Cheshire East Council has received the maximum capital funding allocation from central government for highway repairs and flood resilience across the borough.
An allocation of £533,171 has been awarded, earlier than expected, which will enable the council to increase its capital investment programme for road improvements for the 2019-20 financial year.
The money is allocated from the £50m pothole and flood resilience action fund, distributed by the Department for Transport, to highways authorities throughout the country.
The funding will also enable the council to address further issues relating to flooding of highways and footways.
Frank Jordan, Cheshire East Council executive director of place, said: "This funding is to be welcomed at a time when the spring and summer seasons present the most suitable conditions for our highways service to carry out road surface repairs.
"The council's focus will be on structural maintenance and preventative treatments. This will enable us to do more permanent resurfacing work where that scale of work is most needed.
"Following this funding allocation, our programme of highways works for 2019-20 will now be updated and full details will be published on the council's website."
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I’m pretty sure that part of Fulshaw Park is private road so any repairs would fall to the residents.
Tory Government are worried that their Councillors will lose control of Cheshire East and Wilmslow knowing they've failed the area as much as they've failed us Nationally.
I'll believe it once I see the roads repaired, - I still remember money promised on the side of a bus to the NHS!
One of the reasons I'm standing for the first time is that I'm sick of poor traffic planning and badly managed roadworks, plus the added expenditure on repairs to my car due to potholes! When I speak to family, friends and neighbours they share this frustration.
Expect more of these stories in the next few weeks leading up to the May elections.
Our road surface is now in a dire state and is in need of major resurfacing. It is now in a dangerous state and the Council should be thoroughly ashamed to treat its Council tax paying residents so shabbily.
Hopefully, when RoWs David Jefferay is elected on 2nd May he will endevour to obtain resurfacing for the Cedar Way residents.
I discussed it with a Cedar Way resident when I was canvassing 4 years ago and again a few months ago with a different resident when RoW had a stall at the artisan market. As town councillor, I've not been able to do anything though as it's outside of wtc's remit.
By the way, all residents (bar 1) paid £1,000 each for the work irrespective of their frontage, based on the majority of damage to roads being done by the refuse trucks which come to every house. I am glad now that our roads have not been adopted!
Who is going to look after this money ???
Trust Private Eyes's Rotten Boroughs column keeps a watchful eye on "forthcoming events".
I would have thought you would have welcomed any improvement for residents.
The setting in 2019 is outside the Conservative MP's constituency office.
The cast: unknown "local residents", a Conservative Cheshire East Councillor, a Conservative Town Councillor and a prospective Conservative candidate.
The plot: a short section of the footpath outside the constituency office gets new tarmac; much of the rest of Moor Lane pavement is left with poor utility re-instatements, uneven surfaces and holes. The nation is divided.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
I have had many doorstep conversations recently from residents in this area who tell me Cheshire East has ignored their requests for years to do road improvements on their street.
Obviously, I can now tell them they just need to get their local MP to move next door for it to get done.
how many appearances is that recently 23 / 24 ?? .. must be a record .. Is there an 'Eye-award' they are after ?
For example, Cedar Way; this road has been consistently ignored by the Highways management for at least 25 years, despite the residents pleading for overdue repairs and with the then Borough councillor equally ignoring his now lost voters pleas.
Hopefully a change of council control after the 2nd May will bring some long overdue relief to Cedar Way's residents. And for others who may have suffered the same level of council concern!