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.