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BBC News
20-04-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Staffordshire road repair fund awarded almost 16m
A government windfall of £15.6m has been awarded to Staffordshire County Council to enable it to repair more roads. The funding was welcomed by councillors, but one senior member has warned of a funding shortfall in the long term. The Local Transport Grant came after the council's cabinet approved a £60m investment in the county's highways over the next three years. This includes £15m to fix more potholes. Councillor Mark Deaville, cabinet member for strategic highways, said it would take a doubling of the current level of government funding over a 20-year period to address the current national maintenance backlog."It's good news, but challenges will undoubtedly remain with regard to maintenance of our highways," he said. Cabinet members heard that £5m would be used to increase the number of crews on sites repairing roads. It will include funding for a second machine for pre-patching and pre-surface dressing, which can also be used for general maintenance and repairs. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
16-02-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Repair scheme set to begin on Newcastle-under-Lyme link road
A week-long highway improvement scheme is due to begin on a road in Staffordshire on Monday, according to the local on the B5367 Knutton Lane to Silverdale Road Link junction in Newcastle-under-Lyme will include resurfacing as well as replacement of damaged kerbs and £100,000 scheme is being carried out by Staffordshire County Council which has urged people to avoid parking vehicles in the area of the works between 07:30 and 17:00 road is due to be closed for a short period for the resurfacing, but access to properties will be maintained where possible, the council says. Councillor Mark Deaville said good roads were essential for the local economy, and that the council was investing more than £50m in its highways over the next three years."It's great to see another important scheme get under way," he said. "I'm sure the smoother journeys will be welcomed by everyone who uses the road."He added crews would do their best to keep disruption to a minimum and thanked people in advance for their patience. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
06-02-2025
- Climate
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Pothole repairs up 30% in Staffordshire
A campaign to improve roads in Staffordshire has seen an average of 153 potholes repaired a day during the past 10 months, a council has year, Staffordshire County Council announced £8m of investment to get road defects repaired more quickly alongside other improvements.A council meeting heard there had been a 30% increase in the number of potholes repaired since April 2024, compared to the same period the previous the start of the Highway Recovery Plan, teams have also cleaned about 35,000 gullies and carried out 2,600 drainage repairs in the county. James Bailey, assistant director for highways, also told committee members last week that the number of gullies cleaned out had increased by 20%.Councillor Mark Deaville, cabinet member for strategic highways, said there was a "lot more work to do" but the campaign to fix roads was "still going ahead at speed" across the county. "We're making great progress and there is a tremendous amount of work being done since we launched the recovery programme back in March last year," he said."By the end of this financial year we will have repaired 35,000 potholes, which is a tremendous improvement on last year, and we will have emptied 60,000 gullies."Deaville added the authority had also completed 37 road resurfacing schemes and 587 roads had also been surface added teams were "putting more emphasis" on drainage as potholes were generally caused by water getting into the authority was looking to put more resources into finding and repairing serious and long-standing drainage problems and would work more closely with residents and landowners, he said. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
