16/09/2019 - Permalink

£7.3m of government funding helps Shropshire Council to improve county’s roads

Related topics: Highways, transport and environmental maintenance

Dozens of roads across Shropshire are being maintained and repaired, thanks to more than £7 million of Government funding that was awarded to Shropshire Council late last year.

In November 2018, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced that an additional £7.3 million would be provided to the council for highways maintenance, in addition to funding previously allocated through the government’s Pothole Action Fund.

Shropshire Council has used this additional funding to carry out ongoing and much-needed resurfacing work, and remove many potholes from the county’s road network, such as the work carried out at Princess Drive in Bridgnorth, shown below.

Photos of Princess Drive in Bridgnorth before and after maintenance work

Steve Davenport, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for highways and transport, said:

“We welcome any additional funding from central government to support improvements to the county’s highways network. This £7m of funding is helping us to maintain a large number of roads and tackle a great deal of potholes across the county, and people will see significant improvements to many local roads as a result.”

The following highways maintenance schemes are being delivered using the DfT funding:

Southeast Shropshire

  • A458 at Morville Heath
  • B4555 at Knowle Sands
  • Princess Drive, Bridgnorth
  • Muckley Cross to Beaconhill
  • Park View, Broseley
  • B4375 Bethnal Lane to Jack Mytton Way
  • B4363 Kinlet Bank End to B4555 Junction Norton End
  • C4226 Oakwood Road, Bent Lane to Hillside Junction

Southwest Shropshire

  • B4499 Hogstow Bank
  • B4364 Bromdon A489 Plowden
    Rockhill to Llwyn Road Junction
  • Listley Street, Bridgnorth
  • B4371 Church Stretton to Divisional Boundary
  • Bank Farm Road, Riplet
  • Clee Stanton to Riplet
  • Bedlam Raod, Bitterley
  • Callow Lane, Bromlow
  • Wotherton to Rorrington
  • Burnt House Bank, Clee St Margaret
  • Harton Junction to Eaton Cottage Junction
  • Balaams Heath Junction to Divisional Boundary
  • B4368 Junction to Rowe Lane Junction
  • Broncroft Junction to Tugford
  • Balaams Heath to Tugford
  • Sandy Lane to Beambridge Junction
  • Clee St Margaret to Stoke Bank

Central Shropshire

  • Drury Lane, Hope
  • Pump House Lane, Chavel
  • The Portway, Picklescott

Northeast Shropshire

  • A53 at Stanton Upon Hine Heath
  • A41 at Bletchley Southbound
  • A442 Espley Roundabout to Radmoor Farm Junction, Hodnet
  • Chatwell Lane, A41 to Chadwell.
  • Mill Green
  • U3244 Peplow
  • A49 Hadnall to Sandy Lane
  • A41 Bletchley Dual Carriageway End to Junction B5065 to Wem
  • A49 Hinton Bank Roundabout to County Boundary
  • B5476 Tilstock Roundabout to Tilstock 30mph sign
  • B5476 Broughton crossroads to Wem
  • B5063 Junction with B3476 to Junction with A49
  • Staffordshire Boundary, Doley to Marsh Lane Junction

Northwest Shropshire

  • B5068 at St Martins
  • Shrewsbury Road, Baschurch
  • Weston Road, Oswestry
  • C1019 at St Martins
  • A528 Cockshutt to Burlton