A HIT-LIST of pockmarked Stockton roads has been lined up for repair in the coming months.
But a councillor has repeated worries about a lack of funding to keep up with deteriorating routes.
A total of £400,000 from Covid funding will be used to resurface or patch up 26 streets in the borough before April.
This will come on top of a number of roads already earmarked for work in the existing programme.
Nine routes have been added to the list for resurfacing.
They are:
Allendale Road, Stockton
Chillingham Court, Billingham
Danby Grove, Thornaby
Earsdon Close, Norton
Easby Grove, Thornaby
Headlam Road, Billingham
Rudby Close, Yarm
West Moor Close, Yarm
Woodford Green, Eaglescliffe
Meanwhile, 17 extra roads will get patching work done before the end of next March.
Appleton Road, Stockton
Boathouse Lane, Stockton
Eton Road, Stockton
Fairfield Road, Fairfield
Hebburn Road, Stockton
Laburnum Road, Stockton
Melrose Avenue, Billingham
Mill Lane
Mount Pleasant Road, Norton
Neasham Avenue, Billingham
Norton Avenue, Norton
Osbourne Road, Stockton
Rochester Road, Stockton
Thames Avenue, Thornaby
Tweedport Road, Stockton
Warrenport Road, Stockton
Wellington Drive, Wynyard
A total of 35 struggling stretches have already been lined up for repairs and patches this financial year.
Beale Close, Norfolk Street, Streatlam Road and Thropton Close were included in those being fully resurfaced.
Patchwork repairs were also earmarked for:
Aislaby Road, Yarm
Balmoral Avenue, Billingham
Billingham Bank, Billingham
Billingham Road, Norton
Bishopton Road West, Stockton
Blair Avenue, Ingleby Barwick
Chestnut Road, Preston
Cowpen Lane, Cowpen Bewley
Derwent / Trent Street, Norton
Forest Lane, Kirklevington
Green Lane
Greenfield Drive, Eaglescliffe
Grove Terrace, Norton
Haverton Hill Road
Leven Road, Norton
Long Lane, Yarm
Maritime Road/Gyratory Roads, Stockton
Norton Road, Stockton
Radstock Avenue, Stockton
Ragpath Lane, Roseworth
Redcar Road, Thornaby
Rimswell Road, Stockton
Riverside Road
Roundhill Avenue, Thornaby
Seal Sands Road
Surbiton Road, Fairfield
Teesside Park Drive, Teesside Park
Thames Road, Billingham
Thirsk Road, Yarm
Wolviston Back Lane, Billingham
Yarm Road, Stockton
Cllr Mike Smith, cabinet member for environment and transport, said the council knew how important the upkeep of roads was for residents.
He added: “Of course, there isn’t a council in the country that has the funding to catch-up on its entire road maintenance backlog – this is a national issue which the Local Government Association estimates would cost £11bn, and take more than a decade to clear.
“So what we do is use the funding we have as effectively as we can.
“We prioritise the resurfacing and patching programme according to our roads’ condition and try to target the resources we have in a way that will help prevent costly repairs in the future.
“The majority of these roads would have been in next year’s resurfacing plan but we’re able to use this money to bring them forward to be done this financial year.”
Extra works will cover 5km of roads and some will include using rubber surfaces first trialled on Chilton Close, in Hardwick.
But Cllr Louise Baldock has repeated her worries about a lack of cash to deal with wider road troubles.
Figures show teams in the borough need more than £9.5m just to pay for highway assets to be kept in their existing condition this year.
But past meetings have heard how the budget for this year came to less than half this sum – with just under £4.2m available for roads, lights, and bridges across Stockton.
The member for Parkfield and Oxbridge has labelled Eton Road appalling in the past – with decades old cobbles emerging underneath the asphalt.
Cllr Baldock said: “I welcome some remedial work to Eton and Osborne Roads which are in a shocking state.
“But we shouldn’t have to be patching up.
“If the Government would only give us the £5m we need, we could go so much further.”
The place select committee review of highway maintenance continues.
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