Full list of 27 Staffordshire roads to benefit from £60m improvement investment
A £60m investment in Staffordshire’s highways over the next three years will include £15m to fix more potholes and help prevent defects forming in the first place.
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Staffordshire County Council’s road programme will include more than 450 preventative carriageway maintenance schemes, totalling 1.4m square metres in 2025/26, as well as more than £1m of work to repair highway drainage.
The additional £15m will be used to fund an additional JCB Pothole Pro and crew, alongside a preventative maintenance programme. And £12m has been earmarked for schemes to improve road safety across the county, including crossings, traffic calming measures and improved pedestrian and cycle access.
Cabinet members were given details of the investment programme at their latest meeting. Councillor Mark Deaville, cabinet member for strategic highways, said: “Good roads are essential to us all and this council understands the importance of our highways.
“The extra money we invested last year was money well spent and that money has really paid dividends. As we come out of one of the wettest winters on record, we’re in a good position to fix more roads with the same urgency and same focus as last year’s recovery plan.
“This additional money we’re investing means we’re able to build on last year’s successful programme to fix more roads and to really make a difference. It’s not just about fixing roads though – other really important improvements that improve road safety, ease congestion and enable economic growth are our key priorities.
“The investment over the next 12 months is made up of £10.5m to deliver 13 major structural maintenance and resurfacing schemes and over £20m to provide 471 roads across the county with best value preventative maintenance treatments, with a further £1.9m for the treatment of our footways. A further £11m (is) to repair an additional 14,000 existing potholes and defects – that’s on top of the 36,000 potholes repaired in the last 12 months.
“A really important part of our work is our integrated transport improvements that improve road safety. Examples include a 40mph speed reduction in Hanchurch which is very well received by residents, the introduction of a 30mph scheme through The Blythe near Uttoxeter and I’m delighted to see the provision of a pedestrian crossing in Upper Tean.”
Roads included in the structural maintenance programme for 2025/26
Tape Street roundabout junctions for B5032 Ashbourne Road and Chapel Street, Cheadle
A520 Cheadle Road / Main Road between A522 Cheadle Road and A520 50mph exiting Wetley Rocks south, Wetley Rocks
B5368 Lower Milehouse Lane Morrisons junction area and approaches, Cross Heath, Newcastle
A34 Lichfield Road (excludes neighbouring drainage element) between Riverway and Queensville Avenue, Stafford
A34 Lichfield Road (drainage element) between Queensville Avenue and Queensville Rail Bridge, Stafford
A5187 Station Road, including Railway Street roundabout, between roundabout and railway station entrance, Stafford
A513 Beaconside (Paton Drive junction), Stafford
A5121 Derby Road Phase 2 (Derby Turns Roundabout and Horninglow Road North hotspot) between Horninglow Road North and Derby Turns Roundabout, Burton
B5018 Union Street Crossroad between junction of New Street and junction of Orchard Street/Moor Street, Burton
B4154 Walsall Road between Norton Green Lane and Betty’s Lane, Norton Canes
D3106 Frog Lane between St John Street and Castle Dyke, Lichfield
A4091 Coleshill Street (Inclusive of B5404 Island and approaches) between Watling Street and Brook End, Fazeley
A0513 / B5493 Upper Gungate/Aldergate from Comberford Road to Lichfield Street, Tamworth
Roads included in the 2025/26 Structural Drainage Programme
Chemical Lane, Newcastle
Meadow Way, Baldwins Gate
Barr Hill, Madeley
Crooked Bridge Road, Stafford
Hilderstone Road, Meir Heath
Hollybush Road, Newborough
Yoxall Road, Newborough
Rumer Hill Road, Cannock
Holly Lane, Great Wyrley
Station Road, Four Ashes
Brickhouse Lane, Elford
Vicarage Road, Calf Heath
Straight Mile, Calf Heath
