An extra £15.5million is being earmarked to help repair roads in Staffordshire this year, county council chiefs say.
The money will see around 9,000 more potholes fixed on top of the 35,000 repairs carried out.
Cllr David Williams, cabinet member for highways and transport at Staffordshire County Council, said there would also be “significant investment” in road surfaces nearing the end of their lifespan, with a focus on routes leading to and from major towns and cities in the region.
“Good roads are vital for communities and businesses to thrive.
“Maintaining and improving Staffordshire’s 6,000km of highways is very challenging, especially in light of rising costs and increasing road usage. This proposed extra investment will help keep our roads in good condition, as well as funding major projects that will help the connectivity of our county.
“However, we recognise that there is always more to be done and we continue to lobby central Government for the money necessary to keep Staffordshire’s roads in the condition we expect, and to ensure local communities and businesses are able to see the benefits of an improved highway network.”
Cllr David Williams, Staffordshire County Council
The cabinet at Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet will discuss the highways spending proposals at a meeting on 16th March.
Another year. Another statement from SCC – and we’ll wait another year for action to be taken on hazardous paving slabs by Burntwood Library.
And we will wait another 3 months or more for the potholes you reported to be fixed.
It is no longer a joke and the Conservatives, who promised much in their election leaflets less than 12 months ago, should stop taking voters for fools.
Having just received my council tax bill, and noted how much is going to SCC, I hope that this includes extra spending on the roads, which are steadily falling to pieces in this area. Considering how many times Trent Valley Road has been dug up over the last few months, I would have thought some relaying of the road surface was called for, instead of leaving it like a bomb site. Potholes have become a fact of life for most of us. Remind me which century we are living in.
I know, let’s find more good money to follow bad money and in therefore turn that good money bad too. Excellent work SCC. I doubt very much £15 million will even touch the sides of what is needed to bring the counties roads and paths up to standard. It’s basically £2.5k a kilometre which in todays market doesn’t seem much.
If they keep using the same stupid methods of assessing and repairing then we are doomed ? Why on earth do they insist on repairing 1 pothole and leave the others around it ! I’ll tell you why it’s a scam to make money. The repairs want bringing in house and employ local people to repair our local roads.
Quite so. Did SCC actually pay for the road repairs at the lights by Samuel Johnson hospital? If so, they should be suing the company responsible. The shoddy patching up that is the norm in road repairs these days is not fit for purpose.