Cambridgeshire County Council reveals roads set for major repairs in 2025/26 including Mill Road, Jesus Lane, and more with £59M investment.
The council will use some funds for preventative work to stop potholes from forming early. They will spend over £28.7 million on road work while pathways and cycleways will get £7.2 million for repairs.
Bridge work is allocated £3.1 million, and maintaining walkways needs £735,000. One council member felt that the allocation for sign and line maintenance was too low. The budget includes £500,000 for sign replacement.
Another council member also voiced concerns about signs, believing the reported amount was insufficient. Officials clarified that the budget has another £350,000 available for this purpose. Below is a list of prioritized road repairs including the associated costs for each.
Mill Road in Cambridge will receive £650,000 for resurfacing, covering the section from Great Eastern Street to Brooks Road. Mill Road will receive an additional £350,000 from Mortimer Road to the community center. Parker Street is allocated £75,000 for resurfacing.
Jesus Lane’s roundabout will get £210,000 for road work. East Road receives £270,000 for resurfacing work as well. Cherry Hinton Road is assigned £220,000 in funding for roadwork. Gonville Place is slated to receive £272,000 for resurfacing.
Round Church Street will receive £150,000 for the entire road. The Hauxton Road roundabout is allocated £360,000 to fix the worst sections. The Gallery in Ely gets resurfacing for £68,000.
Mildenhall Road in Isleham is allocated £232,000 for road work covering a section to the county line. Broad Street in Ely receives £140,000 for resurfacing. Hundred Foot Bank in Little Downham is set to receive £862,000.
Stuntney Causeway gets £132,000 for road resurfacing. Ponts Hill in Littleport receives £102,000. Great Fen Road in Soham will get £830,000. Kings Avenue in Ely will cost £300,000 for resurfacing.
High Street in Chatteris is allocated £145,000 for resurfacing, and Norwich Road in Wisbech receives £560,000. Station Road in Manea gets £465,000 for resurfacing work, while Creek Road in March will receive £350,000.
Bridge Street in Chatteris is allocated £320,000. Coates Road gets £700,000 for resurfacing work. Gorefield Road in Leverington gets £500,000. Ramnoth Road in Wisbech is assigned £300,000.
Harolds Bank in Gorefield will get £480,000 for road work. Wimblington Road in Manea is allocated £780,000. Ollard Avenue in Wisbech will get £100,000. St Michaels Avenue in Wisbech will be £380,000.
Sixteen Foot Bank in Chatteris will receive £1,261,300 for repairs. Floods Ferry Road in Doddington will cost £1,000,000. City Road in March is allocated £175,000 for resurfacing work with Black Drove in Murrow getting £550,000.
Silvers Lane in Parson Drove gets £150,000 for road work; Hooks Road in Wimblington gets £90,000 for repairs; and Cants Drove in Murrow will get £160,000 for road work.
Green End Road in Sawtry gets £640,000, while Dovecote Lane in Yaxley gets £176,000 for road resurfacing. Mill Road in Wistow will receive £280,000 in funds. Long Drove in Holme will get £1,100,000 for recycling.
Main Street in Yaxley will gets £110,000 for road resurfacing. Spittals Way in The Stukeleys will cost £1,260,000. Cambridge Road in Godmanchester will be £410,000. Rideaway in Hemingford Abbots will cost £330,000.
Forty Foot Bank in Ramsey Forty Foot is allocated £250,000. Barham Road in Buckworth needs £50,000 for resurfacing.
Toseland Road in Croxton has £200,000 set aside. High Street in Cottenham is allocated £470,000 in funding. Earith Road in Willingham receives £630,000 for road work. Tunwells Lane in Great Shelford needs £460,000.
Causeway in Pampisford receives £400,000 for resurfacing. Main Street in Shudy Camps gets £290,000 in funds. London Road in Harston has £315,000 for resurfacing work. Cambourne Road in Cambourne will need £160,000.
Clayhithe Road in Waterbeach needs £65,000 for road work. High Street in Graveley will cost £110,000 to resurface.