Council confirms £10m allocated for highways improvements

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Cheshire East Council is to invest a further £10m in highway improvements over the coming year.

This highway investment programme is included in the council's approved budget for 2017/18, to continue work to improve the condition of Cheshire East's roads.

The Council has spent £35m on road improvements over the last three years, with reports of road defects reducing from 17,000 in 2012/13 to just over 4,000 in 2015/16.

Councillor David Brown, deputy leader of Cheshire East Council and cabinet member for highways and infrastructure, said: "We are committed to continue to utilise available budgets to ensure the right road treatment is planned, in the right location and done at the right time.

"Based on Department for Transport statistics, Cheshire East's roads showed the greatest improvement in condition in the North West in 2015, with 'A' and 'B' roads improving by three per cent and 'C' roads by six per cent, compared with 2013."

The council is on track to qualify for further government 'incentive funding' worth £870,000, with the potential for increased funding in 2018/19.

The council's highways online reporting 'tools' can be used to report and track any highways issues.

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