Millions to be spent on fixing Brighton's potholes after city's roads branded some of worst in country
£2.1 million will be spent on resurfacing sections of eight roads
Over £2 million will be spent on resurfacing roads in Brighton and Hove - just days after a report brands them some of the worst in the country.
Sections of 8 roads will be resurfaced, and several others worked on, after an RAC report ranked the city the third worst in Britain for poorly maintained roads.
The proposals include the full resurfacing of stretches of Ditchling Road, Dyke Road Avenue, Dyke Road, Hangleton Road, Station Road and Boundary Road, Viaduct Road and Waterloo Street.
Surface work is also planned for several other roads, including Union Road, Shirley Drive, London Road, Buckingham Place, New Church Road and King George VI Avenue, known locally as Snakey Hill.
Green councillor Pete West welcomed plans to resurface two sections of Ditchling Road from Viaduct Road to Springfield Road and Grantham Road to Preston Road.
But he was concerned about the poor condition of roads along busy bus routes.
Councillor West said: “While many residents will welcome the inclusion of their streets, I cannot understand the rationale whereby so many lightly used roads, including short cul-de-sacs, are to be improved while busy bus routes, that are in no better condition than farm tracks, for example Carden Hill, remain overlooked.
“Given the scale of public funding being committed here, does the cabinet member agree that detail of the rationale behind each proposed improvement should have been included... so that the public would be able to see how the prioritisation choices have been arrived at?”
Labour councillor Trevor Muten, the cabinet member for transport and parking, said that the priorities were data-led and based on a planned and objective approach.
He said that Carden Hill would be included in the current 2025-26 financial year, which started at the beginning of this month.
The council also plans to spend £620,000 on improving pavements, £3 million on safety and accessibility, £1.2 million on measures to boost cycling and walking, £325,000 on making streets around school safer and £125,000 on bike hire and cycle parking.