MORE than 20 busy roads and residential streets are being resurfaced this year as part of a near-£6m road maintenance programme.
Ten projects in areas including Townhill, Gendros, Cwmbwrla, Caswell and Morriston have already been completed with another 11 earmarked for the coming months.
The maintenance programme follows a series of resurfacing schemes completed as part of last year’s plans. Roads completed included Townhill Road, Gellionnen Road and Cecil Road in Gowerton
In March this year, the Council’s Cabinet approved the overall investment for the city.
More than £2.6 million is being spent on the full resurfacing schemes taking place during the next 12 months. A further £1.1million will go towards the city-wide Small Resurfacing Schemes (SRS) programme – the scheme formerly known as PATCH that ensures road defects across the city are repaired.
All the highways projects are part of the Council’s long term five-year programme which runs from 2020-25.
Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, said the programme is already making a big difference in Swansea communities with busy main roads like Mumbles Road and Valley Way getting treatment as well as well-used residential streets like Middle Road in Gendros and Philip Street in Cwmbwrla.
He said: “We’ve got another 11 projects on the to-do list for the coming months including much-needed work on Junction 47 of the M4 at Penllergaer, Cwm Level Road in Landore and Pentrepoeth Road in Morriston.
“The work is on top of our potholes repair project which has seen around 5,000 reported to us by the public in the first six months of this year repaired within 48 hours.”
Cllr Stevens said: “The major resurfacing work we’re doing is part of our strategic plans to deal with roads in the city that are most in need of upgrades and are based on regular inspections by our highways teams.
“The SRS programme guarantees our maintenance teams will visit every ward in the city to repair larger defects we have identified through our inspection regime.”
