Multi-million pound investment to fix East Sussex roads

Money will also be spent on making them more resilient

Author: Ryan BurrowsPublished 28th Jun 2023

An extra £5.6 million is going to be spent on repairing crumbling roads in East Sussex.

East Sussex County Council has unanimously approved spending the money on extra patching and drainage work to repair potholes on the county's routes.

The authority said the increase in investment would help move 40 more miles of roads into good condition and significantly reduce the proportion of roads in East Sussex needing repair.

Cllr Claire Dowling, East Sussex County Council's lead member for transport and environment, said:

"Over recent winters, and in particular last winter, the weather has taken its toll on roads in East Sussex and across the country.

"I very much welcome this investment and believe residents will as well.”

The county council also agreed to recommend that a further £5 million be added to the council’s capital programme to help with early improvements to make the road network more resilient.

A decision on this funding is due to be made at July’s meeting. If agreed, it would bring the total extra investment to £15.7 million.

In 2022-23 councillors agreed to an additional £8.9m of investment, increasing the capital programme by £3.1m for 10 years and £5.8m which boosted the council’s patching programme.

This led to an additional 730 sections of the road network being treated, funded 280 additional works to pavements, and repaired and maintained road markings, road signs and signposts across the county.

Decisions on future investment will be made during the council’s normal budget setting process, starting in the autumn.

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