Local councils will soon be able to access up to £120m to repair more local roads over the next two years, under new plans set out by the Welsh Government.
The government made the move following its Final Budget for 2025-26, with the new local government borrowing initiative providing an extra £10m of revenue funding.
It will also local councils to unlock an additional £120m of capital funding, which can be used to accelerate the process of fixing local roads and pavements.
The scheme has been designed in close partnership with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) and will be open for applications by the end of this financial year, it said.
Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, Ken Skates, said:
“I am delighted that we are able to help local councils access the necessary funding to enable them to accelerate some of the much-needed repair work on local roads across Wales.
“Connecting our communities by fixing our roads is a key priority for us and we will continue to do all that we can to improve the future resilience of roads across Wales.”
Cllr Andrew Morgan OBE, Leader of WLGA and transport spokesperson, said:
“I have been working closely with the Welsh Government on this initiative over recent months and I am really pleased to see it come to fruition. A previous initiative between 2012 and 2014 was highly successful and showed what can be achieved by councils when the right level of funding is available.
“This funding will enable significant improvements to roads, pavements and bridges across Wales.”
Last month, Skates also announced a funding boost of £25m to renew an extra 100km of Wales’ major roads and prevent around 30,000 road defects and potholes in the new financial year.
Image of Ken Skates courtesy of the Welsh Government
