See every road in Wolverhampton set to be resurfaced this year
Wolverhampton City Council has published a full list of roads and footways which are set to be resurfaced and maintained this year at a cost of over £9million.
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All councils which are responsible for road maintenance have been told by central government to get on with fixing the country’s potholes.
From June 30 2025, all councils must publish how much is spent on the roads, how many potholes are fixed and the condition of the roads.
The government has promised an extra £500 million for highway maintenance over the coming year, but if councils do not set out how they are using the funds, a quarter of it could be withheld.
Wolverhampton City Council maintains 460 miles of road and over 800 miles of footway across the network.
It says a budget of £9.2 million for the highways capital programme for 2025/26 was backed by an additional £500,000 council investment to help fix and prevent surface defects.
The authority says the funding will see ‘dozens of roads and footways across the city given a new lease of life’.
The highways capital programme also funds road safety and traffic management work, upgrades to car parks, streetlighting upgrades and more.
Below is a full list of approved improvement plans for 2025/26.
Road resurfacing
Cannock Road from Stafford Steet to Springfield Road
Wood End Road – Roundabout to Amos Lane
A4039 Millfields Road
Whitgreave Avenue – Roundabout at Leacroft Avenue
Ruskin Avenue – Entire length
Hall Lane from Hurst Road to Robert Wynd
Surface treatment
Fairview Road
Blackhalve Lane from Cannock Road to City boundary
A449 – Penn Road from southbound roundabout Penn Road to end of the dual carriageway near Lonsdale Road
Birches Barn Road from Bradmore Road to roundabout Stubbs Road
Rookery Street from roundabout Well Lane to Rookery Bridge
Springhill Lane from Warstones Road to City boundary (Wynne Crescent)
Bhylls Lane from Langley Road to Castlecroft Road
B4484 – Pear Tree Lane from roundabout Blackhalve Lane to Cannock Road
Birchfield Avenue and Nethy Drive
Cockshutts Lane
Downing Close
Bilston Road from Moseley Road to Keyway
Elston Hall Lane from Short Road to Three Tuns Lane
Millfields Road from Manor Road to Tarmac Road
Wellington Road from no.121 to Stowheath Lane East Park
Moseley Road from Willenhall Road to Waite Road
A41 Wellington Road from Prouds Lane to Mount Pleasant
Lichfield Street from Bow Street to Mount Pleasant
Merridale Road from Chapel Ash to Oaks Crescent Park/Graiseley
A41 Bilston Road from eastbound roundabout Ring Road to Commercial Road
Footway programme
Bradmore Road from Broad Lane to Jeffcock Road
Broad Lane from Trysull Road to roundabout Finchfield Road
Penn Road from the end of the dual carriageway near Lonsdale Road to Pennhouse Avenue
Cannock Road from the roundabout at The Scotlands to the roundabout at Park Lane
Hilton Road
Myatt Avenue
Mostyn Street
Swinford Road
Bloomsbury Street
Penhallow Drive
Henwood Road Service Road from 29 to 157
Pountney Street
Little Pountney Street
Lowe Street
Tyninghame Avenue
Ednam Road
Sherrans Dell
Councillor Qaiser Azeem, the council’s cabinet member for transport and green city, said: “The Local Government Association recently pointed out the backlog of local carriageway repairs in England and Wales now stands at nearly £17 billion and may take more than a decade to fix.
“City of Wolverhampton Council is responsible for more than 460 miles of road and over 800 miles of footway.
“We carry out thousands of repairs to potholes every year, which have to be prioritised on the risk they present to highway users and the potential for further deterioration.
“Alongside this we have a programme of road surfacing work informed by condition surveys and inspections, identifying where improvements can make the most difference to help reduce the need for reactive repairs in the long run.
“City of Wolverhampton Council takes its responsibility very seriously and is investing heavily in road improvements for 2025/26 through its £9.2million highways capital programme, bolstered by an additional £500,000 on top to help repair and prevent potholes.”
