Cambridgeshire County Council sets aside £59m for road repairs and Fenland is getting its share
Over £59million is due to be spent on Cambridgeshire’s roads, pathways, bridges and rights of way this year including nearly £9million in Fenland.
Cambridgeshire County Council has set out how it plans to spend this money, including a list of roads that have been prioritised for major repairs in 2025/26.
Cllr Alex Beckett (Liberal Democrat), chair of the highways and transport committee, told a meeting this week (March 4) it was “really great to see this administration able to put that amount of investment” into the county’s roads.
Cllr Neil Shailer (Labour) said the authority was putting funding towards proactive preventative work to try and stop potholes before they form.
Over £28.7million is due to be spent on carriageway structural and preventative work, with a further £7.2million due to be spent on structural and preventative work on pathways and cycleways.
The budget also includes £3.1million towards bridge strengthening work, and £735,000 for maintaining the county’s rights of way.
Cllr Peter McDonald (Liberal Democrat) said he felt the £500,000 for signs and line replacement across the county “seemed a bit low”.
Cllr Alan Sharp (Conservative) said he also had concerns about the amount of funding proposed for signs and line repairs.
He said the amount set out in the report “seems too low” to deal with “the issues around the county”.
Officers highlighted there is another £350,000 funding for this in the revenue budget.
Here is a list of the road repairs that have been prioritised across the county and how much the work is expected to cost:
Fenland
£145,000 – Chatteris, High Street, carriageway resurfacing at the Railway Lane roundabout
£560,000 – Wisbech, Norwich Road, carriageway resurfacing from Churchill Road to Park St and Clarkson Avenue to Lerowe Road
£465,000 – Manea, Station Road, carriageway resurfacing from Wimblington Road to Wisbech Road
£350,000 – March, Creek Road, carriageway resurfacing from Mill View to St Johns Rd and Waterside Gds to Marsh Close
£320,000 – Chatteris, Bridge Street, carriageway resurfacing from A142 roundabout to near pedestrian crossing
£700,000 – Coates, Coates Road, carriageway resurfacing from The Fold to Minuet Gardens
£500,000 – Leverington, Gorefield Road, carriageway resurfacing from Mays Lane to Fendyke
£300,000 – Wisbech, Ramnoth Road, carriageway resurfacing, from Money Bank to Queen Elizabeth Drive
£480,000 – Gorefield, Harolds Bank, carriageway recycling from Honeyhill Road to Black Lane
£780,000 – Manea, Wimblington Road, carriageway recycling from Boots Bridge to new surfacing joint
£100,000 – Wisbech, Ollard Avenue, carriageway resurfacing along the full length of the road
£380,000 – Wisbech, St Michaels Avenue, carriageway resurfacing along the full length of the road
£1,261,300 – Chatteris, Sixteen Foot Bank, carriageway recycling from Horesway to nr Broad Alder Farm
£1,000,000 – Doddington, Floods Ferry Road, carriageway recycling from B1093 to bridge past factory, phase one of two
£175,000 – March, City Road, carriageway resurfacing from Burrowmoor Road
£550,000 – Murrow, Black Drove, carriageway recycling along the full length
£150,000 – Parson Drove, Silvers Lane, carriageway recycling along the full length
£90,000 – Wimblington, Hooks Road, carriageway recycling from Eastwood End to farm
£160,000 – Murrow, Cants Drove, carriageway recycling on damaged areas near Gull Road
Huntingdonshire
£250,000 – Ramsey Forty Foot, Forty Foot Bank, carriageway reconstruction, Nr properties nr Puddock Road junction
