Denbighshire: £4.8million road maintenance works to commence
This programme identified schemes for both 2025-26 and 2026-27 based on the total allocation of £4,780,699 for the two-year period from Welsh Government.
A programme of works has been developed to improve the carriageway surface on a number of roads in the county, with significant investment planned at A525 Nant Y Garth pass, A547 Abergele Road near Rhuddlan and Tynewydd Road in Rhyl.
The decision to approve the acceptance of the LGBI funding will allow Denbighshire County Council's Highways department to commence work on the programme straight away.
The council will be targeting this funding at improving the surface condition of carriageways on identified sections of the network during the two-year period of 2025-27.
Cllr Barry Mellor, the council's lead member for environment and transport, said: 'We know the improvement of the county's road network is a topic that comes up regularly from our residents.
'We are grateful to have this additional Welsh Government funding to supplement our own funding to help improve our roads.
'Our officers have worked hard to produce a mass programme of full resurfacing of carriageways for this funding.
'The work that will be carried out on our roads over the next two years will really help improve the network and driving experience for both residents and visitors to Denbighshire.'
The council said it will share more information on when and where road networks in the county will benefit from this programme in due course.
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