These are all the roads in Wigan that will be repaired in the next few months

These are the roads across Wigan which will be repaired in the next few months.

The work costing more than £8m will begin this month and continue over the next two years.

The first roads to be repaired are:

November

Central Drive - Shevington

Common Lane - Leigh

Taylor Road / Taylor Grove - Hindley Green

Smethurst Lane - Pemberton

St Marys Way - Leigh

Broadwell Drive - Leigh

Wigan has one of the best records for maintaining roads in Greater Manchester (Stoke Sentinel)

Early 2020

A49 Wallgate - Wigan

A58 Bolton Road/Lily Lane - Bamfurlong

A571 Wigan Road - Billinge

A573 Warrington Road - Ince

A577 Darlington Street - Wigan

A577 Corner Lane/Smallbrook Lane - Hindley Green

A578 Twist Lane - Leigh

A578 Wigan Road - Leigh

A580 East Lancashire Road (Liverpool Bound) - Golborne

B5238 Scot Lane - Aspull

Heath Street - Golborne

Hall Lane - Hindley

North Road - Atherton

Only three percent of A roads and two per cent of B and C roads were in urgent need of repair last year, according to the Department for Transport.

It puts the borough joint second across Greater Manchester for the percent of classified A roads needing repairs, and joint top for B and C classified roads.

Roads in poor condition and with a range of surface damage and deterioration are classed as 'red' by government inspectors, meaning maintenance is required within 12 months.

The DfT says it would put pressure on the Treasury for a long-term funding plan to tackle potholes in local roads.

But money is already being put towards road repair in Wigan, with the council committing an extra £3.3 million towards maintenance, on top of £5.1 million in government funding.

The Wigan town centre redevelopment (Wigan council)

Coun Carl Sweeney, cabinet member for environment, said the latest data shows the 'strong position' Wigan is in within Greater Manchester and the north west.

"More than £8m is due to be spent over the next two years re-surfacing and fixing the borough's roads," he said.

"Our targeted investment programme is essential and will ensure teams continue to manage the condition of our roads and enable the council to deliver an effective and sustainable network to our residents."

Wigan council spends around £1m each year fixing minor defects across around 1,160km of roads across the borough, while also managing 2,000km of pavements, 58,000 drainage gullies and 36,500 streetlights.

Coun Sweeney added: "Despite feeling the effects of the prolonged wet and cold wintery weather conditions in early 2018, the results highlight the excellent job that the council's highway teams are doing across the 1,160km of roads they are expected to maintain."