Salford drivers to see road repairs reach more streets

Nearly 300 more roads across Salford are set to receive repairs after the city secured an additional £1.4 million for its 2026/27 carriageway patching programme.

Salford City Council says roads showing the clearest signs of ageing and damage will be treated first. The expanded programme also reserves £20,000 for each ward, allowing local councillors to nominate smaller schemes that might otherwise sit outside the main city-wide priorities.

Extra funding expands the repair programme

The £1.4 million comes from the Department for Transport’s Local Highway Maintenance Fund and has been passed to Salford through Transport for Greater Manchester.

It will sit alongside two previously approved sources of highway funding:

The different allocations support a wider mix of work, including reactive pothole repairs, preventative maintenance, carriageway patching and larger resurfacing schemes. Some roads are also covered through Greater Manchester’s Key Route Network programme.

Salford’s Cabinet agreed the additional programme of works on Tuesday, 11 August. The council says the new allocation will enable repairs on almost 300 more roads across the city.

Damaged and ageing roads will be treated first

Sites will be placed in priority order using detailed condition information gathered by highways officers. Roads with more visible ageing or damage will move higher up the programme so defects can be addressed before they become more severe.

The approach is intended to improve road surfaces while extending their usable lifespan. It also means the programme is not being arranged simply according to when a concern was raised: engineering condition and the likely value delivered by each repair will shape the order of work.

Councillor Mike McCusker, Salford City Council’s lead member for planning, transport, sustainable development and regeneration, said officers were targeting roads that needed repairs most. He added that residents had specifically asked the council to focus resources in this way.

Every Salford ward receives a £20,000 allocation

Part of the new funding introduces a ward-level route for smaller local road concerns. Each ward will have £20,000 available, with local councillors able to nominate potential repair schemes in their communities.

A nomination will not automatically result in work. Every proposed site must pass the same engineering, road-condition and value-for-money assessments applied to locations in the wider programme.

The arrangement gives councillors an opportunity to put forward neighbourhood-level problems while retaining a consistent technical test across Salford. The source announcement does not describe a direct resident application process, so residents seeking consideration for a local site would need to raise the concern with their ward representatives.

Repairs will affect everyday journeys across the city

The additional work is expected to improve conditions for residents, businesses and visitors using Salford’s road network. Depending on the site, the programme may involve targeted carriageway patching rather than full-road resurfacing.

That distinction allows the council to intervene on deteriorating sections and spread the available funding across more locations. Larger resurfacing projects will continue through the Highways Investment Programme, while immediate defects can still be handled through reactive pothole work.

Crews and contractors will deliver the next phase

Repairs will be completed by a combination of the council’s in-house highways teams and contractors appointed under Salford City Council’s Technical and Highways Works Framework.

The council has published a full list of roads proposed for the 2026/27 carriageway patching programme. Those locations remain part of a prioritised programme, while ward nominations will undergo technical and value-for-money checks before any additional schemes proceed.

Source: Salford City Council News