Wirral Council is expected to approve a plan for highway maintenance at an environment, climate emergency, and transport committee this week.

The funding for the road maintenance comes from a number of grants; Highways Maintenance funding, Bridge Maintenance funding, Key Route Network funding, and Pothole funding.

A grand total of £7,084,835 is expected to be spent on highways, footways, and bridges following additional pothole funding of £1.7m. £160,000 will be spent on Duke Street bridge and the council has produced a list of roads it believes most urgently need work.

A report before elected members said, “The highway network is continuing to deteriorate. Hence, without an effective structural maintenance programme targeted towards the highest priority locations, the network will deteriorate further.

“In such circumstances, the asset value will decrease and the costs of carrying out more significant maintenance interventions at a later date will be disproportionately higher.”

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