Tameside to invest £45m in road maintenance
Faced with the rising cost of reactive highway repairs, the council has approved tens of millions of pounds for proactive works.
Tameside Council will spend £45m over the next five years upgrading its roads, pavements, and other highway infrastructure like streetlights.
The push for more proactive maintenance will, the council hopes, reduce the amount spent on emergency repairs by around £85m over the next decade.
Since 2021, the cost of pothole repairs has risen 15%. While preventing potholes will be one focus of the fund, the cash will also be spent on maintaining bridges, retaining walls, gullies, and culverts
Cllr Laura Boyle, Tameside Council executive member for environmental services and neighbourhoods, said: “Our roads, pavements and street lighting are used by residents every day and keeping them safe and reliable is a key priority for the council.
“This investment allows us to move away from short‑term fixes and focus on long‑term improvements that reduce disruption, make better use of limited resources and protect the network for the future. These works will also benefit local people by supporting jobs and businesses, creating training and apprenticeship opportunities and investing back into our communities.”
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Now that Reform are breathing down their backs, looks like Tameside are getting their finger out..,
By Anonymous
Why not spend that money on public transport: then the roads will get less use and thus, less damage.
By Anon
Will Mossley be included?
By Anonymous
There should not be a problem with funding.When you consider how much money is paid to the UK government from road tax from private cars and commercial vehicles the money should not come out of Council Tax.
By Paul Griffiths
@Anon buses fly?
By Common Sense
Decades of neglect is causing a lot of the problem. Fixing them properly 1st time will save a lot of money, and better scheduling of repairs/maintenance so that roads being repaired aren’t dug up again the following week by some utility company and then poorly repaired by them
By Mr Obvious
Pity they can’t empty the bins
By Anonymous
No-one pays Road Tax.
By Bingo Card
I have noticed they are doing the pavements before sorting the potholes. The potholes need priority over the pavements.
By Anonymous
Whatever councils do some people will never be happy. Why can’t people accept that years of austerity mixed with people’s desire not to pay more tax have hamstrung all councils. Good services cost money, simple.
By Rob
Well not before time ,tameside council, should be ashamed with tge conditions of our streets and roads ,absolute appalling, so dangerous. The people responsible for highways in tameside ,should resign and hang their heads in shame ,so so dangerous for motorists, cyclists, motorbikes/ scooters, and most importantly disabled and non disabled pedestrians. Thank you A.S.
By Arthur Smith
Strange how suddenly they start repairing roads maybe worrying about next elections and there jobs
By Mikey
Will it all be spent in Ashton and Stalybridge as usual
By Anonymous
That’s very funny. Made a terrible mess of it so far. Estate roads just patched.
By Anonymous