There could be a big cash boost for repairing roads and fixing potholes after county councillors agreed to invest £10 million into improving roads across the county.
Next year, the council will invest £10 million towards delivering a £100 million four-year commitment to continue improving Gloucestershire roads, with a greater focus in 2025/26 on tackling rural roads. This year they will also invested a further £1 million to resurface five extra roads.
The investments have funded an extensive resurfacing programme, with teams working night and day, all year round, to resurface roads in the county’s urban and rural areas.
Since April 2024 the county council has made 51,037 safety critical repairs including potholes. In addition, they’ve fixed more than 28,402 smaller potholes before they developed into safety issues.
During this financial year Gloucestershire County Council has treated more than 130 roads with resurfacing and surface dressing, covering more than 100 miles of the county’s roads.
Cllr Stephen Davies, Leader of Gloucestershire County Council said:”We’re celebrating the big 100 and we’re not stopping there, we’re investing £100 million to improve more than 130 roads across more than 100 miles of our. We’re racing to improve as many roads as possible and create better journeys for everyone Gloucestershire.”
