£4 million on resurfacing the roads this year

The council is spending £4 million this financial year on resurfacing works on a number of roads across the borough.

The figure was revealed today (29 June) on the 50^th anniversary of the opening of Angouleme Way, one of the town’s key arterial roads which was named after one of Bury’s twin French towns.

It takes the council’s spend on resurfacing, preventative maintenance and pothole repairs over the six-year year period 2017 to 2023 to £20 million.

There are planned improvements at:

• Moorway, Ramsbottom
• Westgate Avenue, Ramsbottom
• Buckingham Drive, Bury West
• West Avenue, Whitefield
• Bass Lane, Ramsbottom
• Albert Street, Ramsbottom
• Tor Avenue, Ramsbottom
• Bury Old Road, Radcliffe
• Walmersley Road, Ramsbottom
• Bury Bridge – Ring Road West, Bury
• Pilkington Way / New Road, Radcliffe
• Bolton road, Radcliffe
• Rochdale Old Road, Bury

Schemes under way or committed to:

• Moorgate Junction, Derby Way
• Wood Road Lane, Ramsbottom
• Radcliffe Road, Bury East
• Cornwall Drive, Bury East
• Glebelands Road, Prestwich
• Park Road, Prestwich
• Derby Way, Bury East

Works already completed this financial year: Lever Street, Radcliffe; Alma Street, Radcliffe; Meadowcroft, Radcliffe; Walshaw Road, Bury; Harlech Avenue, Prestwich; Hastings Road , Prestwich; Hillcrest Road, Prestwich; Ravensway, Prestwich; Sandy Meade, Prestwich; Heywood Road, Prestwich; Westminster Avenue, Radcliffe; Woodhill Road, Bury West; Alston Street, Bury West; Mitchell Street, Bury West; Stewart Street, Bury West; Woodbank Drive, Bury West; Monmouth Avenue, Bury East; Mosley Avenue, Bury East; Tennyson Avenue, Bury East; Townside Row, Bury East.

Councillor Alan Quinn, cabinet member for the environment, climate change and operations, said: “The condition of our roads is one of the main concerns that Bury residents have.

“Bury should receive around £5/6m per year from the Department of Transport to keep our 660km of road network in what’s called a ‘standstill state’. This money also should cover pavements, bridges and other structures; however, since 2010, we’ve received about a third of that amount.

“Despite the many years of chronic underfunding, we have taken advantage of historically low interest rates and borrowed £20 million to invest in Bury’s roads, and that is where the lion’s share of these road improvements has come from..”

ENDS

Press release issued: 29 June 2021.