£40million road repairs list agreed for Cambridgeshire

Councillors have set out the roads in Cambridgeshire set to be fixed this year.

A further £40million has been pledged to pay for road and footpath maintenance.

However, the county council has warned there is "never enough" to fix everything.

Below are the roads and footpaths prioritised for repairs in 2024.

Councillor Alex Beckett, transport lead for Cambridge, said he was grateful for the additional investment, but knows not everyone will be happy:

"It is brilliant to be able to add this amount of money, [but] it is never enough.

"This investment, while it is double pretty much what we would normally spend on highways maintenance, it still only affects about one-per cent of the network, so it is never going to be enough to do everything and to reverse the decades of decline that we have had.

"However, I really do believe that this level of investment will help make a marked difference and for the first time in a long time get us out of managed decline and actually be able to keep our roads still, and hopefully be going in a positive direction."

Photo: £40million further investment for road and footpath repairs in Cambridgeshire

Cambridge

• £120,000 – Footway repairs to various city centre footways
• £40,000 – Footway resurfacing along Mill End Road
• £651,000 – Phase one of footway resurfacing the estate including Suez Road, Hobart Road, Madras Road, and Marmora Road
• £552,000 – Carriageway resurfacing along Newmarket Road from Barnwell Road roundabout to Meadowlands Road (linked with a Greater Cambridge Partnership scheme)

East Cambridgeshire

• £288,000 – Footway resurfacing along New Barns Avenue, in Ely, for the section from Cemetery junction to Lynn Road link
• £155,000 – Footway resurfacing along Kirkby Cross Avenue in Littleport
• £828,000 – Carriageway strengthening and resurfacing along two sections of Lyn Road – near Brandon Creek and near the A1101, including the roundabout

South Cambridgeshire

• £250,000 – Footway resurfacing along Duxford Road in Whittlesford from the village to the Royston Road crossroads as part of a Greater Cambridge Partnership scheme
• £380,000 – Footway resurfacing along Newmarket Road in Bottisham, from Bell Road to High Street
• £460,000 – Carriageway resurfacing along Cambridge Road in Little Abington, between the speed bumps through the village
• £430,000 – Carriageway resurfacing along Ely Road in Milton, from Denny End to just past Waterbeach Lodge
• £325,000 – Carriageway resurfacing along Church Street in Gamlingay, from junction through to Church End

Huntingdonshire

• £180,000 – Footway resurfacing along Broadway in Yaxley, from number 140 to the bus shelter
• £190,000 – Footway resurfacing along Maryland Avenue in Huntingdon
• £1,241,400 – Carriageway resurfacing along two of the “worst sections” of Chatteris Road in Somersham
• £170,000 – Carriageway reconstruction along California Road in Huntingdon, from Arbury Road to the corner
• £120,000 – Additional carriageway surfacing on Cambridge Road in St Neots, at the High Street
• £190,000 – Carriageway surfacing along New Street in St Neots, from the High Street to the start of Lammas Meadow

Fenland

• £420,000 – Footway resurfacing a full estate in Wisbech that includes Windsor Drive, Prince of Wales Close, and Jubilee Walk, including separated footways
• £68,000 – Concrete overlay on the footway along Perry Road, in Leverington
• £58,000 – Footway resurfacing along Poplar Close, in March
• £375,000 – Carriageway resurfacing in Leverington, along Church Road, Church End, Gorefield Road, and Roman Bank, from the sports club to eight Roman Bank and Ringers Lane junction
• £475,000 – Carriageway strengthening and resurfacing along two sections at either end of Padgetts Road in Christchurch