Extra funding to prevent potholes on Welsh roads

The Welsh Government has announced an extra 25 million to renew the country's major roads.

It is hoped the funding will prevent around 30,000 road defects and potholes, with an extra 100km of the strategic road network resurfaced in the new financial year.

The Welsh Government has spent more than £81m on resurfacing around 321km of roads on the trunk network across Wales since 2021. When combined with the forecasted spend for 2025-26 this means that by the end of this Senedd term £118m will have been spent to repair more than 500km of road defects and potholes.

Cabinet secretary for transport and North Wales, Ken Skates, said: "It is crucial that we fix our roads.

"I’m delighted to be announcing a further £25m of funding to help support a comprehensive refurbishment programme to improve the future resilience of our strategic roads network and prevent potholes.

"We are already working hard to fill potholes and renew, as fast as possible, key sections of our road network, but this additional funding will help to accelerate this work."

Skates also pledged to announce details of new financial support for councils to fix more local roads. Details of the scale of support are due to be revealed in the coming weeks.