CHESHIRE East’s highways investment programme will come to an end in October and will complete the eight-month period that has seen a large part of the Borough’s roads re-surfaced.


The programme, which started in March and costs a total of £25million, will have seen 238km of road repaired and resurfaced by next month, which is nine per cent of the net-work. 


Significant works have been carried out on some of Cheshire East’s busiest parts of the road network at weekends and at night to reduce the impact on road users and the public, however some have caused traffic problems around Middlewich over the past months.


Clr David Topping, Cheshire East Council Cabinet member in charge of environment, said: “We know that the people of Cheshire East care passionately about the state of their local roads. 


“This big investment scheme across the whole Borough is targeted at those areas with the greatest need and greatest long-term benefit and shows our commitment to putting residents first and delivering for local people.”


Cheshire East’s highways network consists of 2,674km of road, 2,060km of footways, 38,000 street lights and 484 bridges, as well as a large number of other assets.


Cheshire East’s highway network is the Council’s largest asset and is vital to the functioning and economic wellbeing of the Borough.