Planned highways and transport projects

We have 626 miles of road, 743 miles of footpaths, 132 cycle ways, 20,000 street lights, 120 roundabouts, around 400 parks and open spaces and around 15 million trees.

In 2019/20, our aim is to further improve our road network and highways assets. Some £12m will be invested during the year, delivering 222 improvement schemes across the borough. Another £10m will be invested the year after.

The latest findings by the Department for Transport show that the condition of our roads are better than the regional and national averages, which is quite an achievement given the current financial challenges we face.

Major road maintenance/improvement schemes in 2019/20 will include:

• A442 between Randlay and Stirchley
• A442 Brockton Way
• A5223 Whitchurch Drive from Junction 6 to Ketley Brook
• a number of key roundabouts including Old Park Roundabout, Mossey Green Roundabout, Cuckoo Oak Roundabout, St Georges Road Roundabout (ASDA, Donnington) and Colliers Way Roundabout.

In addition the programme of work includes:

• improvements to roads
• road safety schemes, including the completion of safety schemes outside 27 schools
• road marking improvements
• improvements to paths and footways
• residential parking schemes to create another 200+ parking spaces
• work on major structures, for example; bridges, tunnels, retaining walls, etc.
• drainage improvements.

These improvements will be achieved in partnership with the Council's new highways contractor Balfour Beatty Living Places.

In addition to planned works, we also carry out reactive maintenance to keep the travelling public safe. We are working with Balfour Beatty to look after our roads, footpaths and infrastructure - some interesting facts and figures can be seen by viewing our 'Keeping Telford and Wrekin Moving' video. We encourage residents and visitors to report highway faults and issues using our online forms available via our 'Report it' page.

The following sections give an overview of the schemes happening over the next 12 months.

Last updated: 12/03/2020 12:31