Wirral to benefit from £9million of funding for road and transport schemes

Plans have been set out for how £6 million will be spent on road maintenance - and a further £3 million on local transport schemes in Wirral - over the coming year.

£41million has been allocated to the authority since 2022 the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) for highway maintenance and improvement, and, as Wirral Council enters the final year of this five-year funding settlement, plans are set to be discussed at the Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport committee on how to allocate the remaining funds.

As with every year, the council is planning on investing in roads with a programme to treat and resurface those in most need of repair. The roads selected to receive treatment are chosen from the condition surveys of the network as well as feedback from ward members on areas Wirral residents have told them about. 

Any works on the roads will take place between April 2026 and March 2027 at times when they will have the least impact on the network. 

In addition to the annual roads maintenance works, the council also plans to deliver several schemes to improve traffic signals, pedestrian access, public rights of way paths and local safety including around schools with a continuation of the ‘School Street’ programme and the Speed Limit Review to help keep the areas that have been introduced with 20mph under review. 

The areas where schemes are proposed have been selected following an evidence-led approach, together with issues and concerns raised by the public, that have all been reviewed and assessed to determine what approach will help to address these concerns. 

Areas that have been flagged to the council, and aren’t included within the proposed programme, are kept on a ‘waiting list’ to be reviewed again the following year. 

All proposed works are in addition to day-to-day works carried out by the council’s highways and road safety teams, including: 

• General road maintenance
• Reactive repairs to potholes and any urgent problems with roads
• Road safety education delivered to young people through schools
• Work with business to educate around the importance of road safety in the workplace
• Support for the young driver initiative, delivered through Approved Driving Instructors
• Support to Merseyside Police for the delivery of ‘Bikesafe’ a road safety programme for motorcyclists
• Community engagement initiatives such as Safer Roads Watch