Boost for vital highways maintenance
West Berkshire Council secures £1.3 million boost in Government funding for vital highways maintenance
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The wheels of progress are set to roll smoother in West Berkshire as national Government allocates a total of £1.3million in highways maintenance funding to West Berkshire Council.
Split over two financial years, the funding is courtesy of the Department for Transport (DfT) and is part of the Government's grand £8.3 billion plan for nationwide highways improvement from 2023 to 2024.
An initial timely injection of £679,000 has been dedicated to various highways maintenance and improvement initiatives such as filling potholes, resurfacing, the installation of new road markings, and the replacement of traffic signs and signals.
The commitment doesn't stop there; we can expect a repeat of this financial boost, with another £679,000 earmarked for the 2024/25 financial year.
Councillor Denise Gaines, Executive Member for Highways, Housing and Sustainable Travel at West Berkshire Council, expressed enthusiasm, saying:
"The announcement of this additional funding is hugely positive and whilst we welcome these grants, a fully funded local government settlement offer would allow us to better plan for our needs across our district.
"We are ready to accelerate our planned maintenance works across the district and start on impactful highways projects paving the way for smoother, safer roads, ensuring our residents benefit from well-maintained highways and save road users the inconvenience and financial burden of costly repairs."
The funding will be used to prioritise the following list of roads for maintenance over 2024/25:
Road Name | Parish | Start Location | End Location |
B4009 Haw Lane (Four Points) | Aldworth | Westridge Green | Four Points Crossroads |
Long Bottom Road | Basildon | Palmers Hill | Ashampstead Road |
A4 Beenham Dual C'way | Beenham | A340 Aldermaston Wharf Roundabout | End of Dual C'way |
B4494 Wantage Road | Brightwalton | Unnamed Road to Copperage Road | Unnamed Road from A338 to B4494 |
Crookham Common Road | Brimpton | Surface Change Approx. 100m West of Brimpton Road | Hyde End Lane |
Unnamed Road known as Bucklebury Road | Bucklebury | Bucklebury Ford | Pot Kiln Lane |
Burghfield Road | Burghfield | Berrys Lane | Reading Borough Boundary |
Field Farm Road | Burghfield | Mill Road | End |
Church Lane | Chieveley | High Street | End |
Priors Court Road | Chieveley | A34 Slip On | B4009 Hermitage |
B4000 Baydon Road | East Garston | A338 Junction (Nr The Pheasant PH) | Unnamed Road from Baydon Road to Poughley |
Unnamed Road from Craven Arms PH to Hamstead Marshall | Hamstead Marshall | Wheatlands Lane | Watery Lane |
Templeton Road | Kintbury | Hungerford Road | Inkpen Road |
Baydon Road | Lambourn | Crowle Road | Ermin Street |
Waller Drive | Newbury | Turnpike Road | Pindar Place |
Green Lane | Pangbourne | A340 | Bere Court Road |
Yattendon Road | Pangbourne | Gardeners Lane | Pangbourne Hill |
Princes Lane | Peasemore | Mud Lane | Northfields |
A329 Purley Rise | Purley-on-Thames | Sulham Lane | Surface Change 100m West of Beech Road |
Birch Lane | Stratfield Mortimer | West End Road | End |
A4 Bath Road | Sulhamstead | A4/A340 Roundabout | Start of Padworth Dual C'Way |
Brunel Road | Theale | Station Road | Waterside Drive |
A340 The Street | Tidmarsh | Strachey Close | Green Lane |