above 95% and teams have done excellent work, responding to the requests by residents.”
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