An extra £25m to renew Wales' major roads and prevent around
30,000 road defects and potholes has been announced by the Welsh
Government.
The funding boost will see an extra 100km of the strategic road
network resurfaced in the new financial year. Roads that are most
in need of repairs will be renewed, with thousands of potholes
fixed.
Since 2021 the Welsh Government has spent more than £81m on
resurfacing around 321km of roads on the trunk network across
Wales. Combined with the forecasted spend for 2025-26 this means
that by the end of this Senedd term £118m will have been spent to
repair more than 500km of road defects and potholes.
Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales said:
“It is crucial that we fix our roads.
“I'm delighted to be announcing a further £25m of funding to help
support a comprehensive refurbishment programme to improve the
future resilience of our strategic roads network and prevent
potholes.
“We are already working hard to fill potholes and renew, as fast
as possible, key sections of our road network, but this
additional funding will help to accelerate this work.”
Mr Skates has also pledged to announce details of new financial
support for councils to fix more local roads. Details of the
scale of support are due to be revealed in the coming weeks and
will help fix potholes across Wales.
He added:
“On rail we're delivering £800m of new trains and on buses we're
going to legislate to take control of routes and timetables. On
roads and pavements, we are demonstrating real commitment to
fixing potholes as we seek to renew and enhance connections
between communities.”
