Road maintenance not carried out on 15 routes in Wolverhampton due to 'contractual issues' last year

Bosses said the routes in the city did not miss any resurfacing work, but what wasn't carried out was a measure to maintain the road-worthy use of repairs.

But they have reassured residents the roads will receive the full treatment in the 2023/2024 round of works despite coming under fire from a councillor.

Conservative Councillor Adam Collinge, who represents Oxley on the Labour-run council, said the delays were "intolerable" as he criticised the delay.

He said: "I have campaigned for local roads like Earlswood Crescent and Alderford Close to be put in the programme and they were agreed in 2021. Marsh Lane has been programmed since the year before. But still nothing and the delays appear to be city-wide, with other wards affected. Many roads are in poor condition, blighted by potholes."

Councillor Collinge added residents would not have confidence in the authority when their "local streets feel like an obstacle course and promised works are delayed.”

A spokesman for Wolverhampton Council said: “General resurfacing, repair and maintenance work on Wolverhampton’s road network was carried out as planned last year.

"Given the large amount of works carried out on the highways network, it is not unusual for a small number of proposed works to be rescheduled. Due to a contractual issue resulting in delays to some work being carried out at the necessary time of year, a total of 15 roads did not receive surface treatment as scheduled.

"Preparation work, including repairs and improvements were carried out on those roads which will receive the surface treatment to improve the longevity of any repair work as part of the 2023/24 programme."