Published on Thursday 03 April 2025
Roads across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are set to benefit from a major programme of investment and improvement.
£1.2million of funding will help the Council proactively prevent potholes across key routes – with a multi-million pound pot set aside for additional road resurfacing.
BCP Council is responsible for maintaining 780 miles of roads and pavements with proactive and reactive maintenance programmes ensuring priority problems are identified and fixed.
More than £10million of Government funding has been allocated to support this work over the next 12 months - an extra £2million compared to last year.
This funding is broken down into two areas - a portion for maintenance projects and a second allocation for ‘Integrated Transport Block’ schemes.
With nearly £7.5million of maintenance funding secured for the next financial year, our team will be able to take on additional work aimed at preventing potholes and improving road surfaces.
Funding from the highway maintenance allocation will also be used to improve drainage across our highways network as well as undertake bridge maintenance and street lighting maintenance
The remaining £3.1million of the budget is allocated to the Integrated Transport Block - funding used to plan strategic network improvements, deliver active travel, accessibility, public transport, road safety, network management and local traffic scheme improvements.
Councillor Andy Hadley, Portfolio Holder with responsibility for highways maintenance and sustainable transport at BCP Council, said: “We know that potholes are a source of real frustration for motorists across our three towns; this increased funding ensures we can take more preventative action that will protect our roads.
“This allocation, from central Government, will allow our maintenance team to respond to priority problem areas - improving the quality of our roads and, in doing so, the safety of them for everyone.”