A multi-million pound programme of works has been confirmed to tackle Knowsley’s “deteriorating” roads.
More than 40 separate schemes will be carried out over the coming years on the borough’s road network as part of a £30m project, a meeting of Knowsley Council’s cabinet was told earlier this week.
At a meeting held at Huyton municipal buildings on Wednesday, March 24, Cllr Tony Brennan said the funding, which comes mainly through the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, would help economic growth and “support the quality of life for our residents.”
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He added the council’s allocation of a total of £29.1m funding from the combined authority’s sustainable travel fund over the next five years was due to the council’s “robust approach”.
A report on the planned works stated that while the money represented a “significant uplift” in funding for highways works it was still “not sufficient” to address the road maintenance issues in the borough.
In 2023/24 £5.6m is due to be spent on a capital programme of works including £477k for safety schemes and £477k on sustainable travel schemes in Carr Lane, Mill Lane and Saxon Way and includes £100k to be spent on minor pedestrian and cycle infrastructure improvements elsewhere in the borough.
A further £253k will be spent on minor transport interventions as well as £4.5m of maintenance of key and non-key routes in the borough.
Alongside that, the council’s £2.7m of revenue funding has been allocated for a range of reactive and routine works on the road network throughout the borough..
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