A COMMITMENT to fixing potholes and resurfacing roads is being promised by the council after the government injected a £2.6 million cash boost.

Wokingham Borough Council has secured a significant amount of money from the government's potholes fund, hoping to resurface more roads in the area.

As part of the council's annual road maintenance campaign, offices from the highways team have made assessments on road conditions and have identified 118 roads that are in need of improvement.

This estimate means that £2.6 million needs to be spent on fixing roads.

Councillor Pauline Jorgensen, executive member for highways and transport, said: “We are pleased to be investing in and improving our road network.

“These have been programmed to minimise disruption to our residents as much as possible. We thank you for your patience while we do all we can to maintain our highway network to ensure road users are safe and their journeys are smooth."

Works will begin soon and expected to be completed by early November.

Almost 100,000 sqm of surface dressing work will be carried out across 14 locations in the borough, adding protection to the carriageways surface, sealing it from water while also enhancing the roads skid resistance and extend the life of the carriageway by up to 10 years.

The work will be on A roads and other busy streets.

As well as this, more than 80 residential streets will see micro asphalt surface treatments take place.

This will include work around schools planned during the October half-term time to minimise disruption.

Councillor Jorgensen added: "Rather than allocating maintenance on a ward-by-ward or regional basis, the roads which need the most attention are being prioritised, thanks to comprehensive surveying of all of the boroughs roads by our highways teams.

"We have worked hard to secure the money we needed to ensure that our roads get the treatment required. Some of this work has been funded directly by government, which means some smaller residential roads are being repaired as well as the crucial maintenance work we are doing on our main roads.”