Our £12m road and pavement resurfacing programme has fixed more than 400 local streets across the borough of Bolton, over and above the Bolton Council’s existing annual maintenance work.
Set up in 2019, implemented by the first Conservative administration in 40 years, the scheme set aside £12m to deliver additional repairs on smaller residential streets across the borough that had been neglected by Bolton Labour.
In order to meet the key priorities of local residents, each ward was allocated £600,000 and local councillors were asked to list the roads in their area that were in most need of fixing. This ended the favouritism under Bolton Labour, which saw some areas get nothing, while others got hundreds of thousands of pounds.
With an original list of 270 streets, thanks to Conservative efficiency in spending, the programme has since exceeded its targets and 422 roads have been repaired as of March 2023.
The work has been done alongside several additional smaller repair and patching jobs.
Following the success of the scheme, Bolton Conservatives have delivered an additional £1m which has been set aside for further work with each ward set to receive £50,000.
The original £12m was identified in 2019 as extra funding targeted specifically at smaller residential roads in the borough, previously left to crumble under Bolton Labour. It is in addition to the council’s regular road maintenance budget which mainly focuses on major roads with the highest volume of traffic.
In the last year alone, the council has repaired over 6,300 individual defects and undertaken over 25 miles of carriageway repairs, including resurfacing works.
You can see a full list of roads and pavements we've resurfaced in the attachment at the bottom of this article.
Bolton Council Leader, Cllr Martyn Cox, said:
We know from speaking to local people that pothole repair is a top priority for our residents and for businesses.
Since 2019, our highways teams have gone above and beyond to complete £12m of additional repairs on more than 400 roads that were often overlooked for maintenance.
A key part of the repair scheme was engaging directly with communities to ensure the funding was used where it was needed most.
As a council, we will continue to prioritise the issues that Bolton cares about most.
